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Job summary

Main area
Medical and Dental
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: GP Educator GP04
Contract
Fixed term: 15 months (until 31 March 2027)
Hours
Part time - 4 sessions per week (16 hours)
Job ref
990-LDN-19136-E
Employer
NHS England
Employer type
NHS
Site
10 South Colonade
Town
London
Salary
£131,321 pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/12/2025 23:59

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Associate Dean (Individual Support)

NHS Medical & Dental: GP Educator GP04

Our Organisation

The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.

As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.

As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. 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. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

We are an accredited Living Wage Employer which means that every colleague working for our organisation and third-party contractors will earn a real Living Wage.  We are one of over 15,000 organisations, who voluntarily chose to pay the real Living Wage.

Job overview

The Professional Support Unit (PSU) in London provides specialist multi professional individual and group support for eligible Postgraduate Doctors and Dentists in training along with a smaller number of additional healthcare practitioners in supervised posts. The support offered is in addition to that available through training programmes, employers and local services. A key remit of the PSU is to support clients who are experiencing difficulties in progression through training.

Client support is currently provided through a number of PSU services namely PSU Advisor or Single Point of Contact (SPOC) service, Coaching & Careers, Neurodiversity and Specialist Clinical Communication & Linguistics. 

This post is for an experienced clinical educator to join the team as a lead for PSU Advisor/Single Point of Contact team.

Main duties of the job

The current vacancy is for an experienced clinical educator to join as 
an Associate Dean for the PSU Advisor/Single Point of Contact service
on a fixed term basis until Until March 2027. It is currently expected the 
PSU service will continue after March 2027 by which time the 
position on longer term employment opportunities is expected to be 
clarified.

  • The Associate Dean role is for an experienced clinical educator in 
    current or very recent clinical practice. They should have held 
    educational and/or educational leadership roles in addition to other 
    formal training and experience in supporting postgraduate doctors in training.
  • The post includes a combination of individual support meetings with 
    clients of the PSU managing complex cases, supporting PSU advisors in the team, operational management and administrative liaison, 
    strategic planning and service improvement, chairing MDT and 
    supervision meetings as well as facilitating groups and workshops for the PSU. 

Working for our organisation

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

  • Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
  • Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
  • Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
  • Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
  • Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

If you are successful at interview, we will run an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) in the Electronic Staff Record system (ESR). This transfer gathers valuable information from a previous or current NHS employer to support the onboarding process, including; statutory and mandatory competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement.  You will have the opportunity throughout the recruitment process to inform us if you do not consent.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents. 

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Primary medical training qualification
Desirable criteria
  • Leadership qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experienced senior clinician of good standing with no restrictions on licence to practice
  • Recognised qualification in coaching, mentoring or supervision
Desirable criteria
  • Qualification and/or additional training in advanced communication, support, appraisals and/or therapeutic interventions
  • PGCert, Diploma or Masters in Clinical or Medical Education

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to make decisions autonomously on difficult issues
  • A positive attitude to change and doing things differently
  • Calm and analytical under pressure

Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria
  • Highly developed communication and networking skills
  • Proven track record of influencing and motivating others and leading change
Desirable criteria
  • Demonstrates NHS values

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident committedStep into healthAccredited Living Wage Employer

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Ali Hassas
Job title
Associate Dean
Email address
[email protected]
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