Job Description

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.

Job Title

General Practice Physician

Location

London

Facility

Central London - Victoria

Institute

Medical Specialty Institute-Cleveland Clinic London

Job Code

UK0535

Job Summary

The General Practice Institute is a key service at Cleveland Clinic London. This is a consultant position with responsibility for the diagnosis, management, onward referral and definitive treatment of general practice. Emergency Medicine experience is desirable. The successful candidate will have at least 5 years’ experience in a substantive consultant post.

Job Details

Job Responsibilities:

• Monitors and provides care to patients at Cleveland Clinic London within the Department of General Practice.
• Provides daytime coverage (0800-1800) for Concierge Medicine service as part of larger CM GP team, require minimum one 8-hour day sessions.
• Provides backup coverage when other members of CM GP team are on holiday, study, or sick leave to see CM patients (scheduled, walk-in, or virtual) as required
• To include cover of out-of-hours Monday to Friday (1600 to 0800) and weekend-out-of-hours (as part of rota) Saturday to Sunday (1 in 5)
• Shifts will be swapped within the team for mutual convenience and parity within group
• Participates in the delivery of Executive Health assessments to CM members.
• Participates in home visits as part of CM programme for members, on occasion may be required.
• Actively participate and support in the development of clinical triaging and scheduling mechanism
• Actively participates as member of CM and GP team in the development of care coordination and continuity workflows to enable prioritised specialty consults for patients
• Provides a high quality of service to patients requiring diagnosis and management.
• Analyzes records, reports and test results in order to diagnose and manage a patient’s medical condition
• Explains procedures and discusses test results or prescribed treatments with patients
• Provides specialist referrals to treat the patient’s medical condition
• Evaluates the patient and records applicable notes (utilizing the CCL Electronic Medical Record (EPIC)) to ensure a comprehensive record of consultation and management plans
• Out-of-hours responsibilities, including participation in GP cover/on-call rota where applicable.
• Liaises both internally and internationally with other medical and non-medical staff within Cleveland Clinic to ensure patients are treated with the highest quality care, with fulfillment of current best practice guidelines.
• Actively participates in Clinical Governance and Audit within the immediate Institute and across Cleveland Clinic.
• Engages proactively in teaching and training Medical, Nursing and other relevant caregivers.
• Contributes and regularly engages with a wider multidisciplinary team to provide high quality care for patients.

Personal Specification:

REQUIREMENTS

ESSENTIAL

Requirements necessary for safe effective performance in the job

DESIRABLE

Where available, elements that contribute to improved, immediate performance in the job

Qualifications and Training

• M.B.B.S or equivalent
• On GMC GP Register
• MRCGP
• Current UK visa or permission to work
• Training in appraisal techniques
• Postgraduate Thesis

Experience

• At least 5 years’ experience in a substantive consultant post
• Evidence of training in relevant medical techniques
• Expertise across a wide range of treatment and conditions.

Skills, knowledge and competencies

• Ability to organise and prioritise complex demands
• Effective communication skills: demonstrates awareness of good decision making.
• Track record of engaging in clinical governance: reporting errors, learning from errors
• IT skills using electronic patient care systems
• Evidence of working in a multi-disciplinary team
• ALS training
• Experience in clinical or academic research

Personal Skills

• Supports Cleveland Clinic values
• Commitment to good team working and relationships
• Professional integrity and respect for others
• Enthusiasm and ability to work under pressure
• Demonstrates empathy and understanding
• Supportive and caring attitude to patients and colleagues

Commitment to clinical governance/Improving quality of patient care

• Demonstrates awareness of good decision making. Awareness of own limitations.
• Evidence of engagement in clinical governance, reporting errors/learning from errors
• Experience of audit or quality improvement
• Experience of supervising medical staff
• Experience of education and training medical, nursing and all other relevant caregivers

Additional Roles and Responsibilities:

Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults

All Caregivers have a personal and a professional responsibility to identify and report abuse. A patient or fellow Caregiver may disclose information of being abused or suspected abuse. A Caregiver may also witness abuse or simply have concerns of abuse taking place. Should any Caregiver suspect abuse then it is vital that the CCL Safeguarding Policy and procedure is immediately implemented. It is the Caregiver's responsibility to ensure they are fully compliant with CCLs Safeguarding training and have read, understood and adhere to the CCL Safeguarding Policy and Procedure.

CCL is committed to applying its Equal Employment Opportunity/Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Policy at all stages of recruitment and privileging. Shortlisting, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to any Protected Characteristics. When aware of the need to do so and when required, CCL will make reasonable adjustments to its arrangements for interviews and to conditions of employment/engagement for disabled applicants to ensure, so far as practicable, that they do not place such applicants at a substantial disadvantage in comparison to non-disabled applicants.