Job summary
- Main area
- General Practice
- Grade
- NHS Medical and Dental: GP Educator GP00-01
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (until 31 March 2027)
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 990-LDN-EC4230-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 10 South Colonnade
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £117,904 - £122,819 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/10/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 04/11/2026
Employer heading
GP Training Programme Director (London - IMG)
NHS Medical and Dental: GP Educator GP00-01
Our Organisation
We share the core values set out in the NHS Constitution, which all colleagues are expected to demonstrate.
We support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you and your colleagues. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement, whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern.
Job overview
GP Programme Directors are responsible for providing education in a safe environment for doctors wanting to become GPs. This involves planning, facilitating and evaluating the process of learning. There will be support from the other Programme Directors.
1 FTC opportunity for an IMG London GP Training Programme Director has become available with a view to starting ASAP , currently lasting until 31st March 2027.
If you have questions about the role, please contact the following:
The posts will be for 2 sessions a week (8 hours per week)
Proposed interview date (subject to change): 4th November 2026
Main duties of the job
The role of the GP Training Programme Director is to work with and support the Head of School in leading the delivery of a wide range of functions, aligned to the NHS England mandate.
The role will include, amongst other responsibilities, overseeing the GP School programme management and advise the Head of School on the following matters:
- Specialty-specific matters and trainee/trainer concerns.
- Recruitment to training posts and programmes.
To use our educational resources to support learners within programmes to fulfil their full potential.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Person specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable leadership skills and an ability to influence and motivate others
- A strong sense of vision and ability to innovate
- Ability to sensitively manage complexity and uncertainty
- A commitment to personal development – self and others
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Considerable experience of working with learners or doctors in training in an educational context
- Experience of clinical and educational leadership and innovation, including managing a multi-professional team
- Awareness of the national context of GP Specialty Training, and the particular local context for this training scheme
- Demonstrable track record of promotion of Equality and Diversity in health care settings
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Primary clinical healthcare qualification
- MRCGP (for doctors)
- Attendance at courses aimed to support educational development (example: educator courses, Train the Trainer, etc.)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ashvini Shastri
- Job title
- GP Programme Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
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