ARRS General Practitioner - Carlisle Healthcare PCN

Carlisle Healthcare PCN is a 2-practice PCN comprising Carlisle Healthcare and Spencer Street Surgery with a population of 54,000 patients.

We are recruiting a newly qualified GP who is still within their first two years of completing their certificate of completion of training (CCT). The postholder must not have had a substantive role in the practice at the time of application.

We are looking for a GP to undertake a variety of duties across our respective practices within the PCN, and also within our visiting team. Duties will include face to face consultations, phone consultations, triage, home visits to housebound and care home patients, as well as dealing with paperwork including labs, prescriptions and correspondence.

Able to work autonomously and within multi-disciplinary teams, you will be responsible for the provision of medical services to the population of the PCN under the remit of the GMS and PCN associated contracts. You will adhere to the GMC standards for good medical practice and will maintain a positive, collaborative working relationship within the multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job Working across both practices in the PCN, delivering GP services to the practices' populations. This may involve in-house surgeries or home visiting, linking in with the PCN Visiting team.

About us Carlisle Healthcare PCN is made up of two practices within Carlisle itself - Spencer Street Surgery and Carlisle Healthcare. We have a joint population of around 54,000 patients.

We work jointly on many areas including care of patients who are housebound or living in care homes.

The PCN currently employs a range of professionals including GP, Paramedics, ACPs, Nurses, Care coordinators, Social Prescribers, Pharmacists, Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapist.

Job responsibilities ARRS GENERAL PRACTITIONER

SESSIONS

Six Sessions Per Week

ACCOUNTABLE TO

Clinical Director Dr Robert Westgate (Clinically)

PCN Operational Managers Tracey Darrington & Julie Swan

HOSTED BY

OurPCN

Carlisle Healthcare PCN delivers care to a patient population of around 54,000 patients across 5 sites.

Our aim is to provide exemplary patient care, finding innovative solutions in general practice to deliver the best care we can to our patients.

Our PCN and practice teams have a positive and supportive working relationship, and this role is an opportunity to enhance our PCN services further. We are looking to expand our team by seeking to employ a newly qualified General Practitioner to work alongside our practice and PCN staff.

Our PCN ARRS staff currently includes GP, Clinical Pharmacists, Social Prescribers, Paramedics, First Contact Physiotherapists, Advanced practitioners, Nurses, Care Coordinators and Occupational Therapist.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a GP to support provision of care to our PCN population. The successful applicant will be expected to work from all practice sites and within the PCN visiting team.

To perform as an autonomous general practitioner working independently with other health care professionals to assess, diagnose and treat the conditions of patients attending within a primary care setting. Provide expert professional advice to patients, carers and colleagues whilst maintaining clinical excellence. To be professionally accountable and responsible for all elements of clinical practice in accordance with the GMC code of conduct, ensuring the safety of patients and quality of their care is primary.

The postholder will need to be capable of independent travel across the network and work flexibly to meet the needs of the business.

This role is a permanent position, working six sessions per week.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Clinical responsibilities - In accordance with the practice rota, as agreed, the post-holder will be available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing/authorising 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 healthcare needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.

Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health.

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.

Collecting data for audit purposes.

Expectation to complete a mandatory induction.

Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.

Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.

The post-holder will be required to visit patients during surgery time in an emergency if clinically indicated.

Confidentiality

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.

In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.

Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Training/Meetings

Attending training and events organised by the network or other agencies, where appropriate. Participating positively and actively in clinical and network practice meetings. Four of our practices are training practices; there is a strong ethos around training and development of others, and the successful candidate will support the further training of other roles where appropriate.

Patient Management

Create opportunities to address patients' care needs in the most expedient way, taking into account that continuity of care and access to services are often in direct conflict.

Encourage patients to be aware of the service pressures within primary care and to manage their expectations of what we can realistically deliver in a manner that is fair and proportionate for all care priorities.

Communicate and reassure patients of the need to offer alternative care options where appropriate and safe to do so.

To immediately highlight any concerns you may have in respect of safety or quality of patient care to the Clinical Director/Practice Partners/PCN operational managers.

Manage self/Professional Development:

Develops and maintains up-to-date personal development plan and professional portfolio for purposes of annual individual performance review, appraisal and revalidation.

Is able to develop their own knowledge and clinical practice to meet objectives and changes in service.

Manage own time, workload and resources effectively.

Operate a high standard of probity.

A commitment to learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.

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

Manage and use information

Makes accurate record keeping in EMIS and makes effective use of the clinical system by ensuring the consistent and accurate entering of data and use of SNOMED codes.

Facilitates the use of up-to-date information technology in order to collate accurate and timely information as and when required by the practice.

Works within the Caldicott and Data Protection principles.

Assist in the development of practice protocols for the practice and clinical protocols for the clinical team.

Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.

Research and Development

Can identify, critically appraise and present significant events related to own performance and discuss within the clinical team.

Actively contributes to Practice/Service/Team audit/Research activity as required.

Instigates audit activity as required e.g. new services.

Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation.

Health and Safety

The role holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health and Safety Policy.

Use personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines.

Identify the risks involved in work activities and undertake such activities in a way that manages the risks.

Make effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.
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