Salaried GP

Job responsibilities

JOB TITLE: Salaried GP

REPORTS TO: Principal GP

HOURS OF WORK: 4 6 Clinical sessions a week

LOCATION: California Lane, Bushey, Hertfordshire, WD23 1EZ

Job Description:

The post-holder will deal with a range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients. Responsibilities will reflect requirements of the NHS GP contracts, and as such may be subject to change as services adapt.

SALARIED GP RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical Responsibilities:

Undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care to a standard required to maintain your fitness to practice in line with revalidation requirements.

Surgeries: mixture of face to face and telephone consultations, booked in advance or on the day

10 minute appointments

2.5 hour surgeries with up to 0-4 additional patients per surgery, occasionally more

Visiting patients at home, usually 0-1 visits, occasionally more

Responding to receptionist/administrative queries

Signing repeat prescriptions shared

Dealing with own pathology results

Reading correspondence docman shared

On-call: during working days, 830am-630pm if full day,

8.30am-1.30pm if am surgery, 1.30pm-6.30pm if pm surgery.

Reading and actioning duty doctor tray when on call

Dealing with urgent queries when on call

Managing own referrals NHS/Private

Recording clear and contemporaneous computer based consultation notes to agreed standards

Prescribing in accordance with locally agreed or national guideline

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

Targets

Participate in achieving national and local targets including QOF, IIF, PCN and ICB targets.

Take lead responsibility for specific targets within these frameworks.

Meetings

Attendance at monthly clinical governance and schemes meetings.

Attendance at other meetings and events by arrangement eg staff meetings, PHCT meetings, away days, external meetings.

Risk Management

Participation in clinical audit.

Participation in clinical governance.

Participation in significant event reporting and learning.

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant guidelines and protocols.

Health & Safety:

The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management of their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice health & safety policy and the practice infection control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines

Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual. professional requirements, and good practice guidelines

Correct personal use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Management of full range of infection control procedures in both routine and extraordinary circumstances (e.g., pandemic, or individual infection circumstances)

Hand hygiene standards for self and others

Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that proper use is made of hand cleansing facilities.

Safe management of sharps use, storage and disposal.

Maintaining of own clean working environment

Actively identifying, reporting and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognized

Undertaking periodic infection control training

Correct waste and instrument management including handling, segregation, and container use.

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 recognizes 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, pri0rities and rights.

Personal/professional development:

In addition to maintaining continues education through attendance of any courses necessary to ensure that professional development requirements are met, the post-holder will participate in any training program implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such as training to include:

Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development

Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice and will:

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 patient needs

Effectively manage own time, workload and resources

Communication:

The post-holder will recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

Communicate effectively with other team members

Communicate effectively with patients and carers

Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly

Qualifications

Essential

• GMC registered, not subject to suspension;
• Qualified General Practitioner;
• Currently on a CCG performers list;
• Clear enhanced DBS check

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in UK General Practice;
• Experience of working with vulnerable groups

Desirable

• Delivery of clinical audit
• QOF management
• Experience using EmisWeb, Docman and AccuRx

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Team player;
• Calm under pressure
• Friendly and inclusive;
• Commitment to development;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Excellent record keeping skills;
• Excellent time management;
• Able to work autonomously;
• Excellent patient manner;
• Good analytical skills;
• Imaginative approach to problem solving
• Understanding of:
• NHS system;
• Challenges facing NHS;
• Vulnerable groups and how to support them

Desirable

• Leadership skills
• Understanding of QOF, IIF, Enhanced services and PCNs

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

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