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About
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.
Our 7 regional teams work 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.
Public Health EM Head of School
Accepting applications until: 12-Oct-2026 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 12-Oct-2026 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Any NHSE Office in East Midlands Region
- Town
- Flexible across East Midlands Region
- Postcode
- LE3 8RA
- Major / Minor Region
- West Yorkshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
Salary
- Salary
- £113,565 - £150,569 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant)
Specialty
- Main area
- Public Health
Our Organisation
We share the core values set out in the NHS Constitution, which all colleagues are expected to demonstrate.
We support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you and your colleagues. 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.
As part of our commitment to improving patient safety and maintaining safe and trusted services, all successful candidates will be subject to Baseline Personnel Security Screening (BPSS), which includes a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. By submitting your application, you are confirming your agreement to these checks being undertaken as part of the recruitment process.
Anyone who has received a voluntary or compulsory redundancy payment from NHS England since the start of the 2026/27 financial year is not eligible to apply.
Job overview
Are you an inspirational public health leader committed to developing the future consultant workforce in the East Midlands? NHS England East Midlands is seeking an exceptional individual to join us as Head of School for Public Health.
This is a unique opportunity to influence and inspire the next generation of public health specialists, ensuring they have the skills, knowledge and confidence to improve population health and meet the challenges of a changing healthcare landscape.
As Head of School, you will provide strategic leadership for public health training across the region, setting the direction for the School and championing excellence in education. You will lead a network of educational supervisors and trainers, creating a culture where collaboration and continuous improvement thrive. The role includes responsibility for the quality, management and oversight of public health training programmes, ensuring curricula are delivered effectively and meet professional and regulatory standards.
We are looking for an influential leader who can inspire others and shape the future of public health training. You will champion equality, diversity and inclusion alongside quality improvement, ensuring training programmes deliver an exceptional trainee experience while remaining responsive to the needs of the wider health system.
If you are excited by the opportunity to develop future public health leaders and make a lasting impact across the East Midlands, we'd love to hear from you
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The Head of School is professionally and managerially accountable to the Postgraduate Dean and has managerial responsibility for the School Training Programme Directors. The Head of School will focus upon improvement of learner supervision, assessment and experience, engagement of faculty and ensuring effective educational outcomes, both now and in the future. The role is evolving and will also focus on whole workforce transformation and developing multi-professional links as well as innovative ways of curriculum delivery and workforce well-being strategies.
Although the main role is to lead and develop the Postgraduate School of Public Health, all senior clinicians within NHSE may have wider roles and projects as agreed with the Postgraduate Dean.
Working for our organisation
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.
In March 2025, the Government announced that 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.
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.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and any other supporting documents.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Considerable and current experience at Consultant level in a relevant speciality.
- Primary clinical healthcare qualification.
- Membership/Fellowship of a College, Faculty, professional association and/or regulatory body.
Desirable criteria
- Attendance at courses aimed to support educational development (example: educator courses, Train the trainer, etc).
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Current clinical commitment in the School/specialty.
- Considerable experience of working with learners or doctors in training in an educational context.
- Experience of clinical and educational leadership and innovation, including managing a multi-professional team.
- Demonstrable track record of delivery in service and education.
- Understanding of developments involving the relevant Colleges/Faculties, professional bodies, related NHS organisations and regulatory bodies
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of the workforce transformation agenda.
- Trained and experienced in recruitment, selection and Equality and Diversity in the last 3 years.
- Active involvement in, and up to date with, appraisal processes.
- Knowledge of the NHS, its structures and processes, including an understanding of healthcare/multi-professional workforce matters.
- Applicants who are doctors require a Licence to Practise.
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable leadership skills and an ability to influence and motivate others
- Politically astute with an ability to sensitively manage complexity and uncertainty.
Desirable criteria
- A strong sense of vision and ability to innovate.
- Ability to problem solve and maintain objectivity.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, written and presentation skills.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills.
- Committed to own personal development and an ability to support others to develop and progress.
Behaviours and Values
Essential criteria
- Ability to make decisions autonomously when required on difficult issues.
- An academic interest in training and education across primary and secondary care.
Desirable criteria
- A transformation leadership style
- Management of transformation and change
- Sensitivity, tolerance and acceptance of criticism
- Perform all duties in a manner that supports and promotes NHS England commitment to equal opportunities
- Conduct all duties in a manner that safeguards the health and safety of yourself and your colleagues, trainees and staff. Note the special responsibility as a manager for assessing and minimising risks to staff.
- A continuing quest for personal and professional development
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Caroline Brown
- Job title
- Secondary Care Dean/Deputy Postgraduate Dean
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
or Sarah Layzell
Primary Care Dean/Deputy Postgraduate Dean
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