Senior Clinical Lead GP - Crowborough in Brighton

Our innovative model has been designed to:

• Allow GPs to spend more time doing the tasks only they can do specific types of patients, specific clinical and non-clinical administration, specific leadership functions, and clinical supervision of ACP Clinical Leads and medics / pharmacists.
• Improve our ability to segment patient care in a more standardised way, and identify how best to utilise our workforce in individual surgeries and across SPC surgeries.
• Improve our ability to recruit and retain Salaried GPs in-practice and reduce our use of Locum GPs.
• Improve our ability to recruit and retain experienced ACP Clinical Leads to support and develop the ACP Clinical Leadership model further, and to clinically supervise and develop ACP and Non-medical prescriber staff.
• Improve our ability to recruit and retain ACPs and ANPs to sit under the ACP Clinical Leadership model, and be more supported to develop in their ACP and ANP roles and scope of competencies.
• Future proof the SPC model standardisation of roles, processes and systems, centralisation of roles, resilient workforce, improved stewardship of SPC finances.
• Ensure that the practice level leadership and/or management functions are covered by a clinician who is best placed to do so.

Main duties of the job:

• Provide proactive and visible clinical leadership, supporting and guiding practice staff on quality and safety matters.
• Develop and embed robust clinical governance systems, ensuring active participation by all medical staff.
• Lead on clinical strategy, improvement planning, and quality assurance across the practice.
• Collaborate with Practice Management, PCNs, and SPC leads to drive service improvement and staff development.
• Oversee clinical quality and safety, ensuring best practice through NICE implementation, significant event reviews, and compliance with CQC standards.
• Jointly act as CQC Registered Manager and Caldicott Guardian for the practice.
• Coordinate practice education and supervision, ensuring clinical staff remain up to date with policy and guideline changes.
• Provide supervision for GPs and non-medical prescribers in line with SPCs Clinical Leadership Model.

About us:

We are a friendly, forward-thinking GP surgery with a supportive multidisciplinary team, including three GPs, an ACP Clinical Lead, ANP, Paramedic Practitioner, Prescribing Lead Pharmacist and Pharmacy Technician, supported by a brilliant nursing and admin team. We use SystmOne, offer 15-minute appointments, and provide two protected GP Clinical Lead admin sessions per week to support leadership, quality improvement and mentoring (prorata). The practice is currently going through an exciting period of transition, with plans to implement total triage to improve patient access and streamline workflows. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated GP leader to help shape our future direction and be part of a progressive, supportive team delivering high-quality, patient-centred care. We offer flexible working arrangements and strong support for professional development, ensuring you have the time and resources to lead confidently and make a meaningful impact.

You will benefit from:

• A supportive working environment
• Flexible Hours to fit around your work / life commitments
• Induction and training programme
• Annual Leave and generous sick pay
• 5 fixed Study Leave Days
• Numerous other benefits such as car lease schemes and childcare vouchers
• Contract based on BMA model contract
• Full NHS pension
• Free on-site parking
• Medical Indemnity
• Peer and operational support with dedicated mentorship
• Employee Assistance programme
• A supportive, approachable management team

Job responsibilities:

• Clinical Leadership: Provide visible clinical leadership and be a point of contact for practice staff who need support and guidance over quality and safety concerns. Develop clinical governance strategies, systems and processes and ensure the active participation by all medical staff. Work with practice management to lead the wider practice team including regular attendance at practice meetings. Support career development of clinical staff. Build relationships with SPC Safeguarding Lead, SPC Education Lead, Senior GP lead and ACP clinical leads from other SPC Practices and share learning and good practice. Play a key role in service improvement planning for the future, bringing the quality and safety concerns to the fore and ensuring these are balanced with organisational and financial concerns. Develop and maintain active working relationships with PCNs. Sign off any additional policies/procedures as required. Be responsible for leading on the clinical components of QOF/LCS and IIF. Attend quality assurance meeting and education meetings with other senior clinical lead GPs and with Medical Director for quality assurance purposes and agree to work in line with SPC Clinical Governance structure. Work collaboratively with practice management operational team and ACP clinical lead as practice executive team.
• Clinical Quality/Safety: Be responsible for taking an overview of the clinical functions of the practice in terms of service quality and safety. Ensure that the systems exist to embed best clinical practice into the service (e.g. implementation of NICE guidance, record keeping etc). Take the overall lead for review of clinical aspects of Significant Event reviews and complaints, ensuring that learning points are captured, documented, actioned and embedded into practice. Be the joint CQC registered manager with the Practice Manager. Be responsible for leading on the clinical components of CQC readiness. Ensure that the systems exist to embed patient safety across the service (e.g., record keeping, national and local safety alerts). Take the overall lead for arranging practice education meetings and ensuring that clinical staff are made aware of changes to clinical guidelines and policy. Be the Caldicott Guardian for the practice. Be the lead clinician for ensuring that all areas of clinical leadership are covered within the practice.
• Supervision: You will be responsible for delivering peer-based support across the practice team and be responsible for arranging the group supervision of practice based non-medical prescribers alongside the ACP Clinical Lead. Provide supervision in line with SPC Clinical Leadership model.

Person Specification:

• Qualifications: A medical practitioner whose name is included in the General Practitioner Register under article 10 of the General and Specialist Medical Practice Order 2003. Accredited as a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) or have 5 years experience as a full time GP with a demonstrable commitment to quality practice. Currently on a performers list and not suspended from that list or from the medical register. Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check. Evidence of continued professional development.
• Skills and Knowledge: Willingness to share and collaborate across entire primary health team. Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams. Ability to work flexibly. Ability to recognise own limitations and act upon them appropriately. Willingness to learn new skills and to problem solve on a daily basis. An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality. Ability to work within the changing structures of the NHS and work to the requirements of other regulatory bodies. Excellent communicator. Work in line with practice systems and processes.
• Experience: Commitment to and experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary and skill mixed team environment. Experience of working to achieve standards within the Quality and Outcome Framework (QOF). Clinical Governance Primary care prevention and screening services. Self-audit and reflection. Organised and efficient in record keeping and completion of paperwork. Time management being able to prioritise work and work under pressure. Computer literacy. Adaptability to change.