Responsibilities

• You will provide routine and urgent clinical care for both acute and long term conditions working to local and national guidelines. The daily clinical workload is split equally amongst all clinicians with additional workload kept to a minimum by our excellent care navigation team. The acute home visit demand on the practice is generally low, however you may be required to carry out visits occasionally. Minimal private work required due to outsourcing most non NHS requests.
• You will be required to actively implement and support the use of digital technologies with patient triage systems and other communication technologies.
• You will attend and play an active role in regular practice & clinical meetings along with safeguarding and GSF MDT meetings. Opportunities to be included in PCN network meetings/projects.
• You will be expected to work with the team to continually strive to improve standards of care and, in particular, achieve QoF targets and KLOE objectives as outlined by CQC.
• You will be expected to participate in ongoing personal and professional development keeping up to date with appraisal and GMC requirements for licensing.
• You must be a strong approachable leader who has passion in driving forward practice improvements, provide clear clinical leadership and supporting peers & GP trainees.

gtd healthcare is a values driven, not-for-profit provider of innovative healthcare across North-West England, with a turnover of £49 million, we are one of the largest NHS Commissioned providers of Primary and Urgent Care Services in the region.

We are growing our Medical Leadership Team, beyond what has ever been in place across our Primary Care Services, to ensure we continue to deliver great quality patient care. We are looking for a Salaried GP to undertake the Medical Leadership role at The Smithy Practice. The Medical Lead is a permanent post, and in addition to the Salaried GP position, which 4 hours per week of protected non‑patient activity time is given to support with leadership and management within the practice. We are a busy but friendly Practice, dedicated to serving our registered patients across the Hyde community for over 25 years and have excellent links with Hyde PCN. We are located nearby to the M67 with free onsite parking. You will be joining a small, close-knit team of dedicated staff who work collaboratively to provide high-quality, patient‑centred care to our growing list of patients. As a high QOF-achieving practice with excellent infection prevention and control standards, we take pride in delivering consistent, evidence based care, meeting high quality benchmarks. At gtd healthcare, we do things differently. Our not‑for‑profit ethos and commitment to innovation offers patients the best experience possible and a unique opportunity to transform services. We are committed to developing and supporting our people to achieve their career aspirations while making a positive impact on patients and the wider community. Our values drive everything we do, with our people at the heart of delivering the best possible healthcare.

Benefits

• professional indemnity cover;
• one week study leave per year, pro rata;
• opportunities for protected medical leadership time;
• opportunities for portfolio working across primary and urgent care;
• further training, e.g. GP trainer, fellowship, minor surgery and other specialist courses;
• access to Stream, which provides flexible and on‑demand access to stream your pay during the month;
• salary sacrifice car benefit scheme;
• 30 days annual leave, rising to 32 after five years continuous service;
• flexible pension benefits, including NHS pension scheme;
• flexible working hours and policies;
• family friendly and carer policies;
• opportunities to apply for innovation and quality awards;
• access to gtd healthcare wellbeing initiatives and the employee assistance programme;
• opportunity to become part of an employee owned organisation;
• cycle to work scheme;
• eyesight vouchers;
• NHS staff discounts, Blue Light Card, Health Service Discounts.