Wider Workforce Lead | NHS England
| Posting date: | 03 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £55,690 - £62,682 pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 03 October 2025 |
| Location: | Reading, RG1 7EB |
| Company: | NHS England |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7321159/990-SE-16466-E |
Summary
NHS England is recruiting a Wider Workforce Lead for the South East Endoscopy Training Academy [SEETA] on secondment for a fixed term basis, until 31 March 2026 in the first instance.This role is for two days a week.
The post will be home based, working remotely with some attendance at local NHSE offices & regional hospitals. The post holder will sit within the NHSE SE Cancer & Diagnostics Programme and will be instrumental in leading the ongoing development of the South East Endoscopy Training Academy.
The purpose of the role is to lead on the development & training of the wider endoscopy workforce in the South East, providing regional leadership for the delivery of high quality, cross specialty, and multi-professional endoscopy training, together with the wider SEETA core team. The wider workforce includes (but is not limited to) administrators, bookers, pathway navigators and assistant screening practitioners.
The successful candidate should have excellent understanding of and evidence of involvement in the delivery and management of endoscopy education and training, experience as a senior clinician with current NMC or HCPC registration working in the field of endoscopy in the UK, a transformation leadership style, and experience in strategic thinking, problem solving and calculated risk management.
This role will be integral to the development of the academy & will be responsible for providing insight & leadership within endoscopy wider workforce training. The key outputs from the role, supported by the Academy’s Clinical Lead, Senior Project Manager, and Project Officer, as well as the NHSE SE Cancer & Diagnostics Programme team, will be to:
• Undertake workforce planning to identify the region’s training needs and to identify any challenges in appointing & retaining staff.
• Identify system level training leads for the endoscopy wider workforce & support recruitment, training & retention of staff.
• Co-ordinate training programmes within the South East, including organising & managing large multi-professional working group meetings.
• Further develop and embed career pathways in endoscopy for the wider workforce.
• Work to implement and embed standard administrative training pathways as they develop.
• Develop and deliver upskilling and developmental opportunities for Endoscopy staff to extend their scope of practice, mapped to career pathways.
• Work with partners to develop and deliver professional development for the wider endoscopy workforce and support staff with the aim of improving recruitment and retention for the SE region.
• Development of excellent working relationships with multiple stakeholders including NHSE colleagues, NHS Trusts, Endoscopy Networks, Higher Education Institutes, professional, clinical & education leads.
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
• 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.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
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.
If you are successful at interview, we will run an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) in the Electronic Staff Record system (ESR). This transfer gathers valuable information from a previous or current NHS employer to support the onboarding process, including; statutory and mandatory competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You will have the opportunity throughout the recruitment process to inform us if you do not consent.
Key elements of the job will include:
• Communicate, provide and present information to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders including those working within the regional endoscopy units and external agencies, building and maintaining key relationships with a wide range of different stakeholders with complex and conflicting requirements
• Leading on workforce matters as the subject matter expert with external stakeholders, working closely with internal and external teams and others to lead, advise, support, facilitate, monitor and performance manage the implementation of a workforce transformation programme for the wider workforce within endoscopy, ensuring work is aligned with ICS plans and supports the delivery of the NHS England delivery plan and other related policy.
• Leading on the design and implementation of this programme of work to support workforce transformation priorities, including planning, developing and evaluating methods to measure the performance and outputs of assigned pieces of work, alongside ensuring appropriate governance and risk management. This will include the delivery and management of short-, medium- and long-term business plans for local teams to achieve quality strategic outcomes
• Making sound decisions in an uncertain environment, where the outcomes are not immediately apparent, using analysis and judgement where data may conflict.
• thinking strategically, taking an innovative approach to problem solving when approaching the complex challenge of delivering multi-professional education.
The successful candidate will be passionate about the delivery & management of endoscopy wider workforce education and training in the South East, committed to the development of the current & future endoscopy workforce.
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 Tuesday 23 Sep 2025