GP Educator / Training Programme Director

The Training Programme Director (TPD) role is responsible for leading and co-ordinating the training of GP Specialty Resident Doctors across the Pennine training programme. This will include managing the programme for the future and ensuring it can adapt to meet the future needs of the NHS. The post holder will work with the Head of School, local Associate Dean (GP) and other local educators to ensure each post within the programme meets the standards defined by the GMC, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and NHS England. They will ensure each post enables Resident Doctors to access a comprehensive range of experiences which will enable them to meet the requirements of the curriculum during their participation in the programme. The post holder must be on the GMC GP Register with a minimum of one year's post-CCT experience in the specialty. They must also meet the GMC standards for educational supervisors, engaged in the revalidation process and ideally in active clinical practice.

To oversee programme management in the programme area and advise Postgraduate Deans on the following matters: Specialty-specific matters and Resident Doctor and/or trainer concerns; Recruitment to training posts and programmes Postgraduate programme management, including assessments, structured teaching programme and associated budget, progression, rotations, support and remediation, OOP Management, Resident Doctor management, careers support, less than full time training, inter-deanery transfers, Annual Development planning, study leave and academic training and other related work-streams. Assist in the development and application of quality processes which are complementary across the healthcare workforce in the county. To support the use of clinical skills training and simulation (where appropriate/applicable), stressing the importance of teamwork and human factors