GP Training Programme Director - Prime

NHS England; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS England seeks a GP Training Programme Director to support PRIME educational activity across the East Midlands. The post is substantive (2 sessions) and includes working with the PRIME team and education faculty to promote learner development and patient safety.

Remuneration will be in line with the national GP educator pay scale. The role supports international GPs, returners and retainers where appropriate and involves collaboration with NHS England colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Provide educational support to GP resident doctors experiencing educational, communication or progression challenges.
• Deliver one-to-one support, small-group teaching, workshops and larger educational sessions.
• Support consultation and communication skills development, including preparation for GP assessments and examinations.
• Contribute to PRIME educational programmes, resources and interventions.
• Support international GPs, returners and retainers through advice, signposting and educational discussions where appropriate.
• Work collaboratively with Training Programme Directors, Educational Supervisors and NHS England colleagues.
• Contribute to evaluation, quality improvement and the ongoing development of PRIME activity.
• Promote inclusion, learner wellbeing and patient safety through a supportive and developmental approach.

Job description

A GP Training Programme Director (TPD) post is available to support PRIME educational activity across the East Midlands.

Post Available

• One substantive post (2 sessions)

The PRIME programme provides targeted educational support for GP resident doctors requiring additional support with performance, communication, consultation skills, examination preparation or progression through training.

The successful applicants will work alongside the PRIME team and wider GP education faculty to deliver educational interventions that promote learner development, progression and patient safety.

The role will also contribute to support for international GPs, returners and retainers where appropriate.

Remuneration will be in line with the national GP educator pay scale.

The Successful Applicants Will

• Provide educational support to GP resident doctors experiencing educational, communication or progression challenges.
• Deliver one-to-one support, small-group teaching, workshops and larger educational sessions.
• Support consultation and communication skills development, including preparation for GP assessments and examinations.
• Contribute to PRIME educational programmes, resources and interventions.
• Support international GPs, returners and retainers through advice, signposting and educational discussions where appropriate.
• Work collaboratively with Training Programme Directors, Educational Supervisors and NHS England colleagues.
• Contribute to evaluation, quality improvement and the ongoing development of PRIME activity.
• Promote inclusion, learner wellbeing and patient safety through a supportive and developmental approach.

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.

We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Lisa Steiner Job title: Associate Postgraduate Dean Email address: [e-mail]