Lead General Practitioner - West Cornforth Medical Centre

Deliver Primary Medical Services via surgeries, clinics and visits as defined via the job plan. Make professionally autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred internally within the organisation. Receive patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and make assessment of their health care needs. Develop with the patient a care plan for health. 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. To provide clinical leadership for the delivery of the clinical service. The identification and implementation of the key processes, both primary and internal, that support the clinical service. To understand how the steps of these key processes add value to the patient. To appoint appropriate individuals to lead the key
processes; and To promote the IntraHealth 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 of communication skills) professional development and support. Continuously improve the reliability of the processes within the specialty. Pursuit of the highest quality outcomes of care. A patient focus for the delivery of the service. Promotion of a culture of change and innovation; and eliminate wasteful activity. Ensure that the Clinical Governance agenda is actively implemented across the service so achieving both 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. Ensure action plans are implemented 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 that all complaints are resolved within timescales set. Review and 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 the passage of information to staff that complies with Data Protection, Access to Records and Freedom of Information. To 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. Equality and Diversity The Clinical Lead will uphold their equality and diversity commitments and statutory obligations under current equality
legislation including the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, the Equality Act 2006, and the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 and: Act in ways that support equality and diversity and recognises the importance of peoples rights in accordance with legislation, policies, procedures, and good practice. Value people as individuals and treating everyone with dignity and respect, consideration and without prejudice, respecting diversity and recognising peoples expressed beliefs, preferences, and choices in working with others and delivering appropriate services. Recognise and report behaviour that undermines equality under company policy. Be consciously aware of own behaviour and encourage the same levels of behaviour in colleagues. Acknowledge others different perspectives and recognise the diverse needs and experiences of everyone they meet. With the support of managers develop an equality and diversity objective through the personal development review process Health and Safety The
Clinical Lead has a duty to take reasonable care to avoid injury to themselves or to others and to co-operate with the company in meeting its statutory requirements.