Senior Clinical Lead GP

NHS; Brighton; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the NHS as a Senior Clinical Lead GP in Brighton, leading a dynamic team and providing high-quality clinical care. In this role, you'll oversee clinical governance, drive professional development, and ensure patient safety across multiple practices. You'll benefit from competitive salaries, flexible working hours, and numerous perks aimed at fostering a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Professional development opportunities

Full NHS pension

Generous holiday entitlement

Employee Assistance programme

On-site parking

Qualifications

• Experience in leadership within primary care.
• Knowledge of quality and outcomes frameworks.
• Commitment to continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of the SPC clinical strategy.
• Ensure high professional standards and patient safety.
• Support the development and training of clinical staff.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical Governance

Multi-disciplinary Teamwork

Patient Safety

Quality Improvement

Education

MRCGP Qualification

GMC Registration

Job description

We are currently seeking a talented andpassionate Senior Clinical Lead GP to join our dynamic Senior Management team.

The role of SeniorClinical Lead GP is to provide strong, visible, professional leadership andfocus for the delivery of excellent quality of care and outcomes for patientsthrough the development of the clinical workforce whilst effectively supportingclinical governance.

Main duties of the job

• Provide professional leadership to the six leadGPs working across Sussex Primary Care.
• Provide direction and leadership on clinicaleducation and training.
• Be responsible for the delivery of the SPCclinical strategy
• Develop clinical standardisation process acrossseven practices in partnership with the Head of Quality and Safety.
• Lead a strong culture of patient safety anddelivery of excellent patient experience, access and outcomes through the sevenpillars of clinical governance including high professional standards in linewith SPC governance framework, CQC and GMC regulations.
• Drive the clinical teams development throughclinical supervision, appraisals and compliance with mandatory training.
• Deliver assurance and compliance reporting tothe SPC Board.
• To actively promote a culture of continuousimprovement and learning throughout SPC through the development andimplementation of a Clinical Strategy.

About us

Sussex Primary Care operate a number of GP Practices across Sussexproviding excellent primary care in the heart of the community. We are alearning organisation that listens to our team of staff, patients and partnersto guide our future. At the heart of our vision are our patients and theirneeds.

We offercompetitive salary packages, flexible working hours, and a range of benefits,including professional development opportunities, pension scheme, and generousholiday entitlement. You will also have the chance to work alongside a diverseand experienced team of healthcare professionals, including nurses, pharmacists,and other specialists, to provide a truly integrated approach to patient care.

You will benefit from:

• A supportive working environment
• Flexible Hours to fit around your work / lifecommitments
• Induction and training programme
• Annual Leave and generous sick pay
• 5 fixed Study Leave Days
• Numerous other benefits such as car leaseschemes and childcare vouchers
• Contract based on BMA model contract
• Full NHS pension
• Free on-site parking
• Medical Indemnity
• Peer and operational support with dedicatedmentorship
• Employee Assistance programme
• Being part of a growing company with greatopportunities to develop as a result

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Within theseoverall goals, the role of Senior Clinical Lead is as follows:

Clinical Leadership

• Be responsible for the delivery of the SPC clinical strategy
• Deliver high professional standards across SPC and drive continuousprofessional development and best practice
• Lead and develop high quality care and patient safety acrossthe practices. Be a point of contact for the practice lead GPs
• Develop and implement strong clinical governance, clinicalrisk and patient safety strategies, systems and processes
• Work with practice management and practice Lead GPs to visiblylead the wider practice teams including regular attendance at practice meetings
• Professional lead to support career development of GPs including,clinical supervision, appraisals and PDRs
• Ensure safe clinical staffing is delivered and support therecruitment and retention within clinical services
• Play a key role in service improvement planning for thefuture and development of the clinical strategy.
• Develop and maintain active working relationships with, SCFT,PCNs and the ICB
• Support the development and sign off of clinical policies/proceduresas required
• Be responsible for leading on the clinical components of QOF,LCS, IIF and PCN income.
• Develop future income streams for SPC, including influence ofpolicy in PCN areas and neighborhood teams
• Support the quality assurance agenda at practice meetings inpartnership with practice Lead GPs, ensuring that practices work in line with theSPC Clinical Strategy
• Work collaboratively with the Lead GP to support theindividual practice management operational teams and ACP clinical leads
• Work with the senior team to deliver key improvementinitiatives
• Provide leadership on medical professional standards
• Develop and support delivery of GP training across SPCpractices
• Develop and support delivery of research across SPC practices

Clinical Quality/Risk/Safety/outcomes

• Support the clinical functions of service quality, safety andoutcomes including clinical audit
• Lead and implement the seven pillars of clinical governancethroughout the Organisation
• Support serious patient safetyinvestigations and risk, including responsibility for investigating high levelor complex complaints as required.
• Lead on delivery of personalised careand tackling service inequities in access, experience and outcomes
• Ensure that the systems exist to embed evidence basedclinical practice into the service (e.g. implementation of NICE guidance,record management)
• Take the overall lead for review of clinical aspects of PatientSafety Investigation Incident reviews, ensuring that learning points arecaptured, documented, actioned and embedded into practice
• Be responsible for leading on the clinical components of CQCreadiness
• Ensure that the systems exist to embed patient safety acrossthe service
• Working with the Lead GPs and Educational Lead to supportpractice education meetings and ensure that clinical staff are made aware ofchanges to clinical guidelines and policy
• Be the Caldicott Guardian for Sussex Primary Care

Supervision

• You will be responsible for delivery of clinical supervisionand appraisals to the Lead GPs
• Provide supervision in line with SPC Clinical Leadershipmodel

Person Specification

Experience

• Commitment to and experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary and skill mixed team environment
• Experience of working to achieve excellent performance within Quality and Outcome Framework (QOF) and LCS delivery
• A passion for healthcare
• Professional supervision of GPs and the clinical team, including addressing professional performance issues
• Motivated and committed to developing the knowledge and skills required for the role and for ongoing professional development
• Delivery of high standards of patient safety, managing clinical risk and complaints
• Primary care prevention and screening services
• Supporting Clinical Team development and training
• Delivery of audit and quality improvement
• Organised and efficient in record keeping and completion of paperwork
• Time management being able to prioritise work and work under pressure
• Adaptability to change
• Willingness to share and collaborate across entire primary health team
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams
• Ability to work flexibly
• Ability to recognize own limitations and act upon them appropriately
• Willingness to learn new skills and to problem solve on a daily basis
• An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
• Ability to work within the changing structures of the NHS and work to the requirements of other regulatory bodies
• Work in line with practice systems and processes
• Strategic thinker
• Tackling service inequities
• GP Training experience
• Primary Care research experience
• Understanding of Primary Care Provider CQC requirements

Qualifications

• MRCGP Qualification
• Registered on the GMC GP Register with licence to practice
• On an NHS National performers list (England, Wales or Northern Ireland)

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.