Salaried Gp

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Salaried GP to work within Haslington Surgery, alongside experienced GP Partners and Salaried GPs.

Job Type

Permanent.

Benefits

• NHS Pension
• On site parking
• Opportunities to work on local PCN projects in the role

Working Pattern

The role is for a maximum of six sessions per week: Monday, Wednesday and Friday, both AM and PM. There is an opportunity to increase to eight sessions within the next 12 to 18 months.

Role Requirements - Essential

• Up to date GMC registration with a licence to practice.
• Previous general practice experience.
• Strong clinical leadership, communication and interpersonal skills, and IT skills are essential.

Main Duties of the Job

Brief overview of the role:

• Completion of consultations using a mixture of face to face and telephone methods.
• Use of Accurx to engage and communicate with patients - online consultation and communication with patients will form part of the job role.
• Involvement in On Call GP on a fair share basis.
• Involvement in the Care Home LES, supporting our Care Home patients on a fair share basis.
• Involvement in our own Extended Access clinics on a fair share basis (weekends from 6:30 pm to 8 pm).
• Involvement in Flu and COVID vaccine clinics.
• Other clinics, to the interest of the post holder.
• Participation in regular team meetings to discuss patient progress and care strategies.
• Involvement in audits to improve the practice.

Job Responsibilities

The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.

• In accordance with the practice timetable, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties, including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.
• Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols.
• Providing counselling and health education.
• Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate.
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Compiling and issuing computer generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand written prescriptions whenever possible).
• Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
• Undertaking all normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
• Delivering all requirements of the DES and the LES, as seen fit by the business, including visits to care homes and patients' homes to deliver services.
• Adjusting to accommodate business needs, in light of new or unforeseen developments. For example COVID.
• Active participation in local initiatives, including QOF work.
• Delivering all requirements of the DES and LES, through the PCN and CCG.

Other Responsibilities within the Organisation

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.

• A commitment to life long learning and audit to ensure evidence based best practice.
• Contribution to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation.
• Contribution to the development of computer based patient records.
• Contribution to summarising patient records and read coding patient data.
• Attendance at training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

Qualifications

• Qualified GP
• MRCGP
• Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent JCPTGP
• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)
• Full GMC registration
• Performers List registration noting that confirmation on this list is adequate for DBS confirmation
• Evidence of current validation
• Evidence of last appraisal
• Eligibility to practice in the UK independently
• Experience of medicines management
• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
• Understanding and knowledge of QOF and enhanced services
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A submission for Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) will be made to check for any previous criminal convictions.