Job summary
Coltishall Medical Practice, Norfolk
We are looking for a salaried GP who undertakes their role with a caring, enthusiastic, motivated
& committed approach and someone who will enjoy working in our team
for a minimum of 6 sessions per week, plus CPD.
We are a friendly and supportive team, currently
looking after 8800 patients over 2 sites.
Whether you are an experienced GP or recently qualified, we would love to hear about the skills and interests you would bring.
Please call us for an informal visit or to ask any questions about the role.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a candidate who fits in well with the ethos of the practice. Our priorities are good patient care and teamwork. We look after each other and share the workload.
The role provides the full range of NHS primary medical services to our patients, managing a caseload dealing with a wide range of health needs, ensuring the highest standards of care. This includes clinical examination, diagnosis, treatment and referral as appropriate.
About us
Coltishall is an attractive, spacious, dispensing practice in a pretty rural village on the Norfolk Broads. It is a great area to live with excellent schools, close to both the historic city of Norwich and beautiful North Norfolk Coast.
Our main surgery is in Coltishall, extended just 6 years ago providing light airy rooms, with a small branch surgery at Spixworth, about 4 miles away.
We have worked hard to develop systems which blend the best of modern and traditional general practice giving excellent patient access. We pride ourselves on our good patient satisfaction scores and high standards of care.
We hold regular multi-disciplinary team meetings for clinical governance, palliative care, admission avoidance, safeguarding, and referral management.
Our current team consists of 8 GPs, a physician associate, advanced nurse practitioner, supportive nursing team, excellent administrative staff and processes. This includes ARRS roles, prescribing pharmacist, pharmacy technician, first contact physiotherapists, GP Assistants and Care Coordinator.
We currently have 8,800 patients living in a largely rural area.
We operate a flexible appointment system using EmisWeb and Docman. These systems are easy to learn and no prior experience is necessary.
Coltishall is part of the NN3 Primary Care Network with 3 other local practices with whom we have worked very effectively.
See our website www.coltishallsurgery.nhs.uk for further information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB TITLE: SALARIED GENERAL PRACTITIONER
REPORTS TO: THE PARTNERS (Clinically)
THE BUSINESS MANAGER (Administratively)
HOURS:6-8 sessions per week, plus weekly allocation forprofessional development in line with BMA model contract
Job Summary:
The post-holder will have and maintain GMC registration and good standing and the necessary qualifications to practice as a general practitioner in England.
The post-holder 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. The post holder will be expected to work closely with the Partners and Practice Manager and wider team in all areas to ensure the smooth and safe delivery of primary care.
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 at the main surgery (primary place of work) and branch surgery (at least 1 session per week per rota), 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
- Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
- Providing counselling and health education
- Referring to other care providers as appropriate
- Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
- Collecting data for audit purposes
- Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (this is a mix of electronic prescribing and printed prescriptions for dispensing patients)
- Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
- In summary 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 Organisation:
- Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety and safeguarding
- 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 in line with practice policies and accuracy as required by the Quality and Outcomes Framework
- Attending monthly multi disciplinary meetings for clinical governance, safeguarding and palliative care and also training and events organised by the Practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
- Contributing to the training of medical students, and other staff, trainees or students.
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 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 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 for appraisal and reaccreditation are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such 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 and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.
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.
- Be flexible with working hours to help meet the needs of the practice population
- Help where possible (taking other commitments into account) with internal cover
Communication:
The post-holder should 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.
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
JOB TITLE: SALARIED GENERAL PRACTITIONER
REPORTS TO: THE PARTNERS (Clinically)
THE BUSINESS MANAGER (Administratively)
HOURS:6-8 sessions per week, plus weekly allocation forprofessional development in line with BMA model contract
Job Summary:
The post-holder will have and maintain GMC registration and good standing and the necessary qualifications to practice as a general practitioner in England.
The post-holder 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. The post holder will be expected to work closely with the Partners and Practice Manager and wider team in all areas to ensure the smooth and safe delivery of primary care.
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 at the main surgery (primary place of work) and branch surgery (at least 1 session per week per rota), 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
- Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
- Providing counselling and health education
- Referring to other care providers as appropriate
- Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
- Collecting data for audit purposes
- Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (this is a mix of electronic prescribing and printed prescriptions for dispensing patients)
- Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
- In summary 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 Organisation:
- Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety and safeguarding
- 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 in line with practice policies and accuracy as required by the Quality and Outcomes Framework
- Attending monthly multi disciplinary meetings for clinical governance, safeguarding and palliative care and also training and events organised by the Practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
- Contributing to the training of medical students, and other staff, trainees or students.
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 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 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 for appraisal and reaccreditation are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such 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 and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.
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.
- Be flexible with working hours to help meet the needs of the practice population
- Help where possible (taking other commitments into account) with internal cover
Communication:
The post-holder should 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.
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
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified GP
- MRCGP
- Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent JCPTGP
- General Practitioner (Certificate of Completion of Training CCT)
Eligibility
Essential
- Full GMC Registration
- National Performers List registration
- Appropriate defence indemnity (MPS/MDU)
- Eligibility to practice in the UK independently
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Principles of chronic disease management, guided by applicable national guidelines, e.g. NICE
- Experience and understanding of relevant communication skills.
- Knowledge of modern reference sources for information on best practice and how to appraise such information. A broad range of clinical knowledge.
- Competence in all aspects of patient consultation relevant to general practice
- High level fluency in