Job summary
- Main area
- General Practice
- Grade
- NHSE Medical & Dental: GP Educator GP01
- Contract
- Fixed term: 9 months (until 31 March 2027)
- Hours
- Part time - 1 session per week (4 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 990-SE-EC3194-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Explorer House
- Town
- Southampton
- Salary
- £122,819 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
GP Training Programme Director - IMG
NHSE Medical & Dental: GP Educator GP01
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.
Job overview
GP Training Programme Director - Dorset IMG
This role involves working within the Wessex Deanery (based in the Dorset Patch) supporting GP trainees who are International Medical Graduates. It involves working in conjunction with the IMG lead AD, addressing Differential Attainment and supporting Equality and Diversity and Inclusion
This is a Training Programme Director role for 1 session in the Wessex Deanery.
Main duties of the job
It will involve delivery and organisation of projects to support IMG trainees, including induction, one-one support and small group support.
This role will also work with our Educational and Clinical Supervisors to support and help them provide good quality supervision for IMG trainees, with a view to closing the DA gap. This will include exam support and engaging with EDI projects.
This will involve working with other TPDs and an Associate Dean, together with the Head of School and Primary Care 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.
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 other supporting documents.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- General practitioner with MRCGP
- Attendance at courses aimed to support educational development (example: educator courses, Train the Trainer, etc.)
- Pro active approach and evidence of CPD within clinical role
- Applicants should either work in NHS clinical practice (or similar setting) or should have previously undertaken clinical practice within the last 2 years prior to the intended start date of the role
Desirable criteria
- Approved GP trainer or clinical supervisor
- Educational qualification e.g. Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education, Certificate or diploma in medical education or management
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- A strong sense of vision, leadership and ability to innovate.
- Strong Interpersonal communication, written and presentation skills
- Excellent leadership and organisational skills
- Commitment to continuous improvement and innovation in medical education
- Ability to support others (pastoral skills) and to help others develop and progress.
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good working knowledge of the NHS, its structures and processes.
- Demonstrable track record of delivery in service and education.bodies, related NHS organisations and regulatory bodies, including an understanding of healthcare/multi-professional workforce, the Gold Guide and educational theory
- Experience of working with learners and doctors in training in an educational context.
- Experience of clinical and educational leadership including across multi-professional teams.
- Understanding of developments involving the relevant Colleges/Faculties, professional bodies, National Institute for Health Research and academic training, NHS organisations and regulatory bodies.
Desirable criteria
- Previous or current appointment as a leader in healthcare education.
- •Previous experience in the recruitment and selection of doctors / learners to educational programmes.
- Awareness of funding streams for healthcare education.
- Understanding of current health, social care and education policy.
- An understanding of healthcare/multi-professional workforce matters.
Behaviours and Values
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate NHSE’s values and commitment to the values described in the NHS Constitution.
- Commitment to own personal development.
- Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Commitment and enthusiasm for education and training
- Adaptable in approach including the flexibility to work in changing environments.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katie Collins
- Job title
- Associate Dean IMG
- Email address
- [email protected]
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