Deputy Medical Director (IUPC)
Job Description
Job summary
The GP Care Group seeks an experienced and motivated Deputy Medical Director to provide expert clinical leadership and governance across our Integrated Urgent Primary Care services, including the Urgent Treatment Centre, Out of Hours and Same Day Access Hub.
This role attracts a market premia payment of £10,000 per annum and is subject to review every 2 years.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on urgent care services by ensuring high standards of patient care, clinical safety, and operational efficiency. The role requires a dynamic leader who will work closely with multi-disciplinary teams, service managers, and external stakeholders to improve service delivery and promote best practices.
The Deputy Medical Director will be expected to work on site at least 3 days in UTC and available for meetings with partners/stakeholders.
We're Looking For
Essential Criteria:
- Full GMC registration with a License to Practice.
- Inclusion in the National Medical Performers List.
- Experience working in an urgent or acute primary care setting.
- Strong knowledge of clinical governance, NHS policies, and urgent care pathways.
- Excellent leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Desirable Criteria:
- MRCGP, MRCP, or other postgraduate medical qualifications.
- Experience in clinical leadership roles within urgent or emergency care.
- Knowledge of the NEL and Tower Hamlets Urgent Care Strategy.
To apply: please submitted your CV and a supporting statement via NHS Jobs.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
- Clinical Leadership & Governance: Ensure safe and efficient medical care in accordance with national and local standards.
- Operational Service Development: Develop clinical pathways, monitor performance, and drive service improvements.
- Staff Recruitment & Development: Support and mentor clinical staff, ensuring effective training and induction.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with NHS Trusts, primary care providers, and local health services to enhance integrated patient care.
- Quality Improvement & Compliance: Lead clinical audits, incident investigations, and quality assurance initiatives to uphold high standards.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
About us
Tower Hamlets GP Care Group (The Care Group) was incorporated as a community interest company limited by shares in September 2014. Every general practice in Tower Hamlets owns one share of £1. The Care Group was formed to manage borough level contracts on behalf of the practices, deliver primary care led services and support general practices, and to be the provider voice of primary care in the wider health and social care system.
Read up more about Tower Hamlets GP Care Group, click here: https://www.gpcaregroup.org/
The Care Group is also a member of Tower Hamlets Together, a place-based integrated partnership, which includes Bart's Health, East London NHS Foundation Trust, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the Council for Voluntary Services.
Click here to know more about Tower Hamlets Together partnership- https://www.towerhamletstogether.com/
The key priorities for the Care Group are:
Innovation and support for primary care
Being a great place to work
Integrating primary and community care
Providing of high-quality cost-effective care to local people
Influencing improvements in health outcomes
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Clinical Leadership & Governance:
Provide clinical care that adheres to the recognised protocols and procedures indicative of excellence in general practice
Ensure a good working culture is developed in all services, making them a great place to work, where issues with staff are dealt with promptly and appropriately.
Provide safe and efficient medical care in accordance with both the nationally and locally agreed standards and principles for the Urgent Treatment Centre, OOH and Hubs.
Respond appropriately to the medical problems and concerns reported by patients or their carers.
Ensure the administrative team are made aware of any cases that need to be highlighted to the registered GP surgery the following working day e.g. an urgent review required.
Promote and maintain a culture of continuous improvement, patient safety, and clinical excellence.
Lead on clinical governance, incident investigations, and quality improvement initiatives.
Work collaboratively with the Quality & Governance teams to ensure compliance with CQC and NHS standards.
Operational & Service Development:
Support the operational management team in ensuring the efficient and effective delivery of high quality medical services, aligning with clinical governance, patient safety, and organizational objectives.
Develop and implement clinical pathways to improve patient outcomes and reduce hospital admissions.
Provide clinical expertise in the development of new models of care and service innovations.
Monitor and analyse key performance indicators (KPIs) and implement strategies for service improvement.
Embedding and developing of relevant SOPs for the GPs, e.g. including the GP Prioritisation Lead role.
Lead on clinical audit programmes in conjunction with the joint clinical lead, and other governance programmes to ensure that high quality services are delivered for patients.
Adhere to and support the electronic coding of the clinical record and thereby aid audit and data collection.
Support in future business developments and tender submissions and help the GPCG to acquire new businesses which are clinically safe and effective.
Staff Development & Support:
Enable the recruitment and induction of clinical staff into the UTC and other related services as necessary.
Ensure appropriate clinical support and escalation procedures are in place for staff working in UTC, OOH, and NHS 111.
Act as a mentor and provide clinical supervision to the medical staff.
Lead and participate in regular clinical audits, peer reviews, and training sessions. Support work colleagues and assist in the development of a coordinated and organised team and be able to provide pastoral support to the team.
Stakeholder Engagement & Communication:
Work with all relevant stakeholders e.g. the UTC management, UTC ANPs, HUB Management and Clinicians, ED Management and Clinicians etc to identify risks and actions to mitigate these risks.
Liaise with allied and community services including London Ambulance, Accident and Emergency, Social Services Duty Team, 111, CHS community health services Mental Health Teams, Palliative Care Community Teams and Out of Hours Teams as necessary to support a good patient journey.
Participate in organisational meetings concerning service development, care pathways, clinical governance and audit.
Liaise with commissioners, NHS Trusts, primary care providers, and other stakeholders to ensure integrated service delivery.
Represent the service at local and regional meetings, influencing policy and service design.
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent leadership, problem solving, and communication skills.
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice.
Qualifications
Essential
- Inclusion in the National Medical Performers List.
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in an urgent or acute primary care setting.
Knowledge
Essential
- Strong knowledge of clinical governance, NHS policies, and urgent care pathways.
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Tower Hamlets GP Care Group
Address
The Royal London Hospital
St Augustine with St Philip's Church, Newark Street
London
E1 2AA
Employer's website
https://www.gpcaregroup.org/section/387/Home (Opens in a new tab)
