GP Associate Dean | NHS England


Company:	NHS England
Salary:	£135,917 pro rata
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Leeds, LS1 4AP
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	6 Aug 2026
Closing date:	5 Sept 2026

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Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to take part in the development of Postgraduate General Practice and Primary Care Education. The postholder will be part of the senior management team and will have the opportunity to be involved in strategic planning and policy decision making.

The AD will report to the head of the GP School. The AD will work closely with the other GP School ADs, the senior business team and will link with the wider Primary Care School and Deanery as needed.

GP Associate Deans are commissioned and appointed by NHS England, working across Yorkshire and the Humber to direct and manage specialty training programmes across Local Education Providers (LEPs) and General Practices (GP).

The role of Associate Dean is to work with and support the Head of School in leading the delivery of a wide range of functions, aligned to the NHSE mandate.

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.

To support the Postgraduate Dean, Associate Deans will work across the spectrum of health and where relevant, social care, within the context of a team, so that the provision of education reflects changing service models. This will deliver an integrated workforce comprising individuals from a spectrum of professional and other backgrounds.

As a provider of medical education and training, Associate Deans should undergo an annual appraisal, with feedback on involvement in postgraduate education and training provided by the Deputy Head of School.

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 20 Aug 2026

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