Training Programme Director - Psychiatry - Old Age

The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive - and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you., A speciality Training Programme Director (TPD) is a member of the Speciality Training Committee (STC) who is managerially responsible to the Postgraduate Dean for the delivery of training in that speciality according to the standards set by the GMC and the Royal College of Psychiatrists. The demands on TPDs are likely to vary at times and the guidance below should be interpreted flexibly., + To emphasise the importance and promote the development of a quality learning environment for all learners.
+ To support Postgraduate Deans in meeting all NHSE statutory requirements.
Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality Improvement
+ Assist in the development of quality processes which are complementary across the healthcare workforce.
+ To support the use of clinical skills training and simulation (where appropriate/applicable), stressing the importance of teamwork and human factors.
School Programme Management
To oversee the Specialty's Regional Training Programme and advise Postgraduate Deans and Heads of School on the following matters:
+ Specialty-specific matters and trainee/trainer concerns;
+ Recruitment to training posts and programmes;
+ Postgraduate programme management, including assessments, progression, rotations, support and remediation, OOP management, trainee management, careers support, less than full-time training, inter-deanery transfer, academic training and other related work-streams.
+ To provide reports to the Specialty Training Committee and School Board
+ To complete the annual school development plan
Educational and Workforce Development
+ To advise and support the Postgraduate Dean in educational and workforce development elements, including professional development of the educational faculty
+ To support compliance with requirements particularly with regard to the supervision and support for trainees and learners.
+ To identify learning needs and support provision of educational appraisal, educator development and resource for faculty, trainees and learners.
+ To create and promote shared learning opportunities to increase effective inter-professional working across the School.
Intelligence Support/ provision
+ To ensure local intelligence processes inform quality management processes.
+ To engage with information systems (trainee database, post establishments).
Strategic Workforce Development and Commissioning
+ To contribute to workforce planning, ensuring clinical engagement with local and national workforce planning processes.
+ To develop educational programmes where needed to support achievement of curriculum competencies, engaging with commissioning processes as required.
+ To identify and support the implementation of alternative workforce solutions within the School.
+ To advise the Postgraduate Dean on commissioning and decommissioning activities.
Finance
+ To engage with financial business planning processes and associated School budgets as needed.
+ To ensure compliance with procurement requirements.

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.
Our commitments to you
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We strive to ensure our people feel trusted, valued and empowered. We're passionate about nurturing and developing people. When you join us, we want you to grow and excel, and we offer many opportunities for you to do that. We welcome your talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro-divergent.
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Please note that we currently do not accept applications via recruitment agencies.
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+ Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
+ Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
+ Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
+ Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
+ Delivering value for money.
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Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band., NHS England