Head of School - Paediatrics | NHS England
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 07 Mai 2026 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | In line with HoS sessional payments |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 06 Mehefin 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Leeds / Rotherham / Hull, LS1 4FE |
| Cwmni: | NHS England |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7951621/990-NEY-EC2195-E |
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An outstanding individual is soughtto fulfil the role of Head of School for Paediatrics.
The post will be available on the basis ofa secondment arrangement to NHS England – 4 PA / 16 hours per week.
All work undertaken is to be incorporated into the Consultant Job Plan.
As Head of School, you will be responsible for the overall quality, management and supervision of the programmes within your School. You will be responsible forensuring all programmes meet the standards defined by NHSE, theGMCand Royal College. You will work closely with NHSE's senior educators, other Heads of Schools, Directors of Medical Education, and Training Programme Directors to ensure that each trainee is able to access a comprehensive range of experiences which will enable them to cover the speciality curricula.
You will be expected to maintain a clinical commitment. It is essential that you have a medical degree, membership/fellowship of the relevant Royal College/Faculty and have a current substantive contract as an NHS Consultant in a relevant specialty.
In addition, you shouldpossess excellent leadership skills and meet professional requirements for Continuing Professional Development and Revalidation and make a wider professional contribution through academic and managerial responsibilities.
This role is a North East & Yorkshire role so your work would span the whole region. The post is offered on a secondment basis and all candidates are reminded that if they are successful, they are responsible for securing written agreement from their employer for release from clinical work for the specified number of PAs.
NHS England’s purpose is to create the conditions for an ambitious and high quality NHS. We empower our people and partners to solve problems, provide outstanding care for every patient and improve the nation's health.
Our7 regional teamswork directly with systems and NHS providers across the country. Each region acts as the interface between national strategy and local delivery, overseeing performance, supporting improvement and enabling transformation at scale.
In March 2025,the Government announcedthat NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.
Leadership
• To provide effective clinical leadership.
• To work on behalf of Yorkshire and the Humber Deanery, providing expert advice on specialty-specific matters.
Quality and safety
• To implement the NHSE Quality Framework and Education and Training Quality Improvement and Performance.
School Programme Management
• 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 attend School meetings within the structure and other relevant meetings.
• To meet Code of Practice requirements
Educational and Workforce Development
• To advise and support in educational and workforce development elements.
• Strategic Workforce Development and Commissioning
• To develop educational programmes where needed to support achievement of curriculum competencies.
Finance
• To ensure compliance with procurement requirements.
You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
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 Thursday 21 May 2026