Guidance

GP educator pay scale 2020 to 2021

Published 28 August 2020

Applies to England

From 1 April 2020:

Point Value Grade Indicator
GP00 £90,571 Preparatory year course organiser or tutor Contribution to backfill service provision in general practice
GP01 £94,346 Established course organiser or tutor Standard scale point for VTS course organisers, GP tutors and primary care tutors
GP02 £97,487   Advanced point for special responsibilities and lead roles in developing new initiatives
GP03 £101,266 Associate adviser, associate director, associate postgraduate dean Standard scale point for associate directors, associate advisers. Period of maintenance work plus person professional development
GP04 £104,408   Established lead work and lead on new initiatives
GP05 £107,553   Lead role on national organisations that enhance deanery performance
GP06 £111,328 Deputy director Leadership role, sharing some director duties, footprint extends beyond the deanery, and wider than education management

In line with the General Medical Services contract, one session is one tenth of a week.

It is anticipated that opportunities will exist for GP educators to be paid on a higher scale point for agreed periods, covering specific and time-limited pieces of work.

This enhancement may be applied to some or all of existing sessions by written agreement with the deanery.

Annual appraisal of performance and professional development should include a review of the GP educators’ position on the pay scale.

The GP trainer grant (previously notified through directions to Health Education England) is £8,584 from 1 April 2020.