GP/ Clinical Lead

JOB TITLE: Senior clinical builder and symptom assessment clinical lead
PLACE OF WORK: Beaconsfield & home or Chippenham or London
SALARY: Commensurable with NHS Pay Scales
HOURS OF WORK: Full Time
REPORT TO: Chief clinical information officer

Our client's product offers a new and sophisticated online tool that is being created and managed by a team of healthcare professionals.
This solution will enhance the healthcare experience for both GPs and patients.

Their product works to combine years of integrated clinical healthcare experience from the group with high quality technology solutions by working with key partners in software and app development.

This solution will help to ease the current relentless pressures and demands faced by General Practice, while providing patients with more timely and easier access 24/7 to healthcare professionals.
Here's how you as a General Practitioner / Clinical Lead can be part of this exciting Industry:

Our client operates 24/7 service, 365 days a year providing around the clock care to their service users. This service is underpinned by our symptom assessment algorithms.

We are looking for an experienced General Practitioner to oversee the clinical management of the algorithms.

You will work alongside multidisciplinary teams, providing input to the development of the symptom assessment algorithms. There will be a short initial period whilst the clinical understanding of the algorithms is understood and any additional training undertaken and a longer period of training in the tools and algorithm building.

You will manage all aspects of the Symptom Assessment including input from internal and external reviewers, governance processes etc. Activities will include running scenarios and capturing variances, reviewing and recommending changes to assets and logic and working with US and UK reviewers to find agreed solutions to problems with reference to the literature and guidelines.

This role requires deep expertise and experience in diagnosis and clinical risk management. Along with an understanding of clinical epidemiology and Bayesian logic. You must be content with undertaking significant amounts of computer based work to identify the issues and to suggest potential solutions.

You must be committed to strong governance, be willing to follow governance processes and understand the importance of accurate record keeping.
You should have excellent understanding of Microsoft tools such as Excel and Word. Be willing to quickly learn with support and training how to use Microsoft Visio and our proprietary tools.

The core clinical tools are Up to Date, NICE content and primary academic papers along with data from the symptom assessments.
Support and training is available in these areas.

As a General Practitioner / Clinical Lead you will assist in the development of an integrated approach to the delivery of patient care across the 'whole system' of health and social care. You will work in partnership with all relevant stakeholders

You will work with alongside Clinical team including non- clinical builders, external reviewers and academic experts, US client delivery team, IT team, Database experts.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Working within the multidisciplinary team, the post holder will be responsible for the following:

MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP
*Clinical leadership of the symptom assessment team
*To take clinical and delivery responsibility for themselves and to provide assistance and supervision to other staff as required
*To assist in the maintenance of clinical standards and to share in the efficient running of the service
*To share the responsibility for the security and care of equipment
*To be aware of local, regional, national and global policies which affect the delivery of health and social care

CLINICAL / JOB SKILLS
*To act as a team member providing clinical expertise and ensuring adherence to governance processes required for the symptom assessment algorithms
*Accurately assess input from reviewers to identify issues which require work in the symptom assessments.
*Repeat existing scenarios and traversals agreed with reviewers in previous years to confirm they are still accurate. If they are inaccurate to collate the data on the inaccuracy and to summarise with a recommendation for change to be made.
*To maintain accurate, contemporaneous computerised records of every part of the process including any dialogue with internal and external decision makers.
*To be aware of and work within the performance framework for the online digital services, Clinical Quality Commission and the National Quality Requirements and any national or international guidelines as appropriate
*To provide clinical support to the multidisciplinary team

QUALITY ASSURANCE
*Contribute to and implement initiatives relating to quality assurance and performance management
*Monitor and maintain standards against National & international Quality Requirements, Clinical Quality Commission, and Key Performance Indicators
*Clearly document and ensure all issues are identified and properly raised to the appropriate individuals
*To be aware of responsibilities under the Data Protection Act
*To attend team meetings as required
*To ensure effective communication with colleagues, both within business and their external reviewers
*To remain up-to-date with organisational policies, procedures, news
PERSONAL AND PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT
*Remain up to date in the annual GP Appraisal Process, agreeing and setting professional and performance objectives
*Take part in clinical supervision in accordance with clinical supervision policy
*Identify own professional development needs to maintain professional registration with the GMC.
*Facilitate the learning and development of trainees, students and other staff in accordance with the Learning and Development Plan
*Proactively engage in the performance management cycle in accordance with the Performance Management and Personal Development Policy

EDUCATION/TRAINING
*Attend training and professional development programmes as appropriate in accordance with requirements of role

RESEARCH/AUDIT
*For clinical governance and training purposes, regular review of work is a requirement of this job. With the wider team 

GENERAL STATEMENTS
As an evolving organisation, it is envisaged that the role will continue to develop and will be the subject of ongoing review between the post holder and line manager. Initially this is a short term post.(6 Months with view to extend or move to perm)

This job description is not an exhaustive statement of the responsibilities of the post.
As such a degree of flexibility and adaptability will be required. There may be the occasional requirement to be available for work outside of your contracted hours/office hours to facilitate the smooth operational running of the business.

Ideally you will work three to four days and will retain one day clinical practice as a general practitioner

Enhanced DBS will be required.

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