Clinical Lead Salaried GP

Overview

We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic and hardworking Lead GP to clinically lead the dedicated team at Cherry Hinton Medical Centre to provide high quality care to our patients. The practice is seeking someone to do between 6 and 8 sessions; a mix of patient facing clinical sessions and providing clinical leadership to the team. It is an excellent opportunity for Salaried GPs seeking the next step in their career or Partners/Lead GPs seeking a change.

We offer a sessional rate of £12,684.55 with full CPD allocation, a cap of 25 appointments a day, and we also provide and adhere to the BMA GP contract.

The Lead GP is a pivotal role in the practice, providing leadership support to the team, exemplifying the professional approach required to deliver high quality services to patients and staff alike. The lead will be supported by the Senior Management Team within CGPN whilst being self-directed and self-motivated. This will include regular support meetings with the Medical Director, appraisal, and support for personal development.

Main duties of the job

- Establish and support a culture and vision within the service that reflects CGPN's vision for a quality driven, supportive workforce model providing the best care possible for patients while supporting the development and progress of its workforce.
- 12-13 patients per session, blocked time for home visits, blocked time for daily clinical meetings
- Capped duty sessions
- Time allocated for shared administrative and prescription tasks
- Monthly clinical closure afternoon for training and team building
- SystmOne practice with full Ardens templates
- 80% of clinical correspondence and all private work outsourced
- In-house pharmacy teams for med reviews
- Access to education and training opportunities
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team with support from a wide variety of professionals
- A flexible approach to a work-life balance
- Cycle to work scheme (subject to eligibility)
- Adopter of Cambs LMC/BMA guidance to protect you from workload dumps
- £12,684.55 a session with full CPD allocation
- Automatic DDRB uplift
- Paid indemnity
- NHS Pension 2015 Scheme (subject to eligibility)
- Alternative government-based scheme (subject to eligibility)
- Competitive leave entitlement that includes maternity, paternity and adoption leave, study leave allowance, and sickness provisions

About us

Welcome to Cherry Hinton Medical Practice and CGPN

Cherry Hinton is a traditional Cambridge practice supporting face-to-face high-quality consulting, that is led by a GP Federation Cambs GP Network (CGPN).

We understand for you to deliver high quality care you need an environment that allows you to thrive That means feeling valued and protected, which is why all of our GPs work to the BMA salaried model contract and detailed job plan.

We have an excellent team of GPs, PCN Pharmacy team, PCN Physio, SPLW/Care-coordinator and full in-house management team.

Together we enjoy social events, group training events and daily protected clinical meetings.

CGPN is a Federation of Practices across Cambridge with a social enterprise ethos, wholly owned by our local member practices. CGPN adopted Cherry Hinton Medical Practice 2 years ago. Since then, the practice has seen massive improvements in QOF achievement (95+%), turnaround in FFT/PPG feedback (now excellent) protected workloads for clinicians, revitalised non-clinical and management team. Come and join us to be part of this fantastic, revamped practice

Job responsibilities

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities:

- Demonstrating and developing the qualities and behaviours that reflect the best of General Practice and the values of CGPN; being patient-focused, creating evidence-based solutions, with a can-do, empowering approach.
- Patient safety and quality of care is the priority. The lead's role is to ensure processes and services work to this standard. Oversee and develop clinical governance processes within the practice.

Operational Aspects

The Clinical lead is responsible for ensuring that:

- Patient safety and quality of care is the priority. The lead's role is to ensure processes and services work to this standard. Oversee and develop clinical governance processes within the practice.
- Linking up to the senior medical team within CGPN (Medical Director, Chair and fellow leads) supporting clinical governance at service level and feeding into the organisational clinical governance structure.
- Attending regular (monthly) meetings and reporting to Clinical Board
- Working with Practice Manager
- Supporting practice staff on an ad hoc basis with clinical queries/issues
- QOF and enhanced service planning/review and optimising achievement
- Linking with the Data management team/workflow team to ensure implementation of systems to optimise quality care within the practice.
- Day-to-day Information governance role

Clinically active

- To maintain credibility and support to the practice team the clinical lead should undertake patient facing clinical sessions within the service. The session would be expected to come from within the clinical lead session allotment. Undertaking clinical work within the practice provides the opportunity to test and refine processes operationally, fully understand the nature of the work required and lead by example.

