Site Lead (Lydney Practice)

Job summary

Site Lead

The Lydney Practice (part of GDOC LTD)

We are looking for a Site Lead to join our Lydney Practice. The Practice has experienced GP leads, a Practice Manager, and a stable clinical and non-clinical workforce. This is a part time role that we envisage taking approximately 15 hours per week. As such it could be a done as a stand-alone part time role or it could be additional hours for an appropriate existing G DOC LTD employee.

This is an opportunity to join a well-led and well-run practice and be part of a team enabling the delivery of high quality care to the Lydney patients. G DOC LTD is a supportive employer and encourages staff development, for the right candidate this position could lead to a further career in primary care with increasing responsibility and linked increases in salary.

Contract type: Permanent

Closing date: 12/06/24

Interview date: 20/06/24

Hours 15 hours a week; on site minimum of 3 days; can be flexible for the right candidate.

Initially 25 days leave per annum + bank holidays.

Salary; Benchmarked against Site Lead norms in Gloucestershire and dependent on experience; reinforced by excellent NHS pension. Expected range: £14-£16/hr.

You will be required to be immunised in compliance with Green Book (link attached) and NHS recommendations for your role (unless medically exempt), including immunisations against Covid.

Main duties of the job

• Reporting to the Practice manager and ensuring adherence to CQC requirements, lead on building, infrastructure and equipment management.
• Lead on contractor engagement for all aspects of building and equipment maintenance, repair and cleaning. Where necessary source contractors for new requirements.
• Establish a rota and supporting checklists for site and equipment management and maintenance. Examples include: building infrastructure and ground checks; security and alarm checks; equipment calibration and testing; oversight of cleaning and waste management and PAT testing. This is to be done in line with legislative and insurance requirements.
• Responsible for Health and Safety at Lydney.
• Develop and/or edit existing SOPs for building and equipment management.
• Seek to improve patient experience: waiting room, facilities, clinical rooms, signposting and information communications such as noticeboards and practice displays.
• Support the Practice Manager in resolving IT issues: smartcard agent; software and hardware issues.
• Share key holding responsibilities - attendance at practice in an emergency.
• Any reasonable duties which may be requested from time to time.

Frequent, prolonged VDU use.

About us

G DOC LTD is owned by all the GP Practices in Gloucestershire; the Practices are our shareholders.

We operate on a not-for-profit basis: any profits are redistributed into primary care in Gloucestershire.

We are a limited company run by a Board of Directors, most of whom are experienced local GPs.

We run a number of GP practices, as well as some other services for the whole county.

In Gloucester we run 9,500 patients at Gloucester Health Access Centre/Matson Lane (9,500 patients) and Partners in Health (12,400).

In the Forest of Dean, we run two practices, both of which are dispensing: Lydney (7,500 patients), and Blakeney (3,200 patients).

Our countywide services include:

G DOC is running a Covid Medicines Service to help and support the high-risk patients in Gloucestershire.

Over 17,000 primary care appointments each year at Gloucester Health Access Centre for patients who may need to be seen the same day when their own practice is already full, or who do not have a registered GP. GHAC is open 8am8pm, 365 days a year.

For more details visit our website http://www.gdoc.org.uk