Job summary
Midlands Medical Partnership (MMP) is a Birmingham super-partnership currently caring for 72,000 Birmingham Cross-City CCG patients across North and South Birmingham operating out of 10 sites. The partnership was established in April 2009 and continues to grow as a single integrated primary care provider, alongside collaborative working with other similar organisations in our region as part of its strategic forward view.
The vision behind the creation of MMP is to improve and develop all that is excellent about traditional GP services local GPs leading and working in local surgeries to provide long-term doctor/patient relationships based on the established values of trust and personalised care, whilst at the same time being part of a larger, more corporate business structure, allowing our practices and patients to benefit from the resources of a larger organisation, enabling us to improve the range and quality of patient services, improve access and patient responsiveness and improve learning across our organisation.
Main duties of the job
We are currently recruiting for a Salaried GP working at various MMP surgeries
- 6 sessions at MMP Broadmeadow Health Centre,B30 3QT
- Up to 9 sessions at Jockey Road Medical Centre and Kingsmount Medical Centre, 444 Kingstanding Rd, B44 9SA
- 7 sessions at MMP Erdington Medical Centre,B24 8NT
- 4 sessions at MMP Eaton Wood Medical Centre,B24 0SY
We consider Tier 2 Visa Sponsorship applications
About us
MMPs core purpose is to work within a culture of quality to constantly improve the care and service we give our patients.
This dynamic partnership with a team of over 200 clinicians and staff is managed by a single executive board, with centralised organisational functions, strong leadership and clinical governance structures. The ambition and vision of the partnership is to provide large scale, integrated, multi-speciality care for its patients. Most of our sites are training practices and training in areas of special interest is greatly supported.
Candidates with specialist skills, and/or interested in becoming GP trainers/qualified trainers are of particular interest.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact the HR department on 0121 647 5822.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Fixed term
Job description
Job responsibilities
A session for a SGP is 4 hours and 10 minutes in duration
and will include the following components:
Approximately 3.5 hours of patient contact per session
which may include face to face appointments, home visits and telephone
appointments. All surgeries operate a 10 minute appointment system for face to
face routine consultations and 5 minute appointments for telephone contact and
urgent appointments.
40 minutes per session is dedicated to administration to
include correspondence, blood results, repeat prescriptions, reports and QoF,
in accordance with the needs of the patients. This list is not intended to be
exhaustive but is representative of usual administration.
SGPs in MMP are expected to be on call on a local surgery
rota basis. When undertaking on call duties, the surgery management team will
make adjustments to the usual duties on that day accordingly. The same will
apply when undertaking telephone triage during sessions.
Surgery start and finish times are to be locally agreed
with SGPs and surgery management.
This job plan may require a review in accordance with
changes to the needs of the organisation or its patients from time-to-time.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A session for a SGP is 4 hours and 10 minutes in duration
and will include the following components:
Approximately 3.5 hours of patient contact per session
which may include face to face appointments, home visits and telephone
appointments. All surgeries operate a 10 minute appointment system for face to
face routine consultations and 5 minute appointments for telephone contact and
urgent appointments.
40 minutes per session is dedicated to administration to
include correspondence, blood results, repeat prescriptions, reports and QoF,
in accordance with the needs of the patients. This list is not intended to be
exhaustive but is representative of usual administration.
SGPs in MMP are expected to be on call on a local surgery
rota basis. When undertaking on call duties, the surgery management team will
make adjustments to the usual duties on that day accordingly. The same will
apply when undertaking telephone triage during sessions.
Surgery start and finish times are to be locally agreed
with SGPs and surgery management.
This job plan may require a review in accordance with
changes to the needs of the organisation or its patients from time-to-time.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- a 5-year degree in medicine, recognised by the General Medical Council.
- a 2-year foundation course of general training.
- a 3-year specialist training course in general practice.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a nursing team
- Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care
- Experience of working in a GP practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- a 5-year degree in medicine, recognised by the General Medical Council.
- a 2-year foundation course of general training.
- a 3-year specialist training course in general practice.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a nursing team
- Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care
- Experience of working in a GP practice
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).
Additional information
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).
