GP Mentor Scheme – Mentor Profiles Dr Angela Brady – GP About Me I Have a Range of Experience of Transitioning Between Roles
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Coventry and Warwickshire GP Mentor Scheme – Mentor Profiles Dr Angela Brady – GP About me I have a range of experience of transitioning between roles. I qualified as a GP in 1999. Since then I have worked in a variety of roles including 13 years as a partner and now with a portfolio career. Portfolio careers are unique as they often stem from a wish to do something different. Building a satisfying portfolio develops from an understanding of personal motivation and opportunity development. It is often not about doing more or less, but doing something differently. Job title GP Profile Geographical base South Warwickshire and Birmingham/Solihull I work as a salaried GP, a mental health clinical Areas covered Coventry and Warwickshire commissioner, a lecturer and a non-executive Email [email protected] or Director. Previously holding roles in medical [email protected] education and health roles as a County Councillor, I Telephone 07778423367 have experienced a wide range of health and social Contact preferences None listed care environments. Available for remote/virtual mentoring Yes I hold a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education and a masters degree in Medical Career background Leadership. GP locum 1999-2000 GP Principal 2001-2012 My most challenging role is being a Mum and my GP locum 2013-2014 career needs to fit around the needs of the family and Salaried GP Solihull 2013-2014 how understanding my GP husband is feeling! Over Salaried GP Warwickshire 2014- present the years I have flexed my time commitment to my Clinical Lead for Mental Health Solihull CCG 2016-2018 career according to these needs. I don’t always get it Clinical Director for Mental Health Birmingham and Solihull CCG 2018 - right and adjustment is important. The constant Current change of the NHS might be disconcerting, but it also Non-Executive Director South Warwickshire Foundation Trust 2014 - present creates opportunity. Staying true to what is important Senior Clinical Fellow University Warwick 2007-2009 to you is central to my approach. Associate Lecturer University Warwick 2011-2014 Visiting Lecturer Keele University 2014 - present Specialisms Warwickshire LMC 2002-2005 Warwickshire rep RCGP 2010-2017 Dermatology County Councillor 2009 - 2017 (with various health related roles) Mental health . Dr Cathryn Jacob – Locum GP About me Having recently retired from GP partnership, I have retrained as a CQC SpA and as a GP Appraiser. Thus I have experience of expanding a working portfolio towards retirement and I was very much involved in succession planning and the training up of more junior partners to undertake managerial and financial roles. I have a passion for supporting young GP’s entering General Practice. I particularly enjoy appraising young GP’s and supporting them through the appraisal process. Profile Job title Ex GP Principle - now GP Locum/Appraiser/CQC SpA My recent experience around trying to recruit new GPs would be Geographical base North Warwickshire beneficial. I am interested in developing the roles of the Emergency Areas covered All of Coventry and Warwickshire Care Practitioners, Practice Pharmacists, Nurses and HCAs within Email [email protected] or practices. [email protected] Telephone 07595975800 I have specific experience in supporting and mentoring poorly Contact preferences None performing doctors and doctors in difficulty. I have experience of mentoring doctors who find themselves needing extra support at work Available for Yes but also in mentoring doctors who have had physical or mental health remote/virtual issues. I am currently a Trustee and Telephone Responder for the Sick mentoring Doctors Trust, which is a helpline for doctors and dentists with active drug and alcohol addiction. Career background Previous Past roles I am knowledgeable around the legal aspects of General Practice and Current role main role Member of the North Warks Partnership Agreements, QoF and CQC. GP Locum; Senior CCG PEC; GP Appraiser; Partner GP Member of the North Warks I have specific experience of working with my partners to turn a GP CQC SpA; Polesworth CCG Mental Health Lit; Practice around from being a practice that was on the Poorly Trustee and and Dordon Chair of the North Warks CCG Performing Practices list, to one that scored Good on all the CQC Telephone Responder Group Rural North Locality Group; domains. This involved devising, writing and then implementing action Coordinator: The Sick Practice Clinical Governance Lead plans and in productive performance meetings with both the CQC and Doctors Trust; 1992 - 2017 North Warks CCG; NHS England. Member of the British Clinical Governance Lead for Doctors and Dentists NEWDOC ( out go hours); Specialisms Support Group. Chair North Warks CCG; GP Principle, ex Senior Partner, GP Appraiser, CQC Specialist Advisor, Clinical