Job Summary

Deputy Clinical Lead Clinical Governance – Are you a GP with an interest in Clinical Governance? We are looking for a GP who will provide clinical leadership to ensure safe, effective and high-quality patient care across a group of Primary Care practices. You will support and strengthen the organisation's medical clinical governance framework by working closely with the Quality Team and practice teams to develop consistent governance processes, review clinical incidents, and embed learning and continuous quality improvement.

Main Duties of the Job

• Support the Quality team in the development and implementation of consistent clinical governance framework across all practices
• Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders and external partners to maintain regulatory compliance and the highest standards of patient safety
• Lead or support the review of significant events, clinical incidents, and patient safety concerns
• Support clinical audit and quality improvement programmes across the practices
• Provide clinical input into patient complaints and concerns where appropriate, supporting practices in identifying learning opportunities from complaints and feedback
• Support the development, review and implementation of clinical policies and procedures

Requirements

• GMC-registered General Practitioner with licence to practise
• Experience working in primary care
• Understanding of clinical governance, patient safety and quality improvement principles
• Experience participating in significant event reviews, audits or incident investigations
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder-engagement skills
• Ability to demonstrate commitment to patient safety and quality improvement
• Ability to work across multiple practice sites to attend governance meetings

About [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] (PC24) is a not-for-profit social enterprise established in 1990, delivering NHS contracts exclusively. The majority of our surplus is reinvested in patients and staff. We believe that primary healthcare should be accessible for everyone and are committed to delivering the best quality care we can, challenging social exclusion and working locally, where and when we can, to support our communities. We combine the best of the NHS with social enterprise innovation, developing solutions for NHS primary care and caring for our clinicians so that they can, in turn, care for our patients.

What's on Offer?

• £125,000.00 salary per annum (pro rata)
• Permanent part time contract (1 day per week)
• 27 days annual leave (pro rata) - previous NHS service will be taken into account
• NHS pension scheme
• NHS car fleet scheme
• NHS home electronics scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Eligible to apply for blue light card
• Colleague wellbeing package - which includes a doctor line, access to Westfield rewards, wellbeing support and gym discounts
• Colleague events

Come join our proud team! This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore, it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

Employer Details

Employer: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]
Address: Sefton, L13 1FB
Website: primarycare24.org.uk