GP for Community Respiratory Pathways

The post holder will also support the Locality Hub, frailty assessment unit interface and respiratory support offer, working across both reactive pathways for deteriorating patients and proactive pathways for risk stratified patients. This will include facilitation of SCRT care through investigation requests, testing, diagnostics, treatment optimisation and pathway coordination, in conjunction with SCRT management and respiratory consultant support.

The role will operate at Place level, working in partnership with system leaders, clinicians, PCNs, GP practices, community respiratory teams, acute respiratory services, Virtual Ward, the Locality Hub and the Solihull Neighbourhood Coach to influence the design, delivery and embedding of respiratory pathways that support admission avoidance, earlier intervention and improved outcomes for local populations.

Clinical leadership -- able to provide credible senior clinical leadership for neighbourhood and community transformation

System working -- able to work across organisational boundaries and build effective relationships across primary care, community, acute, local authority and voluntary sector partners

Influencing and persuasion -- able to operate at Place level and influence decisions without direct authority

Communication and engagement -- excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to bring people with you and represent the primary care voice clearly

Analytical and problem-solving ability -- able to interpret complex issues, work through barriers and help shape workable solutions

Consensus building -- able to build clinical agreement across partners and support aligned ways of

working

Service redesign and transformation -- able to contribute to redesigning pathways and neighbourhood models in a way that is practical and deliverable

Understanding of the wider health and care system -- strong grasp of how the system works and how policy translates into local delivery

Quality, safety and governance focus -- able to provide clinical assurance and maintain safe, effective practice in new models of care

Pace, credibility and judgement -- able to work confidently in a complex environment, maintain momentum and provide clarity where there is ambiguity

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Qualifications

Essential: - *Full registration with GMC with a licence to practice; - *On the GMC GP Register