NHS England • Greater London, London E14 4PU

GP Training Programme Director (London - Sidcup) | NHS England

About this role

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 a GP Training Programme Director has become available at the Sidcup Training Programme with a view to starting ASAP , currently lasting until 31st March 2027.

The Fixed half day release for Sidcup is Wednesday afternoon.

If you have questions about the role, please contact the following

Current AD v.pswarayi@nhs.net

The posts will be for 2 sessions a week (8 hours per week)

Proposed interview date (subject to change): 30/09/26

The role of 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.

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 announcedthat 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.

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.

This advert closes on Thursday 4 Jun 2026