Lead GP, Virtual Primary Care

Spectrum.Life; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work option

Professional development

Health and wellbeing supports

Job summary

Spectrum.Life is seeking a Lead GP for Virtual Primary Care to lead clinical strategy, governance, and operations of the regulated service. The role reports to the Chief Clinical Officer and forms part of the senior clinical leadership team.

The position requires GMC-registered medical degree, 5+ years of clinical leadership in digital health or remote care, and strong governance experience. Remote work option available.

Qualifications

• Medical degree with full GMC registration and license to practice.
• Proven leadership experience in a healthcare setting, ideally digital health or telemedicine.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership for Spectrum.Life's regulated Virtual Primary Care service.
• Oversee governance, regulatory compliance, and strategic development.
• Lead clinical decision making and service mobilisation of new offerings.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Digital health

Remote healthcare

Education

Medical degree (GMC)

Tools

Healthcare IT systems

Digital health platforms

Job description

About us:

Spectrum.Life is a whole-of-health digital partner that guides organisations and their people to thrive, delivering clinically backed digital health, mental health and wellbeing solutions.
Our HealthTech delivers digital transformation for Insurers, Educators and Employers through Co-creation or seamlessly integrated out-of-the-box solutions, that decrease digital fragmentation and engage, empower, and transform their people’s lives.
Established in 2018 by Stuart McGoldrick and Stephen Costello, Spectrum.Life provides services internationally to over 7.2m insurance members, 3,000 corporate clients, 60 universities and 650,000 university students. Spectrum.Life currently employs over 450 people.
Our vision is to change and save as many lives as possible.

Role Brief:

The Lead GP, Virtual Primary Care is the senior clinical and operational leader for Spectrum.Life's regulated Virtual Primary Care service.
This is a full-time leadership position responsible for the clinical leadership, operational management, governance, regulatory compliance and strategic development of the service.
The post holder reports directly to the Chief Clinical Officer and forms part of the senior clinical leadership team.

Schedule:

Responsibilities:

Overall responsibility for the safe, effective and compliant delivery of Spectrum.Life's regulated Virtual Primary Care services including:

• 24-hour, 7-day Virtual Primary Care service
• General Practice consultations
• Advanced Nurse Practitioner consultations
• Clinical triage within the regulated service
• Psychiatry consultation service delivered under the registered service
• Psychiatric assessment, diagnosisand management
• Prescribing of non-controlled prescription medication undertaken within the psychiatry consultation pathway
• Future regulated clinical services incorporated into the Virtual Primary Care model

Key Responsibilities:

Clinical Leadership

• Leading the clinical strategy for the service.
• Ensuring delivery of safe,effectiveand evidence-based care.
• Developing new clinical pathways.
• Supporting innovation and service transformation.
• Leading clinical decision making across the service.
• Providingexpert clinical advice to internal stakeholders.
• Supporting future growth and mobilisation activities.

Operational Leadership

• Clinical operations.
• Workforce planning.
• Capacity planning.
• Clinical rotas.
• Service performance.
• Operational KPIs.
• Workforce productivity.
• Access standards.
• Escalation management.
• Service resilience.
• Mobilisation of new services.
• Continuous operational improvement.

Clinical Governance

• Clinical governance.
• Patient safety.
• Clinical quality.
• Clinical effectiveness.
• Clinical audit.
• Consultation audit.
• Prescribing governance.
• Medicines management.
• Clinical risk.
• Incident management.
• Serious event reviews.
• Safeguarding.
• Complaints.
• Learning from incidents.
• DCB clinical safety.
• Clinical policies and procedures.
• Regulatory compliance.

Workforce Leadership

• General Practitioners.
• Advanced Nurse Practitioners.
• Psychiatrists working within the service.
• Clinical Leads.
• Other clinicians working within Virtual Primary Care.

Responsible for:

• Recruitment.
• Clinical supervision arrangements.
• Performance management.
• Professional development.
• Clinical competency.
• Workforce engagement.
• Clinical leadership.

Client Leadership

• Clinical assurance.
• Governance meetings.
• Client escalations.
• Clinical reporting.
• Mobilisation.
• Service reviews.
• Regulatory assurance.
• Supporting commercial growth.

Financial Responsibility

• Workforce utilisation.
• Capacity management.
• Clinical productivity.
• Operational efficiency.
• Service sustainability.
• Delivery of contractual KPIs.
• Safe growth.

Senior Leadership

• Member of the Clinical Leadership Team.

• Contribute to:
• Clinical strategy.
• Organisational strategy.
• Operational planning.
• Regulatory strategy.
• Service development.
• Innovation.
• Growth initiatives.

Decision Making Authority

• Authority to:
• Lead all clinical and operational decisions relating to Virtual Primary Care.
• Approve clinical pathways.
• Implement service improvements.
• Lead governance initiatives.
• Escalate strategic risks directly to the Chief Clinical Officer.
• Make operational decisions relating to regulated services.

Clinical accountability remains with the Chief Clinical Officer.

Requirements:

• Medical degree with full registration and a license to practice with the General Medical Council (GMC).
• Minimum of 5 years of clinical experience in primary care.
• Proven experience in a leadership role within a healthcare setting, preferably within digital health or telemedicine services.
• Significant experience working in digital primary care or remote healthcare environments.
• Experience supervising and collaborating with GP, allied health clinicians and Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs) in a clinical environment and remote clinical environment.
• Strong understanding of healthcare regulations, clinical governance, and quality standards.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage clinical operations effectively.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• A forward thinking mindset with a passion for leveraging technology to enhance patient care.

Desirable:

• Experience with healthcare IT systems and digital health platforms.
• Background in service transformation or organisational change management.
• Knowledge of NICE guidelines and best practice in primary care delivery.

What are the benefits of working at SPECTRUM.LIFE?

• Full-time permanent contract
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity to work remotely as part of a dynamic and supportive healthcare team.
• A collaborative and innovative work environment at the forefront of digital healthcare.
• Continuous professional development and training opportunities.
• 24/7 EAP and a wide range of health and wellbeing supports
• Extensive list of employee perks and benefits https://app.box.com/s/6wwkvowbev6cn7tlvq9yz32amnpmnvcl

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