Deputy Medical Director Integrated Urgent Care (IUC)Hours and Pay £115,000 to £120,000 per annum, prorata 8 management sessions per week with the expectation of working 1 clinical session per week in addition.Key Relationships: Key relationships include executive directors, clinical and governance teams, LCW Heads of post holders, employed and self-employed clinical staff, partner organisation Medical/Deputy Medical Directors, ICB Medical/Deputy Directors, Health Education England, GP training hubs, and GP partners in joint ventures.Core ResponsibilitiesCorporate Clinical Leadership & Governance: Work as part of an extended leadership team at LCW, including supporting organisation and team meetings. Provide leadership to the LCW Clinical Leadership and Governance team. Deputise for the Medical Director as and when required and to cover periods of leave. Take part in the clinical on-call rota and stay up to date with EPRR systems and processes within LCW. Work clinically in LCW services to cover all services, primarily within IUC, including a mix of triage and face-to-face sessions. Input into stakeholder meetings, to include but not necessarily limited to: Urgent Community Response Teams Medicine providers PCN/Federation/Alliance meetings Local Authorities ICBs Local Trusts. Deal with ad-hoc clinical queries from clinicians. Availability to undertake key responsibilities outside of usual working hours in critical circumstances.Medicines Management: Chair LCW Medicines Management meetings. Line manage the LCW Medicines Management Lead. Ensure that LCW are meeting the requirements for its controlled drug licence. Work with prescribers across the organisation to support LCW's use of ICB formularies. Ensure medicines management policies and procedures are maintained.Safeguarding: Provide senior clinical oversight of safeguarding across IUC services. Ensure safeguarding policies and SOPs are implemented consistently in operational settings. Act as a senior clinical advisor on complex safeguarding cases.IUC Clinical Delivery: Line manage substantively employed Senior Clinical Navigators and GPs in IUC services. Provide clinical leadership for substantive and self-employed GP workforce for LCW IUC services. Work with the IUC service manager and Head of Quality, Patient Safety and Experience to ensure services meet specified and contractual requirements. Lead the production of reports for CQRG meetings for IUC services. Attend partner, ICB and regional meetings. Maintain oversight and understanding of IUC processes and pathways, including basic knowledge of NHS Pathways. Ensure IUC services work in partnership with providers and commissioners across ICBs so that LCW remains aligned with initiatives such as End of Life care and Urgent Care Plans.GP Performance and Audit: Ensure the LCW clinical audit function is high-performing and provides feedback when needed, both positive and where improvement is required. Ensure GP registrars have the appropriate compliance to work at LCW, are inducted into the service appropriately, and that any concerns raised by GP supervisors are managed. Respond to any queries regarding GP performance or behaviour raised by patients or staff.Transformation and Innovation: Contribute to bid writing for the service, including new business and procurements, to support the organisation's strategic direction. Lead on innovation and support the transformation of our services to improve patient experience. Take the lead on innovation aligned with LCW's vision and values, and collaborate with external stakeholders. Act as the Deputy Clinical Safety Officer for LCW, deputising for the Clinical Safety Officer as required.Complaints, Incidents and Risk: Role model the PSIRF-based behaviours for LCW. Lead LCW clinical complaints for IUC services. Work with the Head of Quality, Patient Safety and Experience to ensure clinical incidents are assigned, investigated, and learning is acted upon. Provide leadership to serious incidents, including chairing 72-hour review meetings and deciding if a commissioning investigation is required. Investigate serious incident investigations using the PSIIRF framework. Deliver the Responsible Officer role for SI investigations. Offer appropriate pastoral support to GPs involved in complaints or incidents when appropriate and not conflicted. Support and champion patient engagement.Recruitment, Onboarding and Training: Support recruitment of GPs to the services, ensuring clinical inductions and overseeing continuous training and compliance. Work with recruitment and HR to ensure new clinical recruits have the necessary skills and resources. Ensure the clinical workforce is compliant with training and accreditation requirements and take appropriate action when necessary. Lead the delivery of education/updates to the substantive and self-employed GP workforce across 6 sessions a year. Support the medical induction and mentoring of new GPs and clinicians.Meeting Attendance: Attend meetings and provide strategic input, including CQRG, Quality Assurance, Risk Register, Medicines Management, Safeguarding, Complaints, Medical Leadership, external stakeholders, and Regional/National Clinical Governance meetings. Deputise for the Medical Director when needed.Main Conditions of ServiceConfidentiality: All LCWUCC staff must keep information about staff and patients confidential and not discuss information unnecessarily or to unauthorised persons. Failure to maintain confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.Our Values & Equal Opportunities: The organisation aims to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on grounds of sex, race, colour, religion, marital status, sexuality, age or disability, or is disadvantaged by non-justifiable conditions or requirements. LCWUCC has an Equal Opportunities Policy; staff are expected to contribute to its success.Health and Safety: Employees must comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) and follow safety procedures to maintain a safe environment for staff, patients and visitors. All LCWUCC employees are accountable through the terms of employment, professional regulations, clinical governance, and health and safety regulations, and must report incidents, follow risk management strategies, and attend training as required. Risk management: staff must manage risk within their responsibilities; it is a statutory duty to take reasonable care of their own safety and others. Managers must ensure policy adherence, staff training, local risk registers, and report changes to the Fire, Health & Safety Committee. No Smoking Policy: Smoking is prohibited in all areas of the organisation. Data Protection: Staff must handle computerised data fairly and lawfully, disclosing data only to authorised persons or organisations as instructed.Access to Health Records: Staff who contribute to patients’ health records must adhere to LCW's Standards of Record Keeping Policy. Records across LCW will be subject to regular audit. All staff with access to health records must maintain confidentiality in line with the organisation's policy and the Access to Health Records Act 1990. Waste Disposal: Waste must be disposed of in a manner that controls risks to health and safety, in accordance with legislation and policy.Patient's Charter: We are committed to meeting the rights and standards in the Patients’ Charter. Our staff should be aware and cooperate in meeting them.Review of this Job Description: This description reflects duties as they are at present and is not exhaustive. The job will be reviewed regularly to ensure duties meet service requirements with possible changes. LCWUCC aims to reach agreement on changes through consultation.You will be signed out of your account if you do not take action in the next period. To stay logged in, move your mouse or click 'Continue'. #J-18808-Ljbffr