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Job summary

Main area
General Practice
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: GP Educator GP00-01
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (until 31/10/2026. Secondment only for NHSE employees)
Hours
Part time - 2 sessions per week (8 hours per week)
Job ref
990-LON-16769-E
Employer
NHS England
Employer type
NHS
Site
10 South Colonnade
Town
London
Salary
£113,917 per annum pro rata at GP00 - GP01
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/09/2025 23:59
Interview date
06/11/2025

Employer heading

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GP Training Programme Director (London - UCLH)

NHS Medical & Dental: GP Educator GP00-01

Our Organisation

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.

We are an accredited Living Wage Employer which means that every colleague working for our organisation and third-party contractors will earn a real Living Wage.  We are one of over 15,000 organisations, who voluntarily chose to pay the real Living Wage.

Job overview

GP Programme Directors are responsible for providing education in a safe environment for doctors wanting to become GPs. This involves planning, facilitating and evaluating the process of learning. There will be support from the other Programme Directors. 

An opportunity for a GP Training Programme Director has become available at the UCLH Training Programme with a view to starting ASAP most probably from October 2025.

If you have questions about the role, please contact the following:  

Current AD [email protected]

The posts will be for 2 sessions a week (8 hours per week)  

Main duties of the job

The role of GP Training Programme Director is to work with and support the Head of School in leading the delivery of a wide range of functions, aligned to the NHS England mandate.  

The role will include, amongst other responsibilities, overseeing the GP School programme management and advise the Head of School on the following matters:  

  • Specialty-specific matters and trainee/trainer concerns. 

  • Recruitment to training posts and programmes.  

To use our educational resources to support learners within programmes to fulfil their full potential. 

Working for our organisation

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.

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.

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 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.

Person specification

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable leadership skills and an ability to influence and motivate others
  • A strong sense of vision and ability to innovate
  • Ability to sensitively manage complexity and uncertainty
  • A commitment to personal development – self and others

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • 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
  • Awareness of the national context of GP Specialty Training, and the particular local context for this training scheme
  • • Demonstrable track record of promotion of Equality and Diversity in health care settings

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria
  • Primary clinical healthcare qualification
  • MRCGP (for doctors)
  • Attendance at courses aimed to support educational development (example: educator courses, Train the Trainer, etc.)

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident committedStep into healthAccredited Living Wage Employer

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Munir Ali-Zubair
Job title
UCLH AD
Email address
[email protected]
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