A guide for general practitioners considering board and director roles. Written from inside the work, by a clinician who has held the seat at organisations including the RACGP, NPS MedicineWise, Therapeutic Guidelines and the Remote Vocational Training Scheme.
What the guide covers
GPs reach a point in their career where the next move is not necessarily another clinical role. Board and director positions offer a way to influence the system without leaving practice. They also bring obligations that few clinicians are taught.
The guide walks through what those obligations look like in practice. The duties of directors. The mechanics of clinical governance. What boards actually look for in a clinician applicant. How to read a board pack. When to ask the question, when to listen, and when the doctor in the room needs to be the director instead.
Who it is for
- GPs and other clinicians considering their first board role
- Clinicians already on boards who want a clearer view of director duties and clinical governance
- Practice owners moving into governance roles in their own group, federation or association
- Health-sector boards looking to bring on a clinician director and wanting to understand what the role looks like from the clinician's seat
Topics
The chapters span:
- Practical pathways onto boards for GPs
- From clinician to board director: the transition
- What doctors add in the boardroom
- What boards look for beyond 'I am a doctor'
- Doctors on boards: clinical governance
- Directors' duties and the business judgment rule
- Working through a board pack
- The ongoing work after the AGM