GP Training Programme Director - East Kent

NHS England; Horley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The GP Training Programme Director role in NHS England leads the delivery of education functions for GP training, aligning with WT&E objectives and cross-sector collaboration. The post requires GMC registration and extensive knowledge of General Practice, with strong leadership abilities adaptable to changing priorities.

The role involves accelerating learner supervision, assessment and experience improvements, while engaging faculty across departments.

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare education management and policy.
• Extensive knowledge of General Practice and GP curriculum.
• Strong leadership and change management abilities.
• Ability to respond to changing priorities and workloads quickly.

Responsibilities

• Lead learner supervision, assessment and experience improvements.
• Engage faculty and ensure educational outcomes.
• Collaborate with Heads of School and Deans.
• Support workforce transformation and multi-professional links.

Skills

Leadership

Healthcare education management

Strategic planning

Stakeholder engagement

Education

GMC-registered GP

Experience in medical education management

Job description

The role of GP Training Programme Director is to work with and support the Heads of School and Primary Care Dean in leading the delivery of a wide range of functions, aligned to the objectives of NHS England Workforce Training and Education (WT&E).

The GP Training Programme Director is professionally accountable to the Head of School and managerially accountable to the GP Patch Associate Dean. The GP Training Programme Director will focus on the improvement of learner supervision, assessment and experience, engagement of faculty and ensuring effective educational outcomes, both now and in the future. The role is evolving and will also focus on whole workforce transformation and developing multi-professional links.

To support the Primary Care Dean and Postgraduate Dean, GP Training Programme Directors will work across the spectrum of health and, where relevant, social care, within the context of a team, so that the provision of education reflects changing service models. This will deliver an integrated workforce comprising individuals from a wide range of professional and other backgrounds.

You should be a self-motivated individual, able to respond quickly to changing priorities and workloads. Strong leadership skills are essential.

You should have good knowledge of the GP curriculum and associated mandatory requirements and be able to positively influence the expansion of GP specialty training. We expect applicants to have extensive knowledge of General Practice and be a current GP registered with the GMC.

Candidates should be experienced in healthcare education management - which may be achieved through a formal university course or equivalent experience.

You will be a representative of the Primary Care Department and will be expected to be a positive advocate for NHS England at all times. You will promote leadership that inspires, motivates, and empowers all staff, whilst demonstrating the values of the NHS.

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.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.