Lead General Practitioner - Ferryhill, United Kingdom - Intrahealth Ltd

    Intrahealth Ltd
    Intrahealth Ltd Ferryhill, United Kingdom

    1 week ago

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    Job summary

    We offer a flexible approach to division of roles and responsibilities within our small friendly and experienced practice team. The clinical teams are also well supported by an excellent administration and management team; this allows our GPs to concentrate on clinical work. We are looking for an enthusiastic experienced GP looking to take a leading role in improving patients' outcomes especially in areas such as diabetes and contributing towards redesigning services locally by representing the practice at PCN and ICS level.

    We host various trainees (GP Speciality training Registrars, Pre Reg-Pharmacists, Nursing Associate etc.) We are keen to recruit a GP who is willing to mentor some of our current trainees or students in the practice. You will be a team player who is keen to support and contribute to our program of continuous improvements and clinical meetings and work with us to ensure we maintain our high QOF results.

    Furthermore, we offer:

  • Excellent salary and employment benefits, including BMA contract and NHS pension.
  • Opportunities for role progression and personal development to medical director level
  • We actively encourage participation in practice decisions and service developments.
  • We support flexible working patterns and part-time working therefore would encourage applicants who wish to combine a clinical role with other professional or personal commitments

    • Main duties of the job

    The Practice Clinical Lead provides leadership and accountability inIntraHealth for the delivery of a safe, efficient, and reliable clinicalservice achieving the standards set out within the contract at its inceptionand to improve upon the quality of the service.

    They may manage more than one related clinical service, so long as theyare not over committed, or manage a single Practice site overseeing theclinical services running within the practice.

    The Practice lead will also be expected to provide clinical services topatients registered on the practice list as set out in the Salaried GP jobspecification.

    About us

    IntraHealthis one of the UKs leading provider of NHS Primary and Community Care services.We serve a range of patients across our three divisions of Primary Care (generalpractice), Pharmacy and Clinical Services which includes anticoagulationmonitoring, patient medication reviews and childhood immunisation programmes.

    We alsoprovide management and clinical support to other GP practices and NHS bodies. We are awell-established organisation having provided NHS services since the companywas founded in 1999. Our team is made up of GPs, Advanced NursePractitioners (ANPs), Nurses, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Health CareAssistants (HCAs) and local administration teams supported by a centralisedback office function; providing finance, HR, administration and data analysissupport.

    We operateNHS services across the North East, North West and Yorkshire.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

  • Deliver Primary Medical Services via surgeries, clinics and visits as defined via the job plan.
  • Make professionally autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred internally within the organisation.
  • Receive patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and make assessment of their health care needs.
  • Develop with the patient a care plan for health.
  • Provide counselling and health education.
  • Admit or discharge patients to and from caseload and refer them to other care providers internally or externally as appropriate.
  • Work with and support other health professionals within the team to ensure best care for patients.
  • To provide clinical leadership for the delivery of the clinical service.
  • The identification and implementation of the key processes, both primary and internal, that support the clinical service.
  • To understand how the steps of these key processes add value to the patient.
  • To appoint appropriate individuals to lead the key processes; and
  • To promote the IntraHealth vision of health delivery to all participants who deliver the clinical service.
  • Be involved in the recruitment of good quality staff and support the systems for mentoring, appraisal (including of communication skills) professional development and support.
  • Continuously improve the reliability of the processes within the specialty.
  • Pursuit of the highest quality outcomes of care.
  • A patient focus for the delivery of the service.
  • Promotion of a culture of change and innovation; and eliminate wasteful activity.
  • Ensure that the Clinical Governance agenda is actively implemented across the service so achieving both safe clinical practice and cost effectiveness.
  • Ensure that the National Quality Requirements and any other specified contractual requirements are achieved. Monitor performance against targets for access, triage, and clinical interventions.
  • Ensure action plans are implemented for areas of non-achievement of targets and quality standards.
  • Provide Clinical support in the management of complaints ensuring compliance with the complaints procedure and that all complaints are resolved within timescales set.
  • Review and feedback on staff performance.
  • Review significant events and clinical incidents.
  • Review patient satisfaction surveys.
  • Ensure contingency plans and escalation procedures are effective.
  • Ensure there is a policy for record keeping including written and other media and the passage of information to staff that complies with Data Protection, Access to Records and Freedom of Information.
  • To be involved in the recruitment of clinical staff.
  • Provide mentorship and support to nurses in the practice undergoing non-medical prescribing and advanced clinical skills development.
  • Support the development of the clinical roles of other health care professionals to complement the GP role.
  • Equality and Diversity
  • The Clinical Lead will uphold their equality and diversity commitments and statutory obligations under current equality legislation including the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, the Equality Act 2006, and the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 and:
  • Act in ways that support equality and diversity and recognises the importance of peoples rights in accordance with legislation, policies, procedures, and good practice.
  • Value people as individuals and treating everyone with dignity and respect, consideration and without prejudice, respecting diversity and recognising peoples expressed beliefs, preferences, and choices in working with others and delivering appropriate services.
  • Recognise and report behaviour that undermines equality under company policy.
  • Be consciously aware of own behaviour and encourage the same levels of behaviour in colleagues.
  • Acknowledge others different perspectives and recognise the diverse needs and experiences of everyone they meet.
  • With the support of managers develop an equality and diversity objective through the personal development review process
  • Health and Safety
  • The Clinical Lead has a duty to take reasonable care to avoid injury to themselves or to others and to co-operate with the company in meeting its statutory requirements.
    • Person Specification

    Experience

    Essential

  • Knowledge of National Primary care agenda, including experience of managing professional issues, and fitness to practice.
  • Experience of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working.
  • Evidence of Leadership development
  • Experience of working across professional boundaries, able to enthuse and inspire others using advanced communication.
  • Engaging with patients and public (PPG) to learn and improve experience.
  • Good knowledge, understanding and implementation of safeguarding policies and practices

    • Desirable

  • Experience of working in different sectors of the NHS.
  • Experience of working within a PCN
  • Experience of staff development and performance management
  • Interest in teaching allied healthcare professionals/ GP registrars.
  • Interest in diabetes

    • Qualifications

    Essential

  • Registered with the GMC listed on the GMC GP Register with evidence of revalidation
  • Accepted Medical Degree
  • Evidence of continued personal and professional development
  • Appropriate Medical indemnity cover with either MDU/MPS MDDUS
  • Appropriate safeguarding training
  • Registered on the National Medical Performers list

    • Desirable

  • Management qualification or equivalent relevant experience

    • Skills and Abilities

    Essential

  • Leadership and motivational skills.
  • Committed to patient centred care and role model for other professionals.
  • Ability to foster and maintain positive working relationships at every level.
  • Confident communicator with ability to be persuasive.
  • Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with all stakeholders.
  • Awareness of Equality and Diversity principles
  • Understanding of confidentiality and the Data Protection Act
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the data protection act and patient confidentiality, clinical and

    • Desirable

  • Information governance and Caldicott requirements.

    • Attitudes

    Essential

  • Positive attitude; self-motivated and able to motivate others.
  • Credibility with clinicians and managers
  • Ability to build trust, respect, and co-operation quickly.
  • Professional courage, integrity, and diplomacy
  • Self-awareness
  • Commit to empower and develop staff to optimise individual and team potential.
  • Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
  • Enthusiastic and self-motivated