Director ICGP Network of Establishing General Practitioners (NEGs) Program

Job Title: Director ICGP Network of Establishing General Practitioners (NEGs) Programme

Reporting to: The Medical Director and the Membership Committee

Base: Remote. Appointee will be expected to attend meetings at ICGP, Lincoln Place, Dublin 2 as required.

Contract type: Service Level Agreement, part-time, fixed term: 3.5 years.

Hours per week: Two sessions per week (one session per week for the initial and last three months of the contract to allow for hand-over)

Closing date: 5pm Wednesday 24th April

About The ICGP

The Irish College of General Practitioners is the postgraduate training body (PGTB) responsible for postgraduate education, training and research in the specialty of General Practice. The College has a national advisory role in relation to medical standards and engages with the Medical Council, Department of Health and Children, the Health Service Executive and the Health Information & Quality Authority among others. As a membership organisation, the ICGP is responsible for providing and supporting the continuous professional development for general practitioners, numbering over 4,000. The ICGP is the PGTB accredited by the Medical Council to provide professional training for doctors wishing to enter the specialty of General Practice.

Job Purpose

The objective of the ICGP NEGs Programme is to provide support and advice to establishing College members and to foster active involvement in College. The NEGs programme targets those in their 4th year of training and those up to six years post training. The role of the Director is to oversee all aspects of the programme as detailed in the KRAs below.

Key Result Areas (KRA’s)

* Mentoring Programme

Oversight of Mentoring Programme and related duties.

* Integration of establishing GPs into College Organisational Structures

Promote and encourage the integration of establishing GPs into College activities and avenues for contributing to the ongoing development of the ICGP and relevant professional development opportunities for the individuals who may become involved.

* Integration of establishing GPs at Faculty level

Promote the involvement of establishing GPs in faculty activities, including faculty meetings and taking up posts within faculties.

* Promotion of ICGP membership and its value

Promotion of ICGP membership, the NEGs Programme and active participation in the College’s activities to a defined audience (both prospective and current), including 4th year GP trainees, recently graduated GPs, GPs returning to work in Ireland and GPs re-entering the workforce.

* Identify the specific needs of establishing GPs and make recommendations on how these needs can be addressed in a practical manner and within resources available. These may be identified by mentorship findings and other data we may get from other ICGP committees and surveys.
* Manage Web based NEGs Resources

Review and update web-based resources and as needed innovate new resources. This includes a review of the Signposts to Success publication/resource and updating content accordingly for integration into new format on College website when launched.

* Collaborative work with other ICGP programmes and activities

Contribute to the core work of College through collaboration with other Programme Directors, Clinical Leads and College management and staff- contribution of experience as a GP but also bringing the establishing GP perspective to the planning of the delivery of supports to members across the full spectrum of the College’s remit.

* Representative Roles

Represent establishing GPs perspective in the ICGP and for the College externally.

Contribution to submissions to external agencies and when invited participation in presentation on submissions (e.g. budget submissions, submissions to the Oireachtas).

* Provision of Advice and Information to establishing GPs
* General

The NEGs Director will also undertake to fulfil the various roles, tasks, engagements, correspondence, publications and specified tasks (which may be altered from time to time and will include:

Attendance at and participation/contribution:

ICGP Annual Conference

National Trainee Conference

ICGP Autumn Meeting

NEGs Career Meeting and events

Person specification

The ideal candidate will have the following knowledge, skills, expertise and competencies:

Qualifications & Experience

Essential:

* Be a medically qualified health professional, holding the MICGP qualification and be a current College member in good standing for the duration of the post.
* Be enrolled on and in compliance with the Professional Competence Scheme.
* Concurrently hold a part time clinical appointment equivalent to a minimum of four sessions of clinical general practice per week.
* Be registered with the Medical Council of Ireland on the Specialist Division for general practice.

Desirable:

* Be a self-starter with high motivation and the ability to work flexibly on own initiative.
* Possess excellent communication skills.
* At ease with presentations both remote and in person.
* The ideal candidate will be within 10 years of completing general practice specialist training.