Clinical Director (North Lewisham PCN)

We are seeking a thoughtful and skilled Clinical Director to help provide clinical insights for our PCN. The CD will work in close partnership with our PCN Managing Director (MD) and wider management team to ensure we meet the goals/objectives set out by the board and member practices.

This is a genuinely exciting opportunity for someone with strong clinical experience to take on a leadership role, helping to build out an impactful at-scale healthcare service for a population of over 80,000 patients in one of the most interesting, diverse areas of London.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will:

• Provide clinical input / insight as we design and evaluate services
• Offer clinical support and advice to PCN Management and Board
• Lead clinical supervision and workforce development for PCN staff
• Ensure the PCN is meeting key contract and system requirements
• Develop relationships, represent the PCN and help bring together wider stakeholders

The right candidate will demonstrate excellent clinical skills, brilliant communication, analytical thinking and financial literacy. Youll need to be confident, proactive, adaptable and resilient.

You should have a strong understanding of GP Primary Care and the wider NHS system (incl. ICBs and PCNs). If you have experience working locally that will be helpful, but its not required.

It is a key role requirement that you are a practicing qualified clinician who is currently working or would be happy to work in a member practice in the PCN.

About us

North Lewisham PCN covers c. 80,000 patients across 9 GP surgeries in North Lewisham. We work together and with a range of local providers, to offer more personalised, coordinated health care to our local populations. Were dedicated to delivering high-quality efficient/effective care that works for our patients and practices.

During COVID, we were one of the fastest vaccinators in London, delivering exceptional service in a challenging area. Weve spent the last two years building out our operations and were now looking to think strategically and ensure our PCN has foundations to that are fit for the future.

Join us as we work together to provide at-scale local healthcare services to improve outcomes for practices and patients!

Job responsibilities

Role title: NL PCN Clinical Director

Term and reviews: This is a two-year fixed-term post, with the position being subject to an annual review after an initial 6-month probationary review.

Key responsibilities:

• Providing clinical insight into the design, development and evaluation of PCN services
• Offering clinical support and advice to PCN Management and Board in matters ranging from the granular and specific to the macro and strategic
• Working in close partnership with the PCN MD, who is responsible for delivering the strategic and operational management of the PCN
• Clinical supervision of the staff working for the PCN (either in salaried/permanent roles or those in freelance/locum roles)
• Ensuring the PCN and its staff are meeting key system requirements and best practice guidelines
• Providing leadership on workforce development, through assessment of clinical skill mix and development of network workforce strategy
• Developing relationships across practices, the PCN and the wider landscape (including ICB / Place teams) to help us meet objectives
• Representing the PCN, where required, in appropriate forums e.g. ICB meetings + feeding back to practices and the PCN where relevant
• Fostering a culture of constant quality improvement to ensure our services are meeting the needs of patients and practices
• Support work on maximising value (achieving best quality for least cost) in particular working with the PCN on referral rates, unwarranted clinical variation, effective prescribing and financial efficiencies.
• Being up to date on national and local requirements for our PCN ensuring to separate nice to have from mandatory asks
• Ensuring were meeting our requirements under the DES and that you as CD are meeting your obligations under the DES
• To carry out any other reasonable requests by PCN board majority

Person Specification Qualifications

• Any appropriately qualified clinician who is currently working or would be happy to work in a member practice of the PCN

Knowledge and Skills

• A strong knowledge and interest in GP Primary Care
• An understanding of the NHS systems including ICBs/PCNs
• Excellent clinical skills the ability to work independently at the top of your license and to support others to do the same
• Brilliant communication and political intelligence able to lead and motivate staff across the PCN, plus build strong relationships with PCN practices
• Problem solver - ability to analyse complex situations, develop innovative solutions and present solutions clearly and concisely
• Organised and able - excellent organisational and time management skills to ensure you can meet your requirements in the limited time available
• Financially literate - understanding of budget and data to ensure we can work most efficiently and effectively for our patients and practices

Experience

• Experience supervising clinical staff
• Experience in clinical service assessment and quality improvement
• Experience working within North Lewisham
• Experience working in a PCN or similar at-scale setting
• Experience in strategic planning and leadership within primary care
• Experience with a variety of stakeholders and reporting to a board

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.

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

2 years

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A5463-24-0010

Job locations

Waldron Health Centre, Ground Floor, Suite 1