iGP Integrated Care GP Fellow
- NHS
- Full Time
- Haverfordwest
- 78750.00 a year
Job Description
Job summary
Are you ready to elevate your career with a truly unique leadership opportunity? Do you aspire to combine hands-on clinical practice with the chance to enhance your leadership skills? If so, Hywel Dda UHB and HEIW are excited to offer a groundbreaking new 12-month post designed for ambitious GPs like you.
This fully supported role provides the perfect blend of patient care and personal growth. You'll spend part of your week working in a supportive GP practice, while also having dedicated time to develop your leadership expertise. With mentoring and study leave built into your schedule, you'll have the opportunity to pursue a higher qualification in a secondary area of interest, supported by a financial contribution of up to £2000 toward costs, along with up to £1,000 towards top-up indemnity fees.
Main duties of the job
We're seeking a passionate and forward-thinking GP to join our innovative iGP scheme. By working in this integrated role, you'll be part of a collaborative environment that benefits both professionals and patients alike. This is a unique chance for qualified GPs to gain valuable leadership experience with guidance from senior clinicians and the primary care academy team, while enjoying the flexibility to develop your skills in a protected, supported way.
Your week will include four clinical sessions, two focused on leadership development, and two non-clinical sessions dedicated to study leave, mentoring, and educational sessions. See job description for further details. As a substantive post, you'll also be eligible for the second half of the targeted incentive scheme payment if you are already involved with this.
If you're driven, eager to learn, and ready to make a real difference, we want to hear from you! Join us and become a key player in shaping the future of integrated GP care through effective leadership.
About us
Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is the strategic workforce body for NHS Wales with statutory functions that include education and training, workforce planning, workforce development and transformation, leadership and succession planning, and careers. Our purpose is to develop a workforce that delivers excellent care to patients/service users and excellent population health. We are a Special Health Authority working closely with our partners; Social Care Wales, education providers, professional and regulatory bodies and Welsh Government.
HEIW's is committed to developing an internal culture of choice. Our Values reflect our thoughts, feelings and beliefs in how we will, and will not, behave and treat others:
- Respect for All in every contact we have with others,
- Ideas that Improve: Harnessing creativity and continuously innovating, evaluating and improving,
- Together as a Team: Working with colleagues across NHS Wales and with partner organisations.
HEIW received the HPMA Award for Employee Engagement in 2019.
What you can expect:
- a corporate induction and 90 day Welcome itinerary,
- compassionate leadership,
- a meaningful values based performance appraisal process,
- the opportunity to impact upon health and social care services and the lives and wellbeing of the people of Wales.
Many of our colleagues and stakeholders have commented on the buzz and atmosphere we create by working together as "One HEIW Team". Do you want to join that team?
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Primary professional qualification in medicine e.g., MBBS MB BCh
- Full registration and in good standing with the relevant professional body, e.g., GMC
- Obtained Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) as a GP and gained an MRCGP or be within three months of doing so.
- Listed on the Wales Medical Performers List
- BLS and AED certificate valid within last 12 months
- Commitment to CPD
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a GP and with a multi-disciplinary team
- Evidence of involvement in leadership and management commensurate with experience, with reflection of personal impact
- Evidence of effective team working in partnership with stakeholders to achieve common objectives
Desirable
- An interest in MDT working and clinical leadership.
Other
Essential
- Agree to undertake a higher qualification in a relevant area during the post.
- Valid DBS check
- Full indemnity will includ the Welsh risk pool and own defence union for supplementary cover.
- Satisfactory Immigration Status
- Satisfactory Health Clearance
- Satisfactory Disclosure Check
- Ability to travel to meet the requirements of the role.
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- An enthusiasm for general practice and a keen interest in developing a second interest area.
- Leadership aspirations and effective communication skills.
- Demonstrates understanding of the basic principles of audit, evidence-based practice, patient safety, and clinical QI initiatives.
- A team player with an ability to work in multi-professional teams who is keen to learn and continuously improve their knowledge of sustainability
- Keen interest in developing a portfolio career with an interest in a secondary specialism or/and medical education and training
- Ability to manage/prioritise multiple complex tasks simultaneously
- Ability to cope under pressure and to manage uncertainty.
- Demonstrate initiative and resilience
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and able to build rapport, listen, persuade, and negotiate
- Good problem solving and decision-making skills
- Ability to recognise own limitations and act on appropriately.
- Willingness to learn new competencies
- Demonstrates probity in all aspects of professional life.
- Good IT skills
Desirable
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Health Education and Improvement Wales
Address
St Thomas Surgery
Rifleman Lane, St Thomas Green,
Haverfordwest
SA61 1QX
