GP Clinical Educator (Mid Week Evenings)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title: GP Clinical Educator

Base location: King Street Walk in Centre

Line Manager: Director Clinical Governance and Quality

Role Specific Accountabilities

• Provide Clinical Leadership to deliver workforce development strategy and establish an Education Faculty.
• Ensure the clinical workforce can competently deliver safe and effective patient centred care across LCD services on completion of education, training and induction programmes.
• Lead clinical and educational supervision of a multi-disciplinary workforce that is flexible, skilled and capable of responding quickly to emerging services.

• Be the designated Clinical Lead GP for Physician Associates
• Accountable for the development and delivery of the clinical supervision policy for qualified and trainee practitioners
• Supporting clinical audit processes and feedback to all clinicians
• Work closely with the Director of Clinical Governance & Quality, with respect to clinical governance and the championing of LCDs Clinical Strategy

Key Educational Responsibilities

• Be responsible for developing individual competency frameworks for MDT trainees
• Provide clinical supervision to the non-GP clinical workforce across all aspects of organisational service delivery including the assessment and declaration of individual competency
• Contribute to educational supervision of a multi-disciplinary workforce that is flexible, skilled and capable of responding quickly to emerging services

• Liaise with academic institutions to ensure that the learning objectives of individual practitioners and clinical cohorts are identified and that clinical supervision needs are met

• Responsible for delivering and compliance of the competency frameworks, ensuring the frameworks are up to date with local and national guidance in line with local and national academic and governing institutions.

• Work with Clinical Education lead and Clinical Governance Practice Lead to deliver training sessions for clinical development and maintain an annual educational training calendar

• Work closely with the Clinical Education Lead and Clinical Team Leaders and Director of Clinical Governance & Quality, with respect to governance of workforce development

Clinical effectiveness and audit

• Participate in the clinical audit of all qualified and trainee clinical staff
• Analyse audit data to identify the educational and training needs of clinicians
• Provide audit feedback to clinicians and provide support as appropriate

Health, safety and security

• Ensure that you meet appropriate standards and that corrective action plans are implemented where breaches are identified.

Confidentiality

• To ensure you operate within information governance protocols and business confidentiality is maintained at all times.

Infection Prevention and Control

• Healthcare workers have a duty of care to patients and are expected to comply fully with the companies Infection Prevention and Control (IP&C) policies and attend/complete yearly IP&C training, for personal and patient safety and for prevention of healthcare-associated infection (HCAI). Knowledge, skills and behaviour in the workplace should reflect this.

Safeguarding

• Individuals have a duty of care to children and vulnerable adults that they come into contact with whilst at work to safeguard and promote their welfare and to work to prevent, recognise, respond, appropriately refer and record potential neglect or abuse, adhering to the companys Safeguarding Children and Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults policies and procedures.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Medical degree.
• Possess a current and full registration with the General Medical Council (UK).
• Be on the GP register of the GMC.
• Evidence of recent continuing professional development.

Desirable

• Clinical Leadership qualification.
• Teaching qualification.

Experience

Essential

• At least 3 years experience in a GP role.
• Experience of working in a range of healthcare environments e.g. urgent, primary care.
• Clinical supervision of healthcare professionals.

Skills

Essential

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications
• Excellent communication (written and oral), listening analytical and influencing skills.
• Presentation skills and ability to articulate vision effectively.
• Ability to maintain focus on longer term strategy.

Desirable

• Good organisational and planning skills.

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of academic institutions pathways and frameworks for HCP to achieving competency requirements.
• Understanding of the NHS services.
• Pillars of Clinical governance.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Local Care Direct

Address

47 King Street

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 2SN

Employer's website

https://www.localcaredirect.org/ (Opens in a new tab)