Overview
The role of Deputy Head of School is to work with and support the Head of School and NHS England East Midlands Postgraduate Dean in leading the delivery of a wide range of functions, aligned to the NHS England mandate. The Deputy Head of School is professionally and managerially accountable to the Head of School, supporting improvement of learner supervision, assessment and experience, faculty engagement, and ensuring effective educational outcomes now and in the future. The role is evolving and will also focus on whole workforce transformation, developing multi‑professional links, and innovative ways of curriculum delivery and workforce well‑being strategies.
To support the Heads of School, the Deputy Head of School works across the spectrum of health and, where relevant, social care, within the context of a team so that the provision of education reflects changing service models. The Deputy Head of School will be expected to support the Head of School in meeting the challenges of leading the School and Education Providers to deliver the changing curriculum in an evolving service landscape. The Deputy Head of School will be required to lead on projects as agreed with the Head of School.
Applicants from within the NHS who are successful at interview will be offered 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.
School Programme Management
* Specialty‑specific matters and trainee/trainer concerns.
* Recruitment to training posts and programmes.
* Use our educational resources to support learners within programmes to achieve their full‑potential.
* Postgraduate programme management, including assessments, progression, rotations (to ensure Code of Practice compliance), support and remediation, OOP management, trainee management, careers support, less‑than‑full‑time training, interdeanery transfer, academic training and other related work‑streams.
To support relevant School meetings within the structure, deputising for the Head of School where appropriate.
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only; agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
This advert closes on Monday 1 Jun 2026.
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