Lead GP - Sunderland

Job title: Lead GP.

Location: Castletown Surgery, Sunderland, SR5 3EX - Under new management!

Salary: £12,500

Working hours: 6 sessions per week - flexible with working days.

Job type: Permanent.

Objectives

The successful applicant will provide clinical leadership of GP services within the practice working in conjunction with the Practice Manager and other salaried GPs to ensure the provision of high-quality services for patients and to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the practice. The current list size is stable at approximately 2,500 the practice has a dedicated Practice Manager, Practice Nurses. Considerable headway has already been made to improve the practice environment and provide additional services for our practice population.

Job Purpose

Delivery of and commitment to quality, patient outcome-focused care; working closely with the Practice Manager to develop the practice team to deliver efficient, effective, and value-for-money care and service delivery. The Clinical Lead GP will need to be prepared to work flexibly when required as commensurate with having a senior role. The Clinical Lead GP should perpetually be seeking to improve every aspect of clinical care within the practice. He/she will combine clinical work and, as well as having protected time dedicated to taking responsibility for governance and the development of the practice (1-2 sessions per week).

The Clinical Lead GP is an integral member of the practice’s management team and will participate in key decisions relating to the management and strategic direction of the practice within their PCN. To this end they will work closely with the PCN lead to ensure the practice is exemplary in their PCN engagement and driving forward the PCN agenda.

Key Accountabilities and Main Responsibilities

This list is intended to summarise the key responsibilities and is not intended to cover every task that may be required of the role:-

Clinical Care

To provide clinical care to patients, this will include consultation sessions, telephone triage, correspondence, results, medication reviews and prescription signing and other clinical administration, safeguarding lead, medicals, reports, home visits, and practice meetings.

Adhere to the highest personal and professional standards set out by the GMC and make individual patient care your priority.

Operations

Working with the Practice Manager and members of the Partnership team to support the development, delivery, and review of the practice action plan.

Attend regular meetings with the Practice Manager to discuss over-arching Practice issues and service provision, ideally weekly.

Provide clinical leadership for the primary health care team in the delivery of clinical care and recruitment of clinical team members.

Offer support for referrals and be available to offer prescribing and clinical advice.

Clinical Leadership

To provide clinical leadership and support to the practice’s GPs and nurses.

Create a strong sense of working as a team, promoting multi-disciplinary teamwork and clinical excellence by motivating and developing each clinician individually and as part of a team.

To be a key team player and the ‘go to’ person for clinical issues at practice level for all including reception/admin team members.

Deliver regular clinical practice meetings ideally weekly, but at least monthly, with minutes, action points, and support at general practice meetings.

Support the Practice Manager with clinical performance management issues.

To provide input with regard to development: clinical protocols/procedures, evidence-based practice, medicines management, audit, etc.

Maintains the best features of the practice whilst at the same time ensuring it reflects the values of the Partnership. These are:

• Patients first.
• Embrace change.
• Break convention.
• Bring energy.
• Earn trust.

Governance and Risk Management

To act as the surgery’s clinical governance lead working closely with the Practice Manager.

Investigate and manage clinically significant events and clinical complaints. Ensure significant event reviews occur promptly. Ensure patient complaints are dealt with promptly and thoroughly, with investigations conducted as required, appropriate responses sent to the patient, and learning outcomes are shared with the practice team.

Promote an organisational culture committed to learning from complaints, incidents, audits, research, and development.

Institute a program of clinical audit, considering any requirements specified by the existing Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) and the new Quality Assurance and Improvement Framework (QAIF).

Delegate the audits to members of the clinical team and ensure the audits are carried out.

Ensure good quality, appropriate, and cost-effective prescribing is adhered to within the practice. Implement changes to prescribing or referral practice that are identified.

Ensure protocols and practices are in place to ensure adherence to the requirements of the QoF and QAIF throughout the year. Public health targets, such as cervical cytology, childhood immunisations, influenza immunisations, smoking cessation, and local enhanced services, must be managed to optimise performance.

Ensure the practice has robust, up-to-date clinical protocols that safeguard the well-being of patients and address public health, prescribing, and related NHS requirements. NICE guidance must be adhered to. The GP Lead will be responsible for ensuring all clinical staff members are fully cognisant of clinical protocols and that any such protocols are adhered to.

Attend regular safeguarding and palliative care meetings.

Share learning and best practice improvements with other managed practices in the Cwm Taf Morgannwg locality.

Engagement with patients, internal and external stakeholders.

Initiate, develop, and maintain excellent third-party relationships with patient groups, local community health council, and other stakeholders to grow, maintain, and support service and performance delivery.

CPD and Development

Ensure ongoing CPD to keep abreast of new clinical developments and maintain an appreciation of the commitments and requirements of the wider clinical workforce.

Promote a culture within the practice that encourages ongoing education.

Develop CPD for the practice clinical team that is relevant and addresses the needs of the Practice and the local primary health care team.

Organise a program of clinical meetings to promote the educational development of clinical staff.

Strategic

The Clinical Lead GP will promote the development of the practice and shall work to implement additional services, examples of such services include but are not limited to minor surgery, contraceptive services, sexual health services, and secondary care clinics along with:

• Identify additional services that can be offered by the practice.
• Engage with other clinical leads and practice managers within the Archvale Partnership.
• Engage with secondary care, other GPs, and community services.
• Represent the Practice at external meetings, as required.
• Attend PCN meetings to optimise local integration opportunities and support the delivery of service and growth of the surgery within the local health economy.

Who are we looking for?

• A minimum of 2 years experience post CCT.
• GP on NHS Performer’s List.
• Passionate about providing great clinical care.
• Flexible and open to change to improve things.
• Supportive to colleagues.
• Other typical things (such as DBS, evidence of ongoing appraisals, etc…).

What do you get for 5 or more sessions with us?

• 6 weeks annual leave (pro rata) + 2 statutory holidays (pro rata).
• 8 BH (pro-rata).
• NHS Pension (including life insurance & critical illness).
• Access to the Red Whale platform provided by Archvale.
• Access to all the necessary equipment within each of our clinical rooms.
• Health Cash Plan (Medicash) for you and your children.

What do you get for 4 or less sessions with us?

• 6 weeks annual leave (pro rata) + 2 statutory holidays (pro rata).
• 8 BH (pro-rata).
• NHS Pension (including life insurance & critical illness).
• Access to all the necessary equipment within each of our clinical rooms.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such will be necessary for a submission for the Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.