Job summary
- Main area
- Primary Care Education
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: GP Educator GP03
- Contract
- Fixed term: 11 months (until 30 September 2026)
- Hours
- Part time - 2 sessions per week (8 hours)
- Job ref
- 990-SE-18235-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Premier House
- Town
- Reading
- Salary
- £127,369 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Associate Dean
NHS Medical & Dental: GP Educator GP03
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
Associate Deans (AD) will:
- Assist the Primary Care Dean to ensure all functions align with the NHS England mandate, focussing on improving patient and learner safety and experience and ensuring effective educational outcomes.
- Work across the spectrum of health and social care within the context of teams to provide education that reflects changing service models
- Focus on shaping, codesigning and supporting the implementation of local strategies for the development of the primary care workforce, identifying and realising opportunities to achieve key outcomes in line with national policy.
Main duties of the job
The role of the Associate Dean in the Primary Care School (PCS) helps support the Head of School of Primary Care and the Primary Care Dean in managing corporate, statutory and non-statutory functions, aligning with the NHSE WT&E mandate. The role is focussed firmly upon improving patient and learner safety and experience and ensuring effective educational outcomes.
The postholder will be expected to have significant experience of clinical and educational leadership and a track record of delivery in education and service.
They will be expected to demonstrate strong leadership skills with an ability to influence and motivate others in a politically sensitive environment.
These roles will require an understanding of healthcare/multi-professional workforce matters and experience of working with learners in an educational context.
Working for our organisation
Our work supports the NHS to deliver high quality services for patients and best value for taxpayers.
Our staff bring expertise across hundreds of specialisms — including clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
We lead the NHS in England 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
Earlier this year, the Government announced that NHS England will gradually merge with the Department of Health and Social Care, leading to full integration. The aim is to create a smaller, more strategic centre that reduces duplication and eliminates waste.
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 recruitment process.
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.
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Strong interpersonal, communication, written and presentation skills
- Complex problem-solving ability whilst maintaining objectivity
- Demonstratable leadership skills and an ability to influence and motivate others, with a strong sense of vision and ability to innovate
- Politically astute with an ability to sensitively manage complexity and uncertainty
Desirable criteria
- Ability to rapidly establish academic credibility
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Membership/Fellowship of a College, Faculty, professional association and/or regulatory body
- Applicants who are doctors are required to have a licence to practice
- Primary Clinical Healthcare Qualification
Desirable criteria
- Educational qualifications such as a postgraduate certificate diploma or Masters in Clinical Education
Experience
Essential criteria
- Considerable experience working with learners or doctors in a training and educational context
- Proven track record of leading change
- Knowledge of the NHS, its structures and processes, including an understanding of healthcare/multi-professional workforce matters, and understanding of workforce transformation agenda
- Significant experience of clinical and educational leadership and innovation at regional/national level, including managing a multi-professional team
Desirable criteria
- Previous or current appointment as a leader in healthcare
- Awareness of funding streams for healthcare education
- Understanding of current health, social care and education policy
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mary Curtis
- Job title
- Primary Care Programme Support Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07730 391428
- Additional information
Available Monday to Friday.
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