Salaried GP

Job summary

We are looking for a highly motivated GP to join our medical practice on the Leeds/Wakefield border. We are seeking an individual who can provide 6-8 sessions per week for continuity of care for our patients.

Our practice operates out of a single site in purpose built modern premises in the pleasant residential area of Tingley/East Ardsley near Leeds. We sit between the M1 and M62 motorways, making the area popular with commuters and our practice easy to get to. Our patients primarily favour Wakefield referral routes, though we sit officially within the Leeds boundaries. The practice is part of Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group.

We have a dedicated team of administration staff and nursing colleagues and have engaged in many enhanced services and new projects, working closely with practices in the Morley neighbourhood. We feel that we have a reputation for delivering an efficient and quality service and we encourage continuity of care. Patients have a named GP and each GP has their own personal list. Our attached staff team who work in-house include the Midwives, Podiatrist, Ultrasound and Physio and we have space for accommodating further services over the coming years.

Main duties of the job

The main responsibilities of the role include:

• Undertaking 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, reports and correspondence in a timely fashion;
• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting medical problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcare 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;
• Developing care plans for health inconsultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols;
• Providing health education;
• Recording clear consultation notes to agreed standards;
• All general duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

About us

The list size is around 16 500 patients, with no nursing homes in our catchment area, although we do cover a few specialists learning disability homes. There is a total of 10 GPs - 7 partners and 3 salaried GPs at full recruitment. We have a wide range of skills and experience and would be happy to accommodate for GPs with specialist interests. We are experienced in teaching and do take short term placement for training. We are also happy to support and mentor newly qualified GPs.

We try to keep paperwork to a minimum and have a team of administrative staff who will type letters and complete forms on your behalf. We also have a dedicated prescription lead who deals with most of the repeat scripts, TTOs and queries to help reduce the time spent dealing with prescriptions. We try to be as fair as possible with sharing work out you will not be expected to take on any additional work without prior agreement, and the partners will share out the visits equally amongst all the doctors on the day. On average there are 1-2 visits per doctor each day. On average GPs are on call once every 2 weeks. We meet for coffee every morning after surgery to have a catch up and an informal chat. There is a weekly clinical meeting every Thursday morning.