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Job reference: 156427
Salary: Associate Adviser (£98,366 - £109,766)
Job closing date: 25/07/2023
Job Type: Medical and Dental
Location: Flexible Location
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 8 hours per week
Job posted date: 11/07/2023
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Education For Scotland
Department: Training Programme Management

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Training Programme Director for General Practice in East of Scotland – Eastward

Hours: Part Time, 2PA’s (8 hours per week)

Duration: Permanent

Flexible Location: NES is a remote friendly employer supporting office, remote and hybrid working (within the UK). We’re happy to talk about how you want to work.


NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is the national health board with statutory responsibilities to effect sustainable change through workforce development, education and training across the health and social care system in Scotland, while working at UK level with partner organisations.

Applications are invited from experienced General Practice educators to join the team delivering General Practice education and support within the East region of the Scotland Deanery. 

The main role is to promote and co-ordinate quality vocational training for general practice in the East region of the Scotland Deanery with a particular emphasis on programme management and providing support for GP Trainees and Educational Supervisors (ES). This will involve support for ES’s via the local trainers’ groups, skills development for established ES’s and intervention with trainees requiring performance support.  Within training there will also be substantial input into the ARCP process

The post holder will be an educational resource for training practices.

The successful candidate will be expected to provide support and assistance to wider Deanery functions as determined by the GP Director/Assistant Director.   This post includes participation in quality management visits to GP Training practices and hospital posts.

This role will involve being an active member of the East GP Unit group with regular contact and liaison with other Programme Directors, Associate Advisers and the Assistant Directors as well as colleagues across Scotland.

The Scotland Deanery is committed to providing high quality medical education for the workforce in keeping with the NHS Education corporate plan.

If you believe you can meet the challenges of this role, we welcome your application. Please refer to the job information pack below.


For informal discussion on the role please contact Dr Chris Mair, Assistant Director of Post-Graduate General Practice Education by email at chris.mair@nhs.scot

Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59hrs on the closing date.

CVs will not be accepted.


Closing Date:   25th July 2023

Interview date: 18th August 2023


You must have eligibility and entitlement to work in the UK which is required to be maintained throughout your period of employment. Evidence of this must be produced upon request.


We actively encourage applicants from a range of backgrounds, regardless of gender, age, disability, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief. https://www.careers.nhs.scot/about/who-we-are/

If you have any queries regarding the application portal or the recruitment process, please contact us at:  NES HR Recruitment: EoS.ERRS@nhs.scot ​​​​​​​

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