What's it all about?

Clinician Connect is an innovative model of training and support to connect health care professionals with the skills they need to be valuable in primary care and connected with the communities that need them.

Clinician Connect was co-founded by a GP and pharmacist. The ultimate goal is to improve patient's access to relevant healthcare professionals in primary care.  

There is no shortage of news coverage on the huge gap between supply and demand in primary care today.   Financial cut backs and an ever growing population has made the current system unsustainable.  The solution?  Growing a team of healthcare professionals with the skills needed to fulfill the demand on the service.

These clinicians come from all backgrounds; pharmacists, nurses, paramedics, physiotherapists, physician associates.  All able to offer their knowledge and skills to primary care once appropriately trained and supported.



How does it work?

Healthcare professionals, registered with their governing body, with experience in their own sector can enrol  onto the clinician connect training course.

The course includes 12 chapters of online learning, a weekend workshop (max of 8 delegates per workshop and min 2 tutors) and 36 hours of time spent in clinical practice supervised by a clinician connect tutor. 

Once you have completed your online learning, the weekend workshops and your 36 hours have been signed off by a clinician connect tutor you will be enrolled onto the clinician connect register.  

This register is recognition that you have completed the relevant CPD accredited training, have access to clinician connect exclusive resources and support, the relevant indemnity insurance and are now available to work in the areas that need your skills and expertise to support their existing team.

How do I get work?

Clinician connect already has access to the primary care teams that need you. By signing up to Clinician Connect you are committing to a minimum of 150 sessions per year (3 hours per session). 

You are able to dictate the hours that you work from 08:30 to 18:30 Mon-Fri. 

Sessions can be booked AM or PM or both, dictated by you on the booking system.   

Your unique profile will display your individual skill set. This will include the core competencies taught on the course and any other additional skills that you can offer to primary care. You will gain access to our unique online booking system to display your availability to work.  The primary care team that access the Clinician Connect booking system will select the most appropriate practitioner for their needs and an immediate notification of booking will be sent accordingly.

Will I see the right patients?

Each primary care team that uses Clinician Connect practitioners will have received training to ensure their clerical teams can book the appropriate patients into the most appropriate clinician. During the Clinician Connect training you will be taught how to handle a presentation that you do not feel competent to deal with.

How do I sign up?

Registration for Clinician Connect will go live on Jan 1st 2018. The course fee is 1200 inc VAT. 

The course fee OR your indemnity insurance costs are refundable once you have completed 110 sessions for Clinician Connect practices. 

The first 8 to sign up will be contacted first to schedule in their clinical hours.  

All clinical practise training sessions will be completed from Waterside Medical Practise, Brunel Way, Briton Ferry. 

Clinical hours will be available to be booked from February 2018 via a separate booking system provided during the course. These will be booked on a first come first serve basis so get your diaries ready! 

The introductory chapters will be immediately available after registration. As you progress through the course further chapters will be available to view.

Workshops:

Workshops will run from 10am until 5pm Sat and Sun. Refreshments and lunch will be provided. 

Dates for weekend workshops are

3rd & 4th Feb , 19th & 20th May, 23rd &24th June


And finally, how much will I earn?

We’re confident that the rates of pay offered by Clinician Connect will equal or exceed your existing salary or hourly rate. Drop us a line at [email protected] to discuss the sessional rate.  

Clinician Connect practitioners are responsible for thier own tax and national insurance contributions. Once you’ve spent some time working your own hours, your own days in your own way with the support of the Clinician Connect team you’ll be glad your took the plunge! So jump in and register.

We look forward to working with you!




About the instructors

Instructor

Rebecca Clatworthy

Rebecca graduated from University of Bath in 2003. Following a few years in pharmacy management for The Co-operative Pharmacy Rebecca completed her clinical diploma at Cardiff University and became a Teacher Practitioner for The Co-operative Pharmacy at Cardiff University in 2005. Rebecca has a great passion for training others and sharing her experiences as a portfolio career pharmacist. Being self-employed since 2011 Rebecca has enjoyed a varied career, more recently working as a practice pharmacist in a busy GP surgery. Rebecca completed her independent prescriber course at Swansea University this year and it was whilst studying for this certificate that she co-founded the idea for Clinician Connect with Dr Paul Williams; a training programme designed to connect multi-disciplinary practitioners with primary care. Rebecca is a mum of two busy boys and is a keen athlete. Having completed 4 Ironman triathlons and multiple marathons she completely understands the demands of a being a working parent with a busy lifestyle.  

Instructor

Paul Williams

Paul is a GP, he qualified in 2009. He works as a partner in three practices based in Neath and Port Talbot. He is an ex-professional Rugby player and has a keen interest in sports medicine currently working with Cardiff City Football Club and was Chief Medical Officer for England Netball for 5 years.Paul likes to keep busy, is a dad of 2 boys and is always up for a challenge. 

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