GP Training Programme Director - SLP/HEFT

NHS England; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS England - West Midlands GP School is seeking experienced Training Programme Directors to contribute to a total of 22 sessions across the West Midlands, enhancing the learning experience for GP Registrars and supporting successful progression to MRCGP.

You will work with the GP School and local education teams to coordinate educational sessions, provide pastoral support, oversee assessments including ARCP, and help embed the Structured Learning Programme and health inequalities initiatives

Qualifications

• Established Training Programme Directors (TPDs) sought to lead 22 sessions across West Midlands.
• Applicants should demonstrate knowledge of Structured Learning and commitment to GP education to be shortlisted.
• Role involves collaboration with GP School and local education teams to support GP Registrars to reach their full potential.
• Includes induction for international medical graduates and NHS newcomers, and high‑quality training placements.
• Face-to-face and virtual education delivery, and timely educational and pastoral support.

Responsibilities

• Preparation and delivery of educational sessions.
• Educational facilitation and curriculum support.
• Pastoral and individual learner support.
• Organising face-to-face and virtual educational programmes.
• Providing timely educational and pastoral support to learners and educators.
• Ensuring appropriate assessment processes, including ARCP delivery.
• Collaborating with senior educators, Training Hubs, Trusts, and partner organisations across the region.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the West Midlands GP School for established Training Programme Directors (TPDs) to contribute to a total of 22 sessions across the West Midlands.

The positions would be most suited to established TPDs, however in exceptional circumstances, applications from suitably experienced candidates will also be considered but the applicants would need to demonstrate a knowledge of and commitment to Structured Learning. This will need to be evidenced in the application in order to be shortlisted.

The role involves working collaboratively with the wider GP School and local programme education teams to support GP Registrars to reach their full potential, progress successfully to MRCGP, and develop as adaptable GPs equipped for the future NHS.

Core responsibilities include enhancing the training experience for GP Registrars through:

• Preparation and delivery of educational sessions
• Educational facilitation and curriculum support
• Pastoral and individual learner support
• Supporting educational development across the GP School, particularly through the Structured Learning Programme, and where appropriate, health inequalities training, neurodiversity initiatives, iTAP, and Trainers’ Courses
• Facilitating induction for GP Registrars, including enhanced support for international medical graduates and those new to the NHS
• Working closely with GP practices and education providers to ensure high‑quality, balanced training placements
• Organising and delivering face‑to‑face and virtual educational programmes
• Providing timely educational and pastoral support to learners and educators
• Ensuring appropriate assessment processes are in place, including effective ARCP delivery
• Collaborating with senior educators, Training Hubs, Trusts, and partner organisations across the region

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 David Palmer Job title: GP Head of School Email address: [e-mail]

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