Governance Group Member North Warks; Poorly Medical NLP Practitioner, Alcohol/Drug Addiction, Mental Health, Performing Practitioner Group; Diabetes, Doctors with Performance issues, Addicted Doctors and Q o F Assessor Doctors in Difficulty Dr Claire Donohue – Salaried GP About me I am currently a 6 session salaried GP and also work as a locum GP and Out of Hours GP. I qualified as a GP in 2015 from the Coventry and Warwickshire VTS. I obtained the Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education (PgCert MedEd) during my final year of GP VTS training with a view to developing myself as an educator post GP qualification. I am now a GP Trainer and medical student GP Tutor. Profile Job title Salaried GP, Locum GP, GP Trainer, Medical Student GP I have become a GP tutor for Warwick Medical School and a GP trainer for Coventry Tutor and Warwickshire Vocational Training Scheme working in Broomfield Park Medical Geographical Coventry Centre and Coventry Out of Hours service. base Demonstrating my commitment to teaching and learning I am also a Fellow of the Areas Coventry and Warwickshire Higher Education Academy (FHEA). covered Email [email protected] Just prior to GP qualification I set up the local RCGP First5 group (for GP’s within 5 Telephone 07922238898 years of qualification) and for the past 3 years I have been the Coventry and Contact None listed Warwickshire RCGP First 5 lead. My role involves planning and organising evening preferences networking and educational (CPD) events for First5 GP’s within the Coventry and Available for Yes Warwickshire area, although our events are open to all GP’s and trainees and I have remote/virtual had GP’s travel from further afield (e.g. Nottingham, Worcester) for the sessions. mentoring I feel I can give support particularly to First5 GP's as a result of the experience gained in this role. Career background Alongside my interest in medical education at both undergraduate and postgraduate Coventry and Warwickshire VTS 2012-2015; levels, my areas of interest in clinical practice include women’s and children’s health, PgCert Med Ed (2015); palliative care and care of patients with learning disabilities. I also carry out joint Salaried GP Moseley Avenue Surgery, injections. I am keen to mentor and passionate about supporting colleagues in any Coventry 2015-2016; way I can so do get in touch. Coventry and Warwickshire RCGP First5 Lead 2015 to date; Specialisms Medical Student GP Tutor 2016-to date; Salaried GP Broomfield Park Medical Centre, Medical education – undergraduate and postgraduate Coventry 2016-Present; Women’s health GP trainer 2017-to date; Children’s health Member of RCGP Overdiagnosis group. Joint injections Dr David Williams – GP About me I’ve been a General Practitioner in South Warwickshire for over 20 years and been through ups and downs! However I still think being a GP is the best job in the world and a privilege to see patients and form relationships. I think the NHS is a very tough organisation to work for and you need to get energy and support from your patients and work colleagues to survive. Job title GP Profile Geographical South Warwickshire During my career I have developed coping strategies to deal with the base pressure but I often arrived at these coping strategies by talking to Areas covered All colleagues which is why I feel mentoring is such a positive initiative. Email [email protected] Life in General Practice and the NHS is not currently easy but we do have Telephone 01608 661845 control of our own destinies and small changes can make big differences to Contact None our lives but you need to take a few moments out of the headlights to see preferences them which is where I believe mentoring might help. Available for After initial face to face meeting remote/virtual As well as being a GP I am also a trainer, appraiser and GP tutor. Outside mentoring of work I have a wife and 3 children and 2 dogs and spend as much time as I can with them and enjoy walking, playing tennis and relaxing. I don’t have a perfect work-life balance but that is probably my fault more Career background than the NHS’s fault as I’m not good at saying no – hence taking on this new role! . GP 20 years + Trainer Appraiser Expedition Dr Specialisms Education Palliative care Dr Helen Caley – GP About me Hello! I’m Helen and I’m a GP in Willenhall in Coventry. I trained at Liverpool University, graduated in 2002 and have been a GP for 12 years (locally since 2008). I’m a mum to two primary-aged children and have a frenetic sense of ‘hobby’ enjoying running, being outdoors, sewing, reading and socialising (sometimes even with my husband!) Job title GP Profile Geographical Kenilworth I have experience as a locum, salaried doctor and have been a base partner for the past two years. I’ve worked in very different areas! I Areas covered Coventry and South Warwickshire also have experience as an appraiser, CQC specialist advisor and Email [email protected] am currently a clinical complaints advisor for NHS England.