Clinical Lead

Job responsibilities

Leadership

To provide clinical leadership to Nottinghamshire Alliance Training Hub (NATH) and oversight to the team members.

Contribute alongside other clinical leads, towards the identification of workforce gaps ensuring delivery against the current general practice workforce strategy in Nottingham & Notts ICS.

Demonstrate a strong commitment to making general practice the best place to work and train

Uphold the vision and values NATH.

Strategy Development & Delivery

Identify and support the key workforce priorities for their localities, ensuring alignment with the Primary Care Strategy and workforce strategy by collaborating with, including but not limited to, the local General Practices, Primary Care Networks, Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System/Board (ICB/ICS), NHS WT&E and key stakeholders.

Utilise data to support focussed areas of workforce development as well as the promotion of careers and career pathways within general practice

Support the development and implementation of policies, guidelines, procedures and practice (ensuring compliance with statutory, regulatory and professional bodies' requirements) and ensure this is applied across NATH.

Work closely with the leadership teams within all stakeholder organisations, contributing towards the development of commissioning intentions and assisting the ICS/ICB to deliver their key strategic workforce objectives and performance targets.

Ensure delivery against key performance indicators, reporting on NATH Board within agreed timescales.

Provide oversight and management to the Multi-Professional Support Unit, supporting delivery of learning opportunities to primary care staff.

Keep abreast of policy changes and clinical priorities in the ICS within your area of professional expertise

To support the increase in placement/training numbers and support the implementation and ongoing delivery of the NHSE Workforce, Training and Education (NHSE WTE) Quality Assurance Framework, ensuring continued improvement.

Support and oversee the Training Hub team to ensure collaboration with general practice, Primary Care Networks enabling the development of safe and effective interprofessional clinical learning environments, liaising where necessary with local universities, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) or any other quality driven stakeholders

Proactively develop relationships & work collaboratively with all providers of education within general practice; including but not limited to practical clinical learning environments and Higher Education Institutes (HEI).

Engagement

Build and maintain effective professional relationships both with internal and external stakeholders, professionals and organisations.

To represent NATH at strategic meetings with internal and external stakeholders across Nottingham & Nottinghamshire.

Engages primary care stakeholder organisations across the ICS in order to support the development of workforce offers.

Communicates with individual practices & PCNs to offer support and promotion of education and training offers available to them.

Reporting

Support the senior leadership to ensure robust systems and process in place to capture and report on KPIs most relevant to the post

Keep up to date with all NHSE, ICB and ICS policy and guidance related to Primary Care workforce development. Summarise and share with NATH colleagues, when appropriate.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)

Ensure key areas of the business and communications promote equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Maintain understanding of EDI issues and initiatives relevant to NATH and role.

Qualifications

Essential

• In good standing with their relevant regulator (GMC, NMC, HCPC) and meet the requirements of revalidation. If a GP on the national performers list. If not a GP, be registered with appropriate professional body.

Desirable

• An additional education / teaching qualification

Knowledge

Essential

• A good understanding of the challenges pertaining to advanced clinical practice
• A good understanding of the public sector and NHS policy, in relation to primary and community care.
• NHS primary and community care workforce development structure and policy environment.
• Understanding and knowledge of the Data Protection Act, Freedom of Information Act, Information Governance, GDPR, Equality Act and confidentiality issues.
• Awareness of equality and valuing diversity principles.

Experience

Essential

• Current general practice clinician: GP, GP Nurse, ACP, AHP or Pharmacists with significant experience in primary care.
• Substantial experience of working at a strategic level in healthcare (preferably in Nottingham & Notts)
• Experience of staff development
• Evidence of teaching, supervision & assessment skills.

Desirable

• Evidence of innovation in education or training;
• Recent experience of both clinical and educational supervision;
• Experience of representation at strategic level meetings
• Recent evidence of teaching and supporting student learning in practice

Behaviours and Values

Essential

• Able to uphold the values and vision of Nottinghamshire Alliance Training Hub
• Self-motivated and willing to learn new skills.
• Uses plain language when carrying out duties.
• Aware of the impact of own behaviour on others.
• Challenges bias, prejudice and intolerance if appropriate or brings to the attention of a manager.
• Maintains the highest standard of integrity in all interactions.
• Supports and challenges others in maintaining a healthy, safe and pleasant work environment.
• Works in a way that complies with legislation and organisational policy on health, safety and risk management.
• Driven by the needs of workforce priorities, patients and service users.
• Recognises that improved patient care is at the heart of all decision making.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Excellent IT skills using Microsoft Office Applications.
• Excellent analytical skills to understand and interpret data and policy which translate into interventions to aid primary and Community Care workforce development.
• Excellent organisational skills and an ability to work under pressure.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to translate policy into practice - interpret national guidance to produce local plans.
• Previous experience and evidence of clear and concise detailed report writing.
• High level of IT Skills, Presentation skills, Negotiation skills.
• Understanding and awareness of managing a budget, income and expenditure, and managing financial targets.

Desirable

• Experience of working at a strategic level
• Experience of bid writing

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).