Job summary
Salaried GP or Partnership 4+ sessions, Hillview Family
Practice, Hartcliffe Salary: £10500-11500/ session/ year
Come and work in Hartcliffe! We are a busy, enthusiastic,
and good-humoured practice looking for a like-minded Salaried GP or partner, to
join our team for 4+ sessions per week. The work is clinically diverse and
stimulating. We have a strong, supportive, and hard-working team with all work
commitments distributed on a fair shares basis. Employed GPs and partners
are allocated 13 clinical contacts per session in addition to usual practice
admin. Regular GPs are allocated a dedicated admin session (without booked
patients) on alternate weeks.
We seek an additional GP to help us move towards enabling greater
continuity of care, reducing locum utilisation, and supporting our increasing
list size.
Hillview covers an area of deprivation; the successful applicant will demonstrate an interest and adaptability to working in this area. They will work as an autonomous practitioner, responsible for the provision of medical services to the practice population, delivering an excellent standard of clinical care whilst complying with the PMS contract. Furthermore, the post-holder will adhere to the GMC standards for good medical practice, contributing to the effective management of the practice, leading by example, maintaining a positive, collaborative working relationship with the multidisciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
Core Clinical Responsibilities:
- In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self 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
- In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health where this is needed.
- Providing counselling and health education
- 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.
- Working collaboratively within a team of employed and self-employed GPs, accepting an equal share of the practice workload
- Attend and contribute effectively to practice meetings as required.
About us
We have recently undergone a successful expansion of the
partnership from 2 to 4GP partners and our Clinical team now comprises an
additional3 Nurses, 1 Paramedic, 1 HCA, Pharmacist, and Physiotherapist.The
whole team meet daily to chat/ have lunch and support one another.
We are
forward thinking and work in close collaboration with our South Bristol
Locality as well as our neighbouring 8 practices as part of the SWIFT PCN.
We believe small is beautiful and feel we have made a
success of the small practice where continuity of care, flexibility, team working,
and compassion enable great patient care and an excellent clinical experience. Our
focus in on delivering a supportive, relaxed, and fun environment to work in.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Role Summary
Hillview covers an area of deprivation; the successful applicant will demonstrate an interest and adaptability to working in this area. They will work as an autonomous practitioner, responsible for the provision of medical services to the practice population, delivering an excellent standard of clinical care whilst complying with the PMS contract. Furthermore, the post-holder will adhere to the GMC standards for good medical practice, contributing to the effective management of the practice, leading by example, maintaining a positive, collaborative working relationship with the multidisciplinary team.
Core Clinical Responsibilities:
- In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self 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
- In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health where this is needed.
- Providing counselling and health education
- Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
- Collecting data for audit purposes
- 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.
Working collaboratively within a team of employed and self-employed GPs, accepting an equal share of the practice workload
Attend and contribute effectively to practice meetings as required.
- In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
Extended level Responsibilities include:
- Accept delegated responsibility for a specific area (or areas) of QOF, or equivalent.
- Contribute effectively to the development and maintenance of the practice including clinical governance, training, financial management and HR
- Support the training of medical students/ GP ST
- Support the partners in achieving the strategic aims of the practice, making recommendations to enhance income and reduce expenditure.
- Take responsibility as a named GP for a fair share of the patient list, and all associated administrative work (private and NHS work) relating to this caseload.
- Have 5 or more years as a full time GP.
- Can work independently as an autonomous practitioner, and cover sessions when a sole GP is required (as determined by rota requirements)
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.
- Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation
- Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records
- Contributing to the summarising of patient records and Read-Coding patient data.
- Attending training and events organised by the Practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
General duties:
- The Post Holder may be required to work amended hours to cover holidays and sickness on their specified working days or be given the opportunity to cover on additional days.
- Maintaining regular consistent attendance, punctuality, personal appearance andadherence to relevant health and safety procedures.
- To attend or complete all statutory and mandatory training courses and any coursesspecific to this role.
- To be available for staff meetings and meetings with management.
- To have a good understanding and follow local policies and procedures.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers within primaryand secondary care and the general public.
- Attend performance and development reviews with your line manager.
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.
Health & Safety:
The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:
- Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines
- Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
- Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
- Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
- Reporting potential risks identified.
Equality and Diversity:
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
- Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
- Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
- Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional Development:
- In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements are met. The post-holder would be able to meet standards needed for annual appraisal in accordance with PCT procedure and standards set by national governance bodies.
Quality:
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will:
- Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
- Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
- Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance.
- Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
- Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
Communication:
The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:
- Communicate effectively with other team members
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers
- Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
Contribution to the Implementation of Services:
The post-holder will:
- Apply Practice policies, standards and guidance
- Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
- Participate in audit where appropriate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Role Summary
Hillview covers an area of deprivation; the successful applicant will demonstrate an interest and adaptability to working in this area. They will work as an autonomous practitioner, responsible for the provision of medical services to the practice population, delivering an excellent standard of clinical care whilst complying with the PMS contract. Furthermore, the post-holder will adhere to the GMC standards for good medical practice, contributing to the effective management of the practice, leading by example, maintaining a positive, collaborative working relationship with the multidisciplinary team.
Core Clinical Responsibilities:
- In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self 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
- In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health where this is needed.
- Providing counselling and health education
- Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
- Collecting data for audit purposes
- 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.
Working collaboratively within a team of employed and self-employed GPs, accepting an equal share of the practice workload
Attend and contribute effectively to practice meetings as required.
- In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
Extended level Responsibilities include:
- Accept delegated responsibility for a specific area (or areas) of QOF, or equivalent.
- Contribute effectively to the development and maintenance of the practice including clinical governance, training, financial management and HR
- Support the training of medical students/ GP ST
- Support the partners in achieving the strategic aims of the practice, making recommendations to enhance income and reduce expenditure.
- Take responsibility as a named GP for a fair share of the patient list, and all associated administrative work (private and NHS work) relating to this caseload.
- Have 5 or more years as a full time GP.
- Can work independently as an autonomous practitioner, and cover sessions when a sole GP is required (as determined by rota requirements)
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.
- Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation
- Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records
- Contributing to the summarising of patient records and Read-Coding patient data.
- Attending training and events organised by the Practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
General duties:
- The Post Holder may be required to work amended hours to cover holidays and sickness on their specified working days or be given the opportunity to cover on additional days.
- Maintaining regular consistent attendance, punctuality, personal appearance andadherence to relevant health and safety procedures.
- To attend or complete all statutory and mandatory training courses and any coursesspecific to this role.
- To be available for staff meetings and meetings with management.
- To have a good understanding and follow local policies and procedures.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers within primaryand secondary care and the general public.
- Attend performance and development reviews with your line manager.
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.
Health & Safety:
The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:
- Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines
- Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
- Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
- Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
- Reporting potential risks identified.
Equality and Diversity:
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
- Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
- Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
- Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional Development:
- In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements are met. The post-holder would be able to meet standards needed for annual appraisal in accordance with PCT procedure and standards set by national governance bodies.
Quality:
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will:
- Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
- Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
- Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance.
- Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
- Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
Communication:
The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:
- Communicate effectively with other team members
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers
- Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
Contribution to the Implementation of Services:
The post-holder will:
- Apply Practice policies, standards and guidance
- Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
- Participate in audit where appropriate.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a primary care environment (either as ST or principle GP)
- Experience of continued professional development
- Experience of QOF and clinical audit
- General understanding of the PMS contract
Desirable
- Experience of teaching/ supervision
- Minimum of two years as a salaried GP
- Experience of medicines management
- Experience of ICB initiatives
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified GP
- MRCGP
- Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent JCPTGP
- General Practitioner (Certificate of completion of Training CCT)
Clinical Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Outstanding level of clinical knowledge and skills commensurate with that of an experienced GP
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- Strong IT skills
- Clear, polite telephone manner
- Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Problem solving & analytical skills
- Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
- Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes
- Experience with clinical risk management
Desirable
- Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
- EMIS user skills
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Polite and confident
- Flexible and cooperative
- Motivated, forward thinker
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
- High levels of integrity and loyalty
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Ability to work under pressure / in stressful situations
- Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
- Effectively utilises resources
- Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a primary care environment (either as ST or principle GP)
- Experience of continued professional development
- Experience of QOF and clinical audit
- General understanding of the PMS contract
Desirable
- Experience of teaching/ supervision
- Minimum of two years as a salaried GP
- Experience of medicines management
- Experience of ICB initiatives
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified GP
- MRCGP
- Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent JCPTGP
- General Practitioner (Certificate of completion of Training CCT)
Clinical Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Outstanding level of clinical knowledge and skills commensurate with that of an experienced GP
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- Strong IT skills
- Clear, polite telephone manner
- Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Problem solving & analytical skills
- Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
- Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes
- Experience with clinical risk management
Desirable
- Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
- EMIS user skills
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Polite and confident
- Flexible and cooperative
- Motivated, forward thinker
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
- High levels of integrity and loyalty
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Ability to work under pressure / in stressful situations
- Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
- Effectively utilises resources
- Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).