Module Summary
The GPC's Dr Simon Poole offers his key pointers to making sure you find the right partner to ensure your practice flourishes.
Learning Objectives
Dr Simon Poole’s module provides advice for practices looking to recruit a new partner.
After reading these articles you will be asked to record your learning points and some action points to earn a suggested 1 CPD credits. Below are some ideas to reflect on as you work through the module.
- If you are about to advertise a partnership vacancy, are there any steps in Dr Poole’s advice that you haven’t yet considered? (e.g. establish objective criteria, plan your recruitment schedule, plan questions and scoring system for interviews
- If you will expect to be recruiting a new partner in the medium-term future, are there any steps you could take now to increase the chances of finding strong candidates? e.g. by forming links with the local deanery, or recruiting newly-qualified GPs for locum sessions?
- If you haven’t yet decided whether your preferred option would be to recruit a salaried GP in preference to a new partner, have you fully considered all the non-financial benefits of a new partner and weighed them into your list of pros and cons?
Author
Dr Simon Poole is a GP in Cambridge and deputy chair of the GPC's commissioning and service development subcommittee.
Date module published
May 01, 2017
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