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Clinical lead for multi-professional fellowships

Haringey GP Federation

The closing date is 21 January 2025

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Job summary

The SPIN programme is now established in North Central London but moving into a new phase that requires innovation to sustain a more diverse multiprofessional offer across various stages of professional careers. The postholder will need to manage the existing GPN fellowship programme, with the current GP Programme Director and Programme Manager (PM).

The clinical lead will ensure that they bring their own clinical perspective to the programme while being able to gain the credibility and respect of a range of other clinicians. They will work to understand the different needs of those professions, increasing the retention of our wider workforce in NCL, and developing a diverse leadership.

Main duties of the job

  • Maintains the infrastructure for GPN fellowships within the NCL footprint, and provides support to practices for the model
  • Provides educational support to participants of the scheme. Co-design and facilitate educationally led peer support sessions for SPIN fellows as agreed with the programme team and working with borough facilitators.
  • Works alongside the Fellowships Project Team to engage with the wider system and support the design and delivery of portfolio programmes along with all partners across the system.
  • Maintain oversight of the wider workforce elements of the scheme on behalf of NCL.
  • Participate in the wider NCL Faculty of Educators, ensuring the approach to fellowships is well embedded in wider infrastructure for education across NCL
  • Liaise with other key stakeholders including General Practices to roll out local iterations of SPIN fellowships.
  • Provide peer support for the SPIN fellows
  • Lead and develop local forums/networks across NCL in partnership with other multiprofessional leads
  • Provide assurance and contribute to continuous evaluation and improvement of retention initiatives and wider workforce issues as relevant and appropriate.
  • Leadership responsibility for the advertisement and recruitment of fellows.
  • Remains accountable to the employing host.

About us

This role is part of NCL Training Hub, hosted by Haringey GP Federation, and is an opportunity to join a growing team aimed at developing our health and social care workforce in North Central London. The North Central London (NCL) Training Hub is a network of multidisciplinary primary care teams, community providers, and social care providers. Training Hubs receive core funding from NHS Englands Workforce Training & Education Directorate. We also have extra commissions from Integrated Commissioning Boards, Local Authorities and other partners.

The NCL Training Hub has been established to enhance training, education, and workforce development with specific focus on enhancing the recruitment of new, and retention of current, staff. The NCL Training Hub has developed innovative educational and workforce initiatives for primary, community and social care. During 2021-22, these innovative models have been shortlisted and won national awards, including from HSJ and shortlisted for Nursing Times.

Date posted

15 January 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£11,733.33 to £13,866.67 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

14 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

U0002-25-0002

Job locations

48 Station Road

Wood Green

London

N22 7TY


Job description

Job responsibilities

Key attributes of the postholder

1. Post holder to be a qualified clinician and be working in general practice currently or demonstrate recent relevant clinical experience in primary care to ensure an understanding of local clinical practice

2. Good working knowledge of educational support in primary care training, health systems and relevant clinical experience in primary care, leadership, multi- professional, postgraduate teaching, appraisal and continuous professional development.

3. Educational expertise and small group facilitation skills, including an understanding of multiprofessional preceptorship.

4. Understanding of supporting professional resilience, retention and wider primary care workforce issues.

5. Commitment to new ways of working and workforce transformation.

6. Preferably have knowledge of the local geography.

7. Experience in liaising with HEIs and other partners in leadership roles.

8. Flexibility and willingness to travel within the NCL area to provide face-to-face support as required.

This is an evolving role and the postholder will be expected to meet the challenges that may be presented commensurate with the band.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key attributes of the postholder

1. Post holder to be a qualified clinician and be working in general practice currently or demonstrate recent relevant clinical experience in primary care to ensure an understanding of local clinical practice

2. Good working knowledge of educational support in primary care training, health systems and relevant clinical experience in primary care, leadership, multi- professional, postgraduate teaching, appraisal and continuous professional development.

3. Educational expertise and small group facilitation skills, including an understanding of multiprofessional preceptorship.

4. Understanding of supporting professional resilience, retention and wider primary care workforce issues.

5. Commitment to new ways of working and workforce transformation.

6. Preferably have knowledge of the local geography.

7. Experience in liaising with HEIs and other partners in leadership roles.

8. Flexibility and willingness to travel within the NCL area to provide face-to-face support as required.

This is an evolving role and the postholder will be expected to meet the challenges that may be presented commensurate with the band.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of liaising with HEIs and other partners in leadership roles
  • Building relationships to establish engagement with projects/programmes
  • Has experience of working through challenging situations to achieve a positive outcome
  • Experience of clinical practice in General Practice

Desirable

  • Previous experience of providing clinical leadership to a project/programme

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Educational expertise including small group facilitation skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively in a range of different environments
  • Commitment to new ways of working and workforce transformation
  • Able to build alliances and achieve consensus
  • Ability to use data to demonstrate the effectiveness of an approach
  • Demonstrates effective time management
  • Able to evolve an approach in response to changing priorities
  • Flexibility and willingness to travel across NCL
  • Outcomes focussed

Qualifications

Essential

  • Current Professional Clinical Registration (NMC; GPHC; HCPC or other clinical regulatory body)
  • Evidence of appropriate continuing professional development activity to maintain up-to-date knowledge and on-going competence in all aspects of the role
  • Teaching / Mentoring experience and/or qualification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Good working knowledge of educational support in primary care training, across different professions
  • Understanding the clinical and educational supervision requirements of a range of roles working in primary care
  • Knowledge of how to support professional resilience, retention and wider primary care workforce issues

Desirable

  • Knowledge of the local geography
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of liaising with HEIs and other partners in leadership roles
  • Building relationships to establish engagement with projects/programmes
  • Has experience of working through challenging situations to achieve a positive outcome
  • Experience of clinical practice in General Practice

Desirable

  • Previous experience of providing clinical leadership to a project/programme

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Educational expertise including small group facilitation skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively in a range of different environments
  • Commitment to new ways of working and workforce transformation
  • Able to build alliances and achieve consensus
  • Ability to use data to demonstrate the effectiveness of an approach
  • Demonstrates effective time management
  • Able to evolve an approach in response to changing priorities
  • Flexibility and willingness to travel across NCL
  • Outcomes focussed

Qualifications

Essential

  • Current Professional Clinical Registration (NMC; GPHC; HCPC or other clinical regulatory body)
  • Evidence of appropriate continuing professional development activity to maintain up-to-date knowledge and on-going competence in all aspects of the role
  • Teaching / Mentoring experience and/or qualification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Good working knowledge of educational support in primary care training, across different professions
  • Understanding the clinical and educational supervision requirements of a range of roles working in primary care
  • Knowledge of how to support professional resilience, retention and wider primary care workforce issues

Desirable

  • Knowledge of the local geography

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).

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.

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

Haringey GP Federation

Address

48 Station Road

Wood Green

London

N22 7TY


Employer's website

https://www.haringeygpfederation.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Haringey GP Federation

Address

48 Station Road

Wood Green

London

N22 7TY


Employer's website

https://www.haringeygpfederation.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Laura Lucas

Laura.lucas2@nhs.net

Date posted

15 January 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£11,733.33 to £13,866.67 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

14 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

U0002-25-0002

Job locations

48 Station Road

Wood Green

London

N22 7TY


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