Salaried GP

Job responsibilities

Main Purpose of Job: To work as an autonomous practitioner, responsible for the provision of medical services to the Practice, delivering an excellent standard of care. The post holder will adhere to the GMC standards of good practice, contributing to the effective management of the service, leading by example, maintaining a positive, collaborative working relationship with the NMG team. You 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.

Location: Newgate Medical Group, The Health Centre, Newgate Street, Worksop, Notts S80 1HP

Salary: Highly competitive Salary plus expenses, 6 weeks holiday & study days (pro rata for part time)

Main tasks of job:

Clinical responsibilities:

In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, 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. Providing highly effective medical care to patients.

To provide on-call services and cover extended hours as required within the Practice timetable.

Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the Practice. Working as a team member with all relevant providers of primary and community care services.

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.

Effective management of long-term conditions.

Providing counselling and health education.

Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards. Providing accurate clinical records in conjunction with good practice, policy, and guidance.

Collecting data for audit purposes.

Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions adhering to local and national guidelines.

Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate.

In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Other responsibilities within the Practice:

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.

Develop and maintain clinical skills and abilities through CPD and participate in yearly appraisal to identify further education, training, and development needs.

Encourage collaborative working, liaising with all staff regularly, always promoting a culture of continuous improvement.

Attendance at internal clinical meetings and external meetings (as Practice representative) as required by the management team.

Supervise and participate in the training of the nursing staff and other members of the clinical team within the Practice.

Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach i.e., root cause analysis (RCA).

Participate in Practice audits as requested by the audit lead.

Qualifications

Essential

• - Qualified GP.
• - MRCGP.
• - Inclusion on the GMC Register.
• - On the PCSE Medical Performers List.
• - Eligibility to practice in the UK independently - although we can provide and support sponsorship for the right candidate.
• - Evidence of continued personal and professional development to include statutory and mandatory training records.
• - Appropriate Level 3 Safeguarding training for adults and children.

Experience

Essential

• - Experience working as a General Practitioner
• - Experience of QOF and clinical audit, working to standards/guidelines applicable to Primary Care.
• - Willingness to provide mentoring and support to all other clinicians where appropriate.
• - Case management experience
• - Time management skills - ideally a proven ability to handle a primary care case load.
• - Experience using System one and AccuRx - IT proficiency and familiarity with primary care clinical systems and Microsoft programmes.

Desirable

• - 2 years' experience working as a GP in the UK.
• - Commitment to the local area.

Personal attributes, skills and abilities

Essential

• - Positive attitude; self-motivated and able to motivate others.
• - Credibility with clinicians and managers.
• - Ability to build trust, respect, and co-operation quickly.
• - Professional courage, integrity, and diplomacy.
• - Self-awareness.
• - Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• - Ability to work flexibly when required.
• - Willingness to learn new skills.
• - Ability to draft error-free letters and reports in a timely manner.
• - Good communication skills with a high level of fluency in spoken and written English.
• - Participation is scheme of extended opening times.
• - Ability to complete days work on time as well as associated administration.
• - Physically able to carry out the duties involved.
• - Clear Enhanced DBS disclosure.
• - Current UK professional registration.

Professional skills

Essential

• - Knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance and evidence-based practice.
• - Evidence of ability to maintain and monitor high standards of care.
• - Evidence of up-to-date knowledge and skills.
• - Evidence of professional development and knowledge.
• - Evidence and ability to direct and co-ordinate programmes of care working autonomously and collaboratively.
• - Excellent computer skills.
• - Clinical skills required to manage acute presentations and chronic disease within primary care.
• - Able to analyse complex facts and situations using a high level of sensitivity and judgement to determine and implement an appropriate course of action.
• - Working knowledge of GP clinical systems.
• - Understanding, acceptance, and adherence to the need for confidentiality with regard to patient matters.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).