Outstanding individuals are sought to fulfill the role of Training Programme Director for General and Old Age Psychiatry.
Three roles at 0.75 PA are available: one for South West London and two for North Central London.
The role of Training Programme Director involves working with and supporting the Postgraduate Dean in leading the delivery of a wide range of functions within their specialty, aligned to the NHS England mandate. The Programme Directors will ensure that both national standards, determined by the Royal College, and guidelines established within Psychiatry are met.
The successful applicants will work closely with the Head of School, other Psychiatry TPDs, the LaSE team including the PGMDE Business Manager, Postgraduate Dean, and other key departments such as Quality.
They will collaborate with the Postgraduate Dean to produce doctors committed to high standards of patient-centered care and lifelong professional development.
The Programme Directors will oversee the Specialty’s Regional Training Programme, handle specialty-specific matters, trainee/trainer concerns, recruitment, and postgraduate programme management including assessments, progression, rotations, support, remediation, OOP management, trainee careers support, less than full-time training, inter-deanery transfer, academic training, and related workstreams.
The ideal candidate will be an experienced NHS Consultant with a thorough understanding of Psychiatry training across the region, possessing strong leadership and communication skills, and able to work effectively within a multi-professional team.
The NHS England board aims to lead the NHS in delivering high-quality services, improving local health outcomes, reducing inequalities, making the NHS a great place to work, ensuring a skilled and compassionate healthcare workforce, leveraging digital technology, research, innovation, and delivering value for money.
For more information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend at least 40% of their time working in person.
If successful at interview, an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) will be conducted via the Electronic Staff Record system (ESR), gathering information from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding. You may opt out of this process at any time.
Further details about the job, organizational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes, and benefits are available in the attached Job Description and supporting documents.
Applicants from within the NHS are required to apply on a secondment basis, with prior approval from their employer.
This advert closes on Monday, 11 August 2025.
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