Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced GP to join our team as Assistant Medical Director. You will provide clinical leadership and direction to our Integrated Urgent and Emergency Care Clinical Assessment Service (IUEC CAS) with predominant responsibility for the South East London 111 service based in Croydon.
Main duties of the job
You will join a clinical leadership group of experienced GPs and paramedics. The team is extremely friendly, supportive and passionate about high quality patient care and service delivery. You will need to be MBBS and MRCGP qualified, on the GMC GP register and performers list. You will need to have significant post registration experience as a General Practitioner and have experience of working in multiple clinical settings including GP OOH, Urgent Care Centres and Emergency Departments. You will have a sound understanding of clinical governance and clinical leadership theory and practice, be goal focused and have the ability to work collaboratively with other professional groups and organisations. Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details.
About us
Integrated urgent and emergency care (IUEC) is rapidly evolving within the healthcare system and LAS are a pan-London provider with established partner relationships across the system enabling collaborative development of IUEC care pathways to improve response and quality of care provided to patients seeking urgent and/or emergency care by calling 111 or 999.
LAS has transitioned from a Pan London emergency response provider to also being the largest London urgent care provider with a multidisciplinary workforceoperating across 5 ICS areas. The IUEC team include paramedics, nurses, advanced practitioners, pharmacists and doctors. This is an exciting time to join the Trust, as we continue to integrate both urgent and emergency care provision incorporating the 111 and 999 services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the role including a detailed job description and main responsibilities, please see attached job description.
DISCLAIMER- Anyone who has been unsuccessful at previous interview for this post will not be considered.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the role including a detailed job description and main responsibilities, please see attached job description.
DISCLAIMER- Anyone who has been unsuccessful at previous interview for this post will not be considered.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified and currently registered with the GMC
- Membership or Fellowship, Royal College of General Practitioners
Desirable
- Clinical leadership Qualification
- Other relevant post graduate qualification
Experience
Essential
- Over 5 years' experience as a practicing GP
- Understanding of, or interest in developing, clinical assessment and management of patients flows / to care pathway redesign
- Understanding of UEC services and pathways
- Experience of working in multiple clinical settings including GP OOH, Urgent Care Centre and Emergency department
Desirable
- Experience of teaching and training healthcare professionals
- Experience of participating in the recruitment process of healthcare professionals
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Local and national health service strategy policy development and implementation
- Sound understanding of clinical governance
- Clinical leadership theory and practice
- Evidence of experience of participation in, or oversight of, clinical audit, Quality Improvement or research programs.
Desirable
- Service management, commissioning or Public health
Personal Abilities
Essential
- Adhere to the Trust values and behaviours
- Demonstrated ability to provide strong and effective leadership and commitment to team working
- Evidence of ability to work effectively in collaboration with other professional groups and organisations
- Clear commitment to delivering quality and patient focused services
- Strategic comprehension
- Analytical ability
- Self-confident
- Clinical credibility of peers
- Highly skilled and effective communicator
- Goal focused
- Innovative thinker
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified and currently registered with the GMC
- Membership or Fellowship, Royal College of General Practitioners
Desirable
- Clinical leadership Qualification
- Other relevant post graduate qualification
Experience
Essential
- Over 5 years' experience as a practicing GP
- Understanding of, or interest in developing, clinical assessment and management of patients flows / to care pathway redesign
- Understanding of UEC services and pathways
- Experience of working in multiple clinical settings including GP OOH, Urgent Care Centre and Emergency department
Desirable
- Experience of teaching and training healthcare professionals
- Experience of participating in the recruitment process of healthcare professionals
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Local and national health service strategy policy development and implementation
- Sound understanding of clinical governance
- Clinical leadership theory and practice
- Evidence of experience of participation in, or oversight of, clinical audit, Quality Improvement or research programs.
Desirable
- Service management, commissioning or Public health
Personal Abilities
Essential
- Adhere to the Trust values and behaviours
- Demonstrated ability to provide strong and effective leadership and commitment to team working
- Evidence of ability to work effectively in collaboration with other professional groups and organisations
- Clear commitment to delivering quality and patient focused services
- Strategic comprehension
- Analytical ability
- Self-confident
- Clinical credibility of peers
- Highly skilled and effective communicator
- Goal focused
- Innovative thinker
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
