GP Associate Dean - Cornwall

NHS England; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Part time

Job summary

NHS England is seeking a Patch Associate GP Dean to assist in delivering high-quality GP specialty training. The role involves managing postgraduate training activities, collaborating with educational supervisors, and supporting workforce development in Cornwall. This part-time position requires strong leadership and management skills.

Qualifications

• Local responsibility for managing postgraduate general practice training.
• Collaboration with Educational and Clinical Supervisors.
• Support for quality supervision and education for trainees.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate and manage GP training activities.
• Oversee placement and recruitment issues.
• Support development of the Primary Care workforce.

Skills

Leadership

Management

Education

Job description

The Patch Associate GP Dean will assist and work with the Primary Care Dean and the Heads of School for General Practice to ensure the delivery of safe and compassionate care to patients through high-quality GP specialty training.

The postholder will have local responsibility for the co-ordination, provision, and management of postgraduate general practice training activities within the Cornwall GP training programme.

The role may expand in the future and may also involve some wider regional work.

This role is for 4 sessions / 16 hours per week, involving overseeing placement and recruitment issues, developing wider placements, and supporting GP expansion capacity.

It includes formulating strategy, managing local education budgets, leadership activities within the School of Primary Care, and line management of TPDs.

The role also involves working with Educational and Clinical Supervisors to support quality supervision and education for trainees.

Additional responsibilities include supporting the development of the Primary Care workforce in Devon through multi-professional education, recruitment, retention initiatives, and system-level support.

As an Associate Dean, you will be part of the extended Senior GP educator team and participate in the approval process for Trainers and Practices within the Southwest, supporting ARCP panels.

You will collaborate closely with the Head of Schools, other Associate Deans, Training Programme Directors, Patch administrators/managers, and Directors of Medical Education and the Primary Care Dean.

The role involves delivering and overseeing projects to support doctors in training and educators, including induction, one-to-one support, small group work, and acting as an escalation point.

The NHS England Board has outlined the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services, which includes:

• Improving health and reducing inequalities
• Making the NHS a great place to work
• Ensuring a skilled, values-driven healthcare workforce
• Optimising digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money

For more information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend at least 40% of their time working in-person.

If successful at interview, an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) will be conducted via the Electronic Staff Record system (ESR), gathering information from your previous or current NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates, and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out of this process at any time.

For further details or informal visits, contact:

Name: Claire Fox
Job title: Head of School of Primary Care
Email: [e-mail]