Clinical Lead GP

Portland Medical; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000

Job description

Job summary

We are looking for a dynamic and dedicated Clinical Lead GP who is committed to both clinical care and leadership responsibilities.

You will be supported by the on-site Executive Partner and will work closely alongside the Director of Operations to ensure the smooth delivery of clinical services.

You must have a commitment to becoming a GP trainer within 2 years.

Annual Leave - Six weeks (pro rata) + 1 week study leave (pro rata)

We appreciate the interest of all applicants in this opportunity. Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we identify a suitable candidate before the advertised closing date. We encourage interested applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible.

Main duties of the job

The role involves:

Clinical Duties (35 hours per week, adjusted for training responsibilities)

• Providing patient consultations (telephone, face-to-face, and home visits)
• Overseeing and participating in QOF, KPI, and commissioning targets
• Ensuring compliance with CQC standards and participating in audits
• Being a GP Trainer, contributing to the development of registrars and junior doctors

Leadership & Development (5 protected hours per week, increasing for GP Trainers)

• Supporting clinical rota planning and plugging gaps as needed
• Line managing Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) to ensure high clinical standards
• Chairing regular clinical meetings and promoting best practices
• Driving innovation and quality improvements in patient care
• Reporting to the on-site Executive Partner, Dr Yusuf Rajbee, and working closely alongside the Operations Manager

About us

Portland Medical Centre is part of Bourne Health, a leading NHS provider of Primary Care Services, led by GPs. As Clinical Lead GP, you will play a pivotal role in providing high-quality patient care while ensuring clinical leadership and workforce development on-site.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary with performance-based incentives
• A key leadership role within a growing, GP-led organisation
• Dedicated time and support to become a GP Trainer if not already one
• Opportunity to shape service delivery and enhance patient care outcomes

Key Responsibilities:

Clinical Responsibilities

• Deliver routine and urgent GP services in line with the PMS contract and commissioning requirements, including Child Health Surveillance and other core services.
• Conduct face-to-face, telephone, and home visit consultations, providing high-quality, patient-centred care.
• Act upon QOF, IIF, and clinical governance alerts within consultations, ensuring compliance with quality standards.
• Undertake Duty Doctor and Paperwork Doctor responsibilities on a rota basis.
• Provide extended hours clinics as required to meet practice and contractual obligations.
• Respond to complex medical cases with comprehensive history taking, examination, investigation, diagnosis, treatment, and referrals where appropriate.
• Offer preventative healthcare, chronic disease management, and health promotion tailored to our diverse patient population.
• Provide clinical oversight and support for the nursing and allied health professional (AHP) teams, ensuring safe, effective, and high-quality care.
• Ensure prescribing is evidence-based, aligned with local and national guidelines, and compliant with best practice standards.
• Maintain clear and contemporaneous medical records to agreed standards, ensuring effective information governance and continuity of care.
• Participate in clinical audits, service evaluations, and peer reviews, using findings to drive service improvement.

Leadership & Governance Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Executive Partner to provide strategic clinical leadership and ensure operational continuity across the practice.
• Chair clinical meetings and take an active role in shaping the practices quality improvement and service development agenda.
• Provide supervision, mentorship, and training for GP trainees, medical students, and other healthcare professionals, ensuring a high standard of education and workforce development.
• Support contingency planning and business-as-usual (BAU) operations, responding flexibly to clinical rota gaps, short-notice cover, and changing service demands.
• Oversee QOF, IIF, and KPI achievement, working with the wider team to ensure compliance and maximise funding opportunities.
• Contribute to CQC compliance, patient safety, and risk management, ensuring the practice meets regulatory requirements.
• Work collaboratively with the Operations Manager to implement workflow efficiencies, digital innovations, and service optimisation.

Operational & Compliance Responsibilities

• Ensure awareness of and compliance with practice policies and guidelines, including confidentiality, data protection, health and safety, and safeguarding.
• Ensure the practice meets audit deadlines, quality standards, and funding requirements for key frameworks such as QOF and LCS.
• Support practice resilience and workforce planning, working closely with the Executive Partner to ensure a robust, sustainable, and effective clinical service.

Key Relationships:

Internal:

• Members of the Senior Management team
• Members of the Partnership Board
• Colleagues within The Bourne Partnership

External:

• Suppliers of services
• Other GP practices and practice groups
• Other external organisations

Person Specification

Essential Requirements:

• Flexibility to work outside of core office hours
• Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
• Maintain confidentiality at all times
• Enjoy working within a large clinical team

Desirable Skills:

• GP trainer or trainer in training
• Extended access 07:30 start on some days
• Women's health, coils

Essential Experience:

• Experience of using EMIS.
• Working on video/telephone consultations.
• Experience of working within a GP practice.
• Minimum 2 years of General Practice experience
• Post graduate qualification in General Practice e.g. MRCGP/MRCP
• Completion of GP vocational training

Essential Personal Qualities:

• Polite and confident
• Flexible and co-operative
• Excellent people skills
• Motivated and proactive
• Ability to use initiative and judgement
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Ability to work under pressure
• Confident, assertive, and resilient

Essential Qualifications:

• Full registration with GMC Medical Degree GP registrar training

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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Employer details

Employer name

Portland Medical
Address

Portland Medical Centre

184 Portland Road

South Norwood

London

SE25 4QB

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