Community GP Swadlincote Primary Care Network

Job responsibilities

KEY DUTIES TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Service Development, Delivery and Ways of Working

Work with the PCN Clinical Directors, PCN Manager, Team Up Operational Lead and other senior clinical leads within the PCN to develop and implement new care pathways for the service areas of acute home visiting, urgent community response, enhanced health in care homes, anticipatory care and other PCN led clinical services that supports the multi-agency and multi skilled team approach.

Act as an 'integrator' ensuring care is co-ordinated across the interface with Primary Care and other health and social care partners, including care homes, to ensure that service delivery is seamless and delivered in an integrated and holistic way.

In conjunction with the PCN Clinical Directors, PCN Manager, Team Up Operational Lead and other senior clinical leads within the PCN develop and implement robust systems and processes for the delivery of services and for ensuring effective clinical governance and quality improvement.

Support the teams in identifying and responding to safety and quality concerns, ensuring these are escalated as appropriate.

Support CST/MDT meetings across organisational boundaries to deliver appropriate patient centred care.

Promote a culture of self-managing teams who work to co-develop the service and address challenges from a multi organisational perspective.

Promote with the team appropriate ways of working consistent with a holistic Ageing Well service, such as holistic comprehensive assessment and enhanced advance planning.

Encourage the use of supportive, non-statutory services to promote a self-care approach.

Develop links with secondary care and other specialist services, to provide input and shared care working arrangements for complex individuals using the MDT approach.

Direct patient care

Providing medical assessment and management where needed on behalf of, or in conjunction with, team members.

Work with the Team Up operational lead and Home Visiting Service clinical lead(s) to develop and implement (with appropriate clinical protocol) the senior clinical triage function for the Home Visiting element of the service to determine the urgency and type of response according to clinical need.

Qualifications

Essential

• A Doctor/Consultant on the relevant specialty register e.g. the GP performers list
• Current registration with the GMC

Desirable

• Royal College membership
• Mentorship and Supervision Qualification or equivalent
• experience (e.g. GP Trainer, DMP)
• Qualification or equivalent experience in delivering
• teaching programmes

Aptitude and personal Qualities

Essential

• A collegial team spirit and to feel comfortable in a strongly multidisciplinary team environment
• Able to take a consultative approach to their work,appropriately involving relevant people
• Be able to put the needs of the team ahead of individual needs at busy times, periods of increased workloads(assessments, sickness absences or unplanned leave etc.). Respond in a flexible way to fluctuations in workload
• Ability to work with limited supervision
• Understanding of the pressures faced by Community healthcare teams
• Willingness to contribute to and participate in a peer support group

Valuers, drivers and motivators

Essential

• Initiative, creativity and motivation
• Patient-centred approach

Experience

Essential

• We are looking for a highly experienced GP:
• A good knowledge of and interest in community care
• Experience of leading a team of senior clinicians
• Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams
• Experience of supporting Urgent Treatment Centres or an aspect of emergency care or a willingness to develop skills in this area with Trust support (If that is your desired area of alignment)
• Education and Mentorship of senior clinical colleagues (eg. Advanced Clinical Practitioners or similar) or a willingness to develop skills in this area with Trust support
• Experience of working with patients living with frailty, or a willingness to develop skills in this area with Trust support (If that is your desired area of alignment)

Skills and Attributes

Essential

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to offer support within a clinical team and share learning points in multi-professional teams.

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).