Location: Remote / Waterford, Ireland
Job Type: Fixed Term / Part-time
Sector and Subsector: Medical & Healthcare | Other
Salary: Competitive Salary
Job Title: CME Tutor Waterford
Reporting to: National Director CME & ICGP Medical Director
Base: Remote - Waterford
Contract Type: Fixed-term for two years, part-time – Equivalent of one day per week.
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.
The ICGP is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to ensuring that all job applicants and employees receive equal treatment regardless of gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race, membership of the Traveller community, or any other protected characteristic under Irish equality legislation.
Job Purpose The ICGP CME small group learning has been the most popular type of GP educational experience since its inception in the early 1980's. The meetings aim to develop and support excellent patient care in Irish General Practice through the delivery of continuous medical education, which promotes evidence based medicine with shared decision making, along with GP personal development.
Each tutor should be responsible for facilitating a minimum of three CME groups. These groups should be open to GPs who meet the requirement for the ICGP PCS and who are living or working in the catchment area of the tutor's group.Notify all participating GPs, by means of email and/or WhatsApp, of all small group meetings. The Tutor should ensure that at least seven two-hour meetings of formally organised accessible and worthwhile small group CME is available to each GP in the area per annum.Provide a syllabus for all the small groups in consultation with the participants, with the National Director and with other providers of CME within the faculties in the designated area.Tutors will prepare meetings based on educational material which has been assessed at the national tutor workshop or on material that they have prepared themselves which promotes evidence-based medicine with shared decision making along with GP personal development.Use assessment methods to evaluate the benefits of the programme to individual participants as part of the curriculum.The tutor may be assisted in some scheme by group leaders who, following briefing by the tutor, will lead a group. The tutor will ensure that the group leader is provided with all educational material and guidance required to run the meetings.Maintain full attendance records of all meetings and return these monthly to the National Director, including the number of meetings held, their format, the attendance at each meeting, a copy of the agenda and material used and evaluation sheets.Provide participants with a CPD Code or certificate of attendance detailing CPD points and entitlement to GMS study leave.Adhere to the ICGP Sponsorship policy in any dealings with sponsors of educational events.Attend the complete CME Tutor's workshop three times per year.CME Tutors will adhere to all relevant policies and guidelines on the CME Tutor Network Scheme, including participating in scheme visits, maintenance of records, attendance at workshops and submitting reports to National Director of CME as required.In relation to Group Leaders, CME Tutors should oversee and manage group leaders as laid down in the scheme policies and guidelines.The tutor may be required to participate in research to demonstrate learning outcomes of the CME network or similar projects.Person Specification The ideal candidate will have the following knowledge, skills, expertise and competencies:
Qualifications & Experience Registration on the Register of Medical Specialists in the division of General Practice (Medical Council).Must be a member of the Irish College of General Practitioners, holding MICGP and in good standing.Practising general practitioner doing a minimum of five clinical sessions a week living and practising within or near the designated ICGP Faculty area.Must be enrolled on and fully compliant with the ICGP Professional Competence Scheme.Proven professional knowledge & experience.Organisational skills.Communications and interpersonal skills.Self-Management.Please note that communication in respect of this position will come from our recruitment platform Occupop so please review spam folders and settings to ensure that emails from Occupop will be delivered to your email address. Apply for this PositionPlease submit your application including your first name, last name, email, LinkedIn profile, phone number, location, and CV file. Additionally, please confirm the following:
Are you a Physician candidate with full qualification as a General Practitioner and a member in good standing of the Irish College of GPs?Are you registered with the Irish Medical Council of Ireland on the Specialist Division for General Practice?Are you enrolled on and in compliance with the ICGP Professional Competence Scheme?Do you have relevant postgraduate medical experience as a General Practitioner in Ireland, either full or part-time?If successful in this post, do you currently hold (or intend to hold) a part-time clinical appointment equivalent to a minimum of four sessions of clinical general practice in Ireland per week?Do you have any potential competing interests (such as pharma connections, family or other relationships) that we should be aware of prior to considering your application further?Are you currently working in General Practice in Ireland?Have you been referred to this job by a current Irish College of GPs employee? (No/Yes)
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