National Consultant Practice Lead

National Consultant Practice Lead | Full time | Permanent |Homebased 

Role Purpose 

Our central medical team supports our hospitals and clinics in ensuring the quality and regulatory oversight of the professional standards of the Consultants who work with us.  The National Consultant Practice Lead is a pivotal role, leading on the co-ordination and oversight of medical professional standards, including the appraisal and revalidation function for connected doctors.  The role is suited to an individual with senior experience of managing professionals, who can demonstrate an excellent knowledge of governance processes, and a balanced and supportive approach to working with individuals and teams.

Key Responsibilities

To act as a credible and skilled point of advice and guidance for medical professional practice and standards 

To ensure that robust processes are in place for the granting and review of practicing privileges, with appropriate policy and monitoring systems in place

To provide support and training to PP administrators within hospitals

To support hospitals in ensuring that processes for managing concerns around consultant performance are appropriately managed

To ensure that there are systems in place such that there is a central, up to date record of all consultant concerns that is accessible to the Group Medical Director, Responsible Officer and Associate Medical Directors

To ensure that PMIs and other relevant external bodies are informed of consultant concerns, as per contractual and regulatory requirements

To work with the Revalidation and Appraisal Co-ordinator to ensure that systems of appraisal and revalidation for Doctors connected to Spire are appropriate and managed in line with national guidance and statutory obligations. 

To work closely with the Patient Notification Exercise team to ensure that there are strong links between both processes

To drive improvement in processes using Spire Quality Improvement Methodology and Principles

To ensure systems and processes are in place to enable Doctors in Training to work within Spire

To link with HR to ensure that appropriate policies and processes are in place where doctors are employed within Spire Healthcare.

To maintain a close liaison with the GMC and the responsible officers and revalidation/appraisal teams in other independent healthcare organisations and NHS Trusts

To oversee the Medical Governance Coordinator in managing the Medical Professional Standards Committee

To write and contribute to reports, including Board reports, pertaining to the scope of the role

To review, write and develop policies relevant to the scope of the role

Key Stakeholders

Hospital SLTs

Group Medical Director and Associate Medical Directors

Responsible Officer

Integrated Quality Governance team

Legal Team

Consultants

GMC

Candidate Requirements

Essential

Experienced and credible senior leader within a healthcare setting

Experience of managing concerns about senior professionals

Clear knowledge and understanding of the responsible officer regulations and the requirements of revalidation and appraisal

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including board and subcommittee reports

Ability to develop and sustain personal relationships with a wide range of individuals and within groups including consultants and external bodies.

Knowledge of the principles of medical and clinical governance and their application across health services

Experience of matrix working and leadership

Experience of writing patient/public information material 

Experience of managing doctor’s appraisals

An understanding of doctor’s appraisals in the post-2012 regulatory environment

Desirable

Experience of doctor’s appraisals in the post-2012 regulatory environment

Experience in Medical HR

Benefits:

We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays

Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options

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Free Bupa wellness screening

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Our Values:

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

Driving clinical excellence

Doing the right thing

Caring is our passion.

Keeping it simple

Delivering on our promises

Succeeding and celebrating together

We commit to our employees’ well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer.  

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all. Our people are our difference, it’s their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart. 

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.