Professional leadership, development and management

- Effectively communicating with clinical team and leading regular team meetings
- In liaison with the Practice Manager, to ensure that the GP clinical rota is covered and to help manage contingency arrangements when needed
- To be, or work closely with, the CQC Registered Manager, Practice Manager and Governance Team to prepare for CQC inspections and respond to any improvements that may be recommended by CQC
- Be responsible for ensuring the service provided at the Practice is consistently safe, caring, effective, responsive and well-led
- Induction of new Salaried GPs

Networking aspects

- Represent the practice at a local level with the PCN and other stakeholders.

Clinical Governance

Responsibilities for this include working with the Practice Team to:

- Ensure ongoing clinical compliance in line with standards of best practice
- Development and leading a clinical audit programme in the Practice that reviews clinical practice and outcomes in relation to best practice guidelines and standards
- Ensure the clinical team are responding to clinical audit feedback and taking full advantage of the learning support offered through this process
- In partnership with the Practice Manager, participating in the managing of clinical complaints/incidents
- To be, or support, the Practice Safeguarding Lead for children and vulnerable adults

Cultural Aspects

- Demonstrating and developing the qualities and behaviours that reflect the best of General Practice and the values of CGPN; being patient-focused, creating evidence-based solutions, with a can-do, empowering approach.
- Developing a practice culture of mutual support, an ambition to provide the best care possible for our patients, and to create the conditions where people working in the practice are able realise their full potential. An overall sense of stewardship and responsibility towards the health and care of our patients.
- Being a figurehead at practice level. This is a key aspect of the role which brings the team together working to develop the culture and vision referenced above.
- Being a role model for the team, exemplifying flexibility, commitment, professionalism.
- Working closely with the practice managers to bring together the skills of both professions for the benefit of the patients, staff and the practice.

The practice operates under the General Medical Service (GMS) contract for General Practice.

Full registration with a licence to practise with the GMC is required. (licence to practise must be in place prior to starting in post). For more information visit www.gmc-uk.org

Informal enquiries are encouraged. If you would like further information, please contact jake.wallington1@nhs.net

A visit to the practice can be arranged on request.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Person Specification

Qualifications

- Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
- Evidence of annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate)
- General practice (Vocational Training Scheme) trained
- On/eligible to be on a medical performers list
- Enhanced CRB check
- UK driving licence
- Current CPR certificate
- UK work permit (if required)
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Other Post Graduate Diplomas

Experience

- Successfully Completed General Practice Specialist Training
- Appropriate range of previous experience in hospital posts
- Clinical and Information Governance
- Self-audit and reflection
- Organised and efficient in record keeping and completion of paperwork
- Time management -- being able to prioritise work and work under pressure
- Experience of working a variety of clinical software systems

Additional Criteria

- Evidence of self-directed learning
- Ability to articulate the core values of general practice
- Knowledge of current issues affecting general practice
- Counselling and Feedback skills
- Team working and interdisciplinary collaboration
- Ability to maintain trust and confidence of patients
- Willingness to share knowledge and collaborate across entire primary health team
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with multi- disciplinary teams
- Ability to work flexibly
- Ability to recognize own limitations and act upon them appropriately
- Willingness to learn new skills and to problem solve on a daily basis
- An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
- Knowledge of service provision requirements in all clinical disciplines
- Ability to adapt to differing workplaces
- Ability to challenge traditional models of working and to suggest improvements for change in a positive and inclusive manner

Key Requirements

- GMC registration
- Experience as a GP
- Ability to establish, set and lead on a positive workplace culture

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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

#J-18808-Ljbffr