Associate Post Graduate Dean for Surgery, North and East of Scotland

NHS National Services Scotland; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A national health board in the UK seeks an Associate Postgraduate Dean to lead and oversee postgraduate education initiatives. The role involves managing national training programmes and interacting with various stakeholders within the NHS. Qualified candidates must hold a medical degree and have relevant NHS experience. This position supports flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Applicants must be in a substantive NHS consultant post.
• Must confirm prior support for a Service Level Agreement.
• Broad understanding of GMC and Scotland Deanery quality frameworks needed.
• Experience in medical education and training in the NHS required.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and oversight of the Associate Postgraduate Dean post.
• Manage supra-regional and national training programmes.
• Contribute to operational and strategic work within the specialty grouping.
• Interact with trainees, trainers, and external bodies.

Education

MB ChB or equivalent

Job description

Hours

Hours: 2 PAs (8 hours per week)

Duration

Duration: Fixed-Term/Secondment – 3 years in the first instance

Flexible Location

Flexible Location: NES is a remote friendly employer supporting office, remote and hybrid working (within the UK). We’re happy to talk about how you want to work.

Who We Are

Who We Are: NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is the national health board with statutory responsibilities to effect sustainable change through workforce development, education and training across the health and social care system in Scotland, while working at UK level with partner organisations.

What You Will Do

What You Will Do: The Associate Postgraduate Dean post is required to provide leadership and oversight of the post with responsibilities for supra-regional and national programmes as well as SE training programmes in the South-East Scotland region of the Scotland Deanery, and to contribute to other operational and strategic work within the wider specialty grouping. The role will involve interaction with trainees, trainers, and external bodies to support and enhance postgraduate education both regionally and nationally across the Scotland Deanery.

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• Manage supra-regional and national programmes and SE training programmes in the South-East Scotland region.
• Contribute to operational and strategic work within the wider specialty grouping.
• Interact with trainees, trainers, and external bodies to support postgraduate education regionally and nationally.

Qualifications

Applications are invited from trained doctors in the Scotland who are in a substantive NHS consultant post. All applicants must confirm prior to interview that their employer would support a Service Level Agreement for this role within their job plan.

Applicants must be qualified to MB ChB or equivalent and included in the GMC’s General and Specialist Registers. A broad understanding of the GMC and Scotland Deanery quality frameworks together with practical experience of medical education and training in the NHS is required.

Contact

For informal enquiries can be made to either Mr Alastair Murray, Deputy Lead Dean ([e-mail]) or Professor Adam Hill, Postgraduate Dean ([e-mail]). If you are interested in this vacancy and would like further information, please refer to the Job Information Pack which includes a copy of the Job Description, Person Specification and Conditions of Service.

Application

Applicants who wish to apply on a secondment basis are strongly encouraged to discuss this with their current employer at the earliest opportunity. Please follow the links below to apply for this: http://intranet.nes.scot.nhs.uk/vacancies/ Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59hrs on the closing date. Closing Date: 18.11.2025. Interview Date: TBC (by Microsoft Teams).

1. Please be advised that if you are successful in being offered the role following the recruitment process, you will be expected to attend the office prior to your start date to complete face-to-face pre-employment checks. If you require any adjustments to support this, please let us know.
2. To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigration Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website.

For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licensed Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.

If you have any queries regarding the NHS Scotland National Recruitment Portal or the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to contact our recruitment partners, the East Region Recruitment Service, at [e-mail].