GP Training Programme Director - Dorset IMG
This role involves working within the Wessex Deanery (based in the Dorset Patch) supporting GP trainees who are International Medical Graduates. It involves working in conjunction with the IMG lead AD, addressing Differential Attainment and supporting Equality and Diversity and Inclusion
This is a Training Programme Director role for 1 session in the Wessex Deanery.
It will involve delivery and organisation of projects to support IMG trainees, including induction, one-one support and small group support.
This role will also work with our Educational and Clinical Supervisors to support and help them provide good quality supervision for IMG trainees, with a view to closing the DA gap. This will include exam support and engaging with EDI projects.
This will involve working with other TPDs and an Associate Dean, together with the Head of School and Primary Care Dean.
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.
We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.
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.