Job summary
Are you a motivated, early-career GP looking to broaden your skills beyond core general practice? Do you want to be part of a forward-thinking team driving innovation in primary care? Join us in beautiful South Pembrokeshire as a GP Fellow and help shape the future of integrated, community-based healthcare.
This 12-month, innovative GP Fellowship is hosted within the South Pembrokeshire Cluster -- a dynamic group of practices, community healthcare professionals, and allied partners. It is designed to support professional development through a blended role involving clinical practice, same day emergency care, hospital at home and dedicated project time focused on improving care for people living with frailty. There is also protected time for self directed learning, mentoring and monthly educational development sessions with the scheme programme director. Financial contribution towards the fees of a higher qualification in a second interest area of £2000. Funding towards the top-up indemnity fee: up to a maximum of £1000
Main duties of the job
- Structured Mentorship and Professional Development: Receive tailored GP mentorship from experienced clinicians across three supportive practices daily, dedicated and protected education time, mentoring time with HEIW and the health board primary care academy.
- Project Focus: Work on a cluster-prioritised initiative centred on frailty identification, management, and proactive intervention.
- MDT and holistic frailty care focus: offering a unique opportunity to engage in transformational service development. Engage with cluster (Cluster-Led Allied Services Resource) and same-day emergency care, hospital at home, secondary care and frailty consultant.
- Leadership & Innovation: Engage with cluster (Cluster-Led Allied Services Resource) and same day emergency care and hospital at home secondary care consultant innovation funding to develop sustainable, scalable models of care.
About us
Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is the strategic workforce body for NHS Wales with statutory functions that include education and training, workforce planning, workforce development and transformation, leadership and succession planning, and careers. Our purpose is to develop a workforce that delivers excellent care to patients/service users and excellent population health. We are a Special Health Authority working closely with our partners; Social Care Wales, education providers, professional and regulatory bodies and Welsh Government.
HEIW's is committed to developing an internal culture of choice. Our Values reflect our thoughts, feelings and beliefs in how we will, and will not, behave and treat others:
- Respect for All in every contact we have with others,
- Ideas that Improve: Harnessing creativity and continuously innovating, evaluating and improving,
- Together as a Team: Working with colleagues across NHS Wales and with partner organisations.
HEIW received the HPMA Award for Employee Engagement in 2019.
What you can expect:
- a corporate induction and 90 day Welcome itinerary,
- compassionate leadership,
- a meaningful values based performance appraisal process,
- the opportunity to impact upon health and social care services and the lives and wellbeing of the people of Wales.
Many of our colleagues and stakeholders have commented on the buzz and atmosphere we create by working together as "One HEIW Team". Do you want to join that team?
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Primary professional qualification in medicine e.g., MBBS MB BCh
- Full registration and in good standing with the relevant professional body, e.g., GMC
- Obtained Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) as a GP and gained an MRCGP or be within three months of doing so.
- Listed on the Wales Medical Performers List
- BLS and AED certificate valid within last 12 months
- Commitment to CPD
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a GP and with a multi-disciplinary team
- Evidence of involvement in leadership, research, innovation, quality improvement work and/or management commensurate with experience, with reflection of personal impact.
- Evidence of effective team working in partnership with stakeholders to achieve common objectives
Desirable
- An interest in MDT working and clinical leadership.
Other
Essential
- Agree to undertake a higher qualification in a relevant area during the post.
- Valid DBS check
- Full indemnity will include the Welsh risk pool and own defence union for supplementary cover.
- Satisfactory Immigration Status
- Satisfactory Health Clearance
- Satisfactory Disclosure Check
- Ability to travel to meet the requirements of the role.
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- An enthusiasm for general practice and a keen interest in developing a second interest area.
- Leadership aspirations and effective communication skills.
- Demonstrates understanding of the basic principles of audit, evidence-based practice, patient safety, and clinical QI initiatives.
- A team player with an ability to work in multi-professional teams who is keen to learn and continuously improve their knowledge of sustainability
- Keen interest in developing a portfolio career with an interest in a secondary specialism or/and medical education and training
- Ability to manage/prioritise multiple complex tasks simultaneously
- Ability to cope under pressure and to manage uncertainty.
- Demonstrate initiative and resilience
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and able to build rapport, listen, persuade, and negotiate
- Good problem solving and decision-making skills
- Ability to recognise own limitations and act on appropriately.
- Willingness to learn new competencies
- Demonstrates probity in all aspects of professional life.
- Good IT skills
Desirable
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Primary professional qualification in medicine e.g., MBBS MB BCh
- Full registration and in good standing with the relevant professional body, e.g., GMC
- Obtained Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) as a GP and gained an MRCGP or be within three months of doing so.
- Listed on the Wales Medical Performers List
- BLS and AED certificate valid within last 12 months
- Commitment to CPD
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a GP and with a multi-disciplinary team
- Evidence of involvement in leadership, research, innovation, quality improvement work and/or management commensurate with experience, with reflection of personal impact.
- Evidence of effective team working in partnership with stakeholders to achieve common objectives
Desirable
- An interest in MDT working and clinical leadership.
Other
Essential
- Agree to undertake a higher qualification in a relevant area during the post.
- Valid DBS check
- Full indemnity will include the Welsh risk pool and own defence union for supplementary cover.
- Satisfactory Immigration Status
- Satisfactory Health Clearance
- Satisfactory Disclosure Check
- Ability to travel to meet the requirements of the role.
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- An enthusiasm for general practice and a keen interest in developing a second interest area.
- Leadership aspirations and effective communication skills.
- Demonstrates understanding of the basic principles of audit, evidence-based practice, patient safety, and clinical QI initiatives.
- A team player with an ability to work in multi-professional teams who is keen to learn and continuously improve their knowledge of sustainability
- Keen interest in developing a portfolio career with an interest in a secondary specialism or/and medical education and training
- Ability to manage/prioritise multiple complex tasks simultaneously
- Ability to cope under pressure and to manage uncertainty.
- Demonstrate initiative and resilience
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and able to build rapport, listen, persuade, and negotiate
- Good problem solving and decision-making skills
- Ability to recognise own limitations and act on appropriately.
- Willingness to learn new competencies
- Demonstrates probity in all aspects of professional life.
- Good IT skills
Desirable
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
