Lead Physician
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Description
Job Description
Lead Physician
Bupa Health Centre Wandsworth, London SW17 7EG
Competitive Salary And Fantastic Benefits
Working 4 days per week
Role Purpose
Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives.
As an experienced Doctor, you’ll be making a difference every day. At Bupa, feel less pressured in a flexible and dynamic role. With a supportive network and a healthy work-life balance, expect autonomy and an environment where collaboration is celebrated.
Role Overview
To provide leadership and support for doctors in your allocated Bupa Health Centre, working collaboratively with other members of the management team to ensure provision of high standards of clinical practice and customer service
What You’ll Do
As the Lead physician, your duties will involve but not limited to:
Clinical Support and Management
Lead Physician
Bupa Health Centre Wandsworth, London SW17 7EG
Competitive Salary And Fantastic Benefits
Working 4 days per week
Role Purpose
Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives.
As an experienced Doctor, you’ll be making a difference every day. At Bupa, feel less pressured in a flexible and dynamic role. With a supportive network and a healthy work-life balance, expect autonomy and an environment where collaboration is celebrated.
Role Overview
To provide leadership and support for doctors in your allocated Bupa Health Centre, working collaboratively with other members of the management team to ensure provision of high standards of clinical practice and customer service
What You’ll Do
As the Lead physician, your duties will involve but not limited to:
Clinical Support and Management
- Delivery of health assessment and private GP/primary care products at Bupa Health Centres, On-site locations or remotely according to contract (NB London LP’s may be asked to cover any London Site).
- To ensure good compliance with Bupa Health Clinics’ key clinical policies and procedures, by the centre’s/remote service’s doctor/primary care clinical team.
- Engage in incident reporting and investigation as outlined in our BHC incident Management and Reporting policy.
- Support Centre Manager/ Team Manager in the management of complaints as per Bupa’s Complaints policy. Escalate to senior colleagues where appropriate.
- Carry out cross centre investigations as an independent investigator if required.
- Work with Bupa’s recruitment team to determine competency of new candidates.
- Provide a full and complete clinical induction to train new doctors into the centre or remote service.
- Manage a team comprised of salaried, self-employed and locum doctors (requirements for each of these doctors differs and only employed fall under Bupa people policies).
- Monitor and act on doctor/primary care clinician performance data, customer feedback and failsafe reports.
- Partner with the Centre Manager/Team Manager on people management issues relating to doctors/primary care clinicians which may include liaising with the Employment Relations (ER) Team where there are performance, absence, competency and conduct concerns.
- Arrange and undertake notes audits, and annual clinical reviews in alignment with the clinical review policy.
- GMC registered with a licence to practice and on the GP register
- Substantial postgraduate experience (minimum 5 years as a GP)
- MRCGP
- Member of a Medical Defence Organisation
- Experience in complaint handling
- Experience in managing incidents and significant events
- Experience in delivering high levels of customer satisfaction whilst maintaining commercial focus
- Experience in managing underperformance/disagreements
- Undertakes regular CPD activities in line with requirements of appraisal and revalidation
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) training certificate
- Current Safeguarding Level 3 training certificate
- Previous experience as an appraiser, mentor and in some kind of leadership role is desirable
- Committed to the role of the private healthcare sector in the UK; with a strong passion for delivering more affordable healthcare, with better health outcomes, for our customers
- IT Proficiency including, MS office, e-records and e-prescribing
Benefits
We are a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. We reinvest profits into providing more and better healthcare for the benefit of current and future customers. Our benefits are driven by what matters to our people. It’s important to us that these benefits support a work-life balance that keeps people healthy, both mentally and physically. As a Lead Physician you’ll be eligible for:
- Paid private indemnity
- Paid study leave
- 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays (pro-rata), increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
- Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
- An enhanced pension plan
- Life insurance
Bupa is committed to making sure that every applicant is assessed solely on personal merit and qualifications. We actively celebrate the diversity of our colleagues and provide an inclusive environment so you can bring your true self to Bupa. We’ll’s why we’re happy to offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
Whether you’ve found your feet or are discovering a new path.
Welcome to a place that celebrates you.
This isn’t where you've been.
This is where you're going.
This is what we have belief in.
To find more information or have any questions before applying, please contact Ariana Lacerda on ariana.lacerda@bupa.com
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: careers@bupa.com
Time Type
Part time
Job Area
Clinical Services
Locations:
Clinic - Wandsworth
Job Area
Clinical Services
Locations:
Clinic - Wandsworth