GP Interface Fellowship

Shape the Future of Integrated Care Across West Essex and East Hertfordshire

Are you a GP looking for an opportunity to broaden your experience beyond traditional practice boundaries? Are you interested in improving the way primary care, community services and hospitals work together for patients?

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) and Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) are seeking two enthusiastic and forward-thinking GPs to join a new two-year GP Interface Fellowship. This unique opportunity has been designed to support the next generation of clinical leaders working across the healthcare interface.

Fellows will spend one day per week working alongside senior leaders and clinical teams across PAHT, EPUT and primary care to improve pathways, strengthen relationships and support the development of neighbourhood health services.

Main duties of the job

The GP Interface Fellowship is a joint initiative between The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) and Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT). The fellowship seeks to develop future clinical leaders capable of working effectively across organisational boundaries and improving the interface between primary care, community services and secondary care.

Aligned to the Department of Health and Social Care Interface Programme, the NHS neighbourhood health agenda and local integrated care priorities, fellows will work on practical improvement projects designed to enhance patient experience, reduce fragmentation and strengthen collaborative working across the health and care system.

Two GP Fellows will be appointed for one day per week over a two-year period. Fellows will contribute to a portfolio of projects across PAHT and EPUT and will be supported through supervision, mentoring and leadership development opportunities.

Job responsibilities

• Improve pathways and relationships between primary, community and secondary care.
• Support delivery of neighbourhood health and integrated care models.
• Identify and address interface issues affecting patients and clinicians.
• Contribute to service redesign and quality improvement initiatives.
• Develop leadership, influencing and system-working skills.
• Act as ambassadors between primary care, PAHT and EPUT.
• Support implementation of relevant elements of the DHSC Interface Programme.
• Share learning across organisations and Primary Care Networks.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Fully qualified GP with current GMC registration and licence to practise.
• Working in general practice within West Essex or East Hertfordshire.
• Currently undertaking a minimum of 46 GP sessions per week.
• Demonstrable interest in service improvement and integrated care.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to work independently and across organisational boundaries.
• Commitment to improving patient outcomes through collaborative working.

Desirable

• Training in QI methodology

Experience

Essential

• Interest in neighbourhood health development.
• Portfolio GP experience.

Desirable

• Experience of quality improvement or project work.
• Experience of leadership roles within a practice, PCN or wider system.