General Practitioner (GP) Lead

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Clinical Lead GP to join us, covering both our UTC's at Sandwell and Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, providing clinical leadership across the services. Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week This is an exciting opportunity for a GP who combines strong clinical expertise with leadership, governance and quality improvement experience. You will play a key role in ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, high-quality patient care, while supporting and developing the wider clinical team. Working closely with the Service Manager, Medical Director, Clinical Quality & Governance Team and other clinical leads, you will provide visible clinical leadership and assurance across the service.

As Clinical Lead GP, you will: Provide high-quality clinical consultations and assessment of patients presenting to the Urgent Care Centre. Provide clinical leadership, advice and support to GPs and other clinical colleagues. Provide clinical management, supervision and support to the clinical team. its KPIs and national service specifications. Lead on clinical quality assurance, including consultation audits, annual appraisals and clinical performance. Support the service to achieve its KPIs and national service specifications. Support recruitment of GPs, including reviewing applications, participating in interviews and supporting decisions around locum clinicians Clinical Responsibilities You will be expected to make autonomous professional decisions regarding patient presentations, including: Assessing, diagnosing and managing acute primary care presentations. Providing appropriate treatment, advice, counselling and health education. Maintaining clear, accurate and contemporaneous clinical records. Ensuring appropriate safeguarding referrals and documentation. Collecting and contributing to data for audit and quality improvement. Supporting accurate patient record summarisation and clinical coding. Identifying and escalating issues relating to clinical quality, safety and risk. Maintaining up-to-date knowledge and practice through continuing professional development and lifelong learning.