Lead General Practitioner - Wingate Medical Centre

Lead General Practitioner – Wingate Medical Centre

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We offer a flexible approach to the division of roles and responsibilities within our small, friendly and experienced practice team. Our clinical teams are well supported by an excellent administration and management team, allowing our GPs to concentrate on clinical work. We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced GP to take a leading role in improving patient outcomes, especially in diabetes, and to contribute to redesigning services locally by representing the practice at PCN and IC level.

• Excellent salary and employment benefits, including BMA contract and NHS pension.
• Opportunities for role progression and personal development to medical director level.
• Active participation in practice decisions and service developments.
• Support for flexible working patterns; part‑time working encouraged for those who wish to combine a clinical role with other commitments.

• Deliver primary medical services via surgeries, clinics and visits as defined by the job plan.
• Make professionally autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self‑referred or referred internally.
• Receive patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and assess their health‑care needs.
• Develop a care plan for health with the patient.
• Provide counselling and health education.
• Admit or discharge patients to and from caseload and refer them to other care providers internally or externally as appropriate.
• Work with and support other health professionals within the team to ensure best care for patients.
• Provide clinical leadership for the delivery of the clinical service.
• Identify and implement key processes, both primary and internal, that support the clinical service.
• Understand how the steps of these key processes add value to the patient.
• Appoint appropriate individuals to lead the key processes.
• Promote the Intra Health vision of health delivery to all participants who deliver the clinical service.
• Be involved in the recruitment of good‑quality staff and support the systems for mentoring, appraisal (including communication skills) and professional development.
• Continuously improve the reliability of processes within the specialty.
• Pursue the highest quality outcomes of care.
• Maintain a patient focus for the delivery of the service.
• Promote a culture of change and innovation and eliminate wasteful activity.
• Ensure the Clinical Governance agenda is actively implemented across the service, achieving safe clinical practice and cost‑effectiveness.
• Ensure that the National Quality Requirements and any other specified contractual requirements are achieved; monitor performance against targets for access, triage and clinical interventions.
• Implement action plans for areas of non‑achievement of targets and quality standards.
• Provide clinical support in the management of complaints, ensuring compliance with the complaints procedure and resolving all complaints within the set timescales.
• Review and give feedback on staff performance.
• Review significant events and clinical incidents.
• Review patient satisfaction surveys.
• Ensure contingency plans and escalation procedures are effective.
• Ensure there is a policy for record keeping, including written and other media, and passing information to staff in compliance with Data Protection, Access to Records and Freedom of Information.
• Be involved in the recruitment of clinical staff.
• Provide mentorship and support to nurses in the practice undergoing non‑medical prescribing and advanced clinical skills development.
• Support the development of the clinical roles of other health‑care professionals to complement the GP role.

• Act in ways that support equality and diversity and recognise the importance of peoples’ rights in accordance with legislation, policies, procedures and good practice.
• Value people as individuals and treat everyone with dignity and respect, consideration and without prejudice.
• Recognise and report behaviour that undermines equality under company policy.
• Be consciously aware of own behaviour and encourage the same levels of behaviour in…