GP Senior Clinical Pathway Interface Editor

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Do you want to be part of an innovative, dynamic organisation that is committed to delivering the best care to the population of Hywel Dda University Health Board? An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced GP to be the Senior Clinical Editor as part of the pathways interface team, on the development of clinical pathways for Primary care within Hywel Dda University Health Board Strategic Development and Operational Planning Directorate. The Clinical Pathways work will provide a ’roadmap’ to support the pathway changes needed to deliver on Hywel Dda’s ambitious Clinical Strategy Healthier Mid and West Wales. The focus being on prevention and early intervention and delivering on Prudent Healthcare principles including ’Right care Right place Right time’.

The pathways interface system will provide primary care with evidence based clinical pathways for clinicians to support patients and service users to self-manage or receive care as close to home as possible to avoid referral to hospital for planned or unplanned conditions.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve the development of localised and specific clinical pathways to support clinicians with their patients within consultations. The successful candidate will work closely with condition experts within secondary care or specialist service to negotiate and ensure each pathway has a local consensus and clinical agreement for their region and ensure that the pathways interface is used by and useful to general practice and hospital clinicians. The successful candidate will work proactively with the pathways programme team to identify pathway priorities and opportunities and have a good understanding of translating evidence based clinical pathways to practice. The successful candidate must be an experienced practicing general practitioner who has a broad understanding of general practice, secondary care services, community and voluntary sector. The senior clinical editor role will also lead and mentor the clinical pathway editor team and ensure pathway quality assurance and approve and sign off all clinical changes. The senior clinical editor will also work closely to develop and maintain relationships with the pathways interface provider. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic and inspiring with proven leadership, facilitation, and negotiation skills. They must provide evidence of managing performance of others and demonstrates prioritisation skills with the ability to manage competing demands.

About Us

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through

:o Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;

• Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
• 48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
• Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
• Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
  

Job Description

Job responsibilities

If you would like more information, please refer to the Job Description and Personal Specification attached.

Person Specification

Essential

Qualifications

• Included on an All Wales GP Medical Performers List
• Full compliance with the annual GP appraisal and re-validation processes
  

Desirable

• Appropriate Higher Degree e.g. MD, PhD or MSc or equivalent
• Academic Excellence
  

Essential

Clinical Experience

• Knowledge of UK hospital systems (or equivalent)
• Knowledge and participation in CPD
• Safe and effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meet the requirement of the GMC’s Good Medical Practice
• Adequate ongoing GP clinical work
• Experience of providing GP / Primary Care clinical advice
• Managing difficult/complex change
• Successful engagement across the Primary/Secondary Care clinical interface
• Primary/Secondary Care clinical interface
• Developing multi-disciplinary/multi-agency collaborative working
• Experience of managing performance of others
• At least 5 years post Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)
  

Desirable

• Experience of NHS
• Wider experience, research and training in providing sub specialty service
• Evidence of above average performance
• Additional clinical qualification(s)
• Developing multi-disciplinary/multi-agency collaborative working
• Performance Monitoring
• Medicines Management
• Quality improvement / variance management activities
  

Clinical Governance

Essential

• Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
• Comprehension of core philosophy and building blocks of clinical Governance
  

Desirable

• Knowledge of risk management
• Knowledge of annual job planning/appraisal review process
  

Research

Essential

• Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal of evidence so as to improve clinical outcomes
  

Desirable

• Evidence of initiating, progressing and concluding research projects with publication
• Research degree
  

Teaching

Essential

• Evidence of organising programmes and teaching medical students and junior doctors
• Willingness to teach all grades of professional multidisciplinary staff
  

Desirable

• Organisation of further teaching programmes in medical education
• Training the Trainers experience
  

Management

Essential

• Knowledge of the management and structure of the NHS
• Willingness to participate in clinical management
• Proven leadership, facilitation and negotiation skills
  

Desirable

• Evidence of leadership attributes
• Motivational skills
• Ability to present credibly to a wide range of stakeholders
  

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