NHS England
Training Programme Director
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Job Description
Role Overview
Working in partnership with the Head of School (HoS), the Training Programme Director (TPD) will provide senior educational leadership and strategic oversight of the delivery, development, and quality of the Enhance programme across the East of England. They will lead an agreed portfolio of work and ensure the programme responds to national priorities, regional needs, and emerging developments in medical education and training.
About the Enhance Programme
Enhance is a multiprofessional contextual leadership programme that supports healthcare professionals to develop broad generalist capabilities alongside specialist expertise, including person-centred care, complex multimorbidity, systems working, population health, health equity, and environmental sustainability. In the East of England, it has been delivered through the Explore and Enable pathways, combining self-directed learning with regional development days, learning hubs, workplace activity, immersive resources, and opportunities to learn beyond traditional care settings.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee delivery in support of Future Doctor (2020), the NHS Long Term Plan, Fit for the Future: the 10-Year Health Plan for England, and reforms arising from the Medical Education and Training Review.
- Translate national policy into high-quality, flexible, and learner-centred education that develops generalist capabilities, supports service transformation, and responds to changing population and workforce needs.
- Lead programme quality, faculty engagement, learner and supervisor experience, evaluation, and continuous improvement.
- Develop partnerships across specialties, providers, and professions, creating shared learning opportunities for doctors, pharmacists, allied health professionals, nurses, dental professionals, and the wider health and care workforce.
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Accountability
Accountable through the HoS, the TPD will ensure the programme is aligned with national priorities and effectively meets the needs of the healthcare workforce in the East of England.
NHS England Overview
NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities, and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high-quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.
Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms—enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
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Employment Details
- If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.
- Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.
- We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.
Contact Information
For further details or informal visits contact:
- Name: Dr Brendon O'Leary
- Job Title: Head of School for Enhance
- Email Address: brendon.oleary@nhs.net
Additional Contact:
- Name: Ashley Byford
- Job Title: Enhance Senior Manager
- Email Address: ashley.byford3@nhs.net
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