GP Training Programme Director

NHS England; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS England is recruiting Peripatetic Trainer/Programme Director (TPD) to provide regional educational support across GP training in the East Midlands. The posts are 2 sessions per week each, with deployment to multiple programmes as needed.

Successful applicants will support GP training, contribute to induction programmes, and engage in regional initiatives while offering development opportunities within a resilient, flexible role.

Responsibilities

• Programme support and management
• Teaching delivery
• Trainee support
• Collaboration and communication with Heads of School and regional colleagues
• Evaluation and development of the Peripatetic TPD model
• Participation in regional faculty development opportunities

Job description

10 TPD sessions are being advertised for Peripatetic TPD roles across the East Midlands. We are looking to recruit 5 post-holders, each at 2 sessions per week (one day equivalent).

Peripatetic TPDs may be deployed into GP training programmes across the region for a defined periods to provide TPD support when a programme has lost capacity through prolonged absence (e.g. due to illness, recruitment delays), provide support during periods of increased educational demand (e.g. ARCP panels) or to deliver a specific project (e.g. improved neurodiversity support offer). Over the course of a year, a Peripatetic TPD may work across several different programmes in the East Midlands.

When not deployed to a specific programme, peripatetic TPDs will contribute to centralised regional educational offers, e.g. the regional resident doctor induction programme, centralised teaching on essential topics, and other region-wide initiatives.

This is a deliberately flexible role designed to provide regional resilience. It is also an excellent development opportunity for educators who want to build TPD experience, work with a range of programme teams, and gain exposure to different ways of running GP training.

The East Midlands GP School delivers training across nine programmes (Nottingham, Sherwood Forest, Leicester/Leicestershire/Rutland, Chesterfield, Lincoln, Boston, Derby, Kettering, Northampton). Successful applicants should be willing to work across the region as deployments require.

Specific duties will vary by deployment and by the needs of the host programme, but typically include:

• Programme support and management
• Teaching delivery
• Trainee support
• Collaboration and communication with the Head of School, APD for Rotations & Rotas, programme TPDs, programme managers, and other regional colleagues throughout the deployment.
• Evaluation and development including contributing feedback to the Heads of School and the APD for Rotations & Rotas on each deployment, supporting continuous improvement of the Peripatetic TPD model.
• Participate in regional faculty development opportunities and protected professional development time.

Please note role responsibilities are not limited to the areas listed above - as with all TPD roles, you may be asked to work flexibly to support wider GP training within the East Midlands.

This is a new type of role within the East Midlands GP School. Post-holders will play an active part in shaping how the role develops, with their experience informing future deployments and regional priorities.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Chris David Job title: Head of School Email address: [e-mail]

Dr Caroline Ahrens, Head of School, East Midlands GP School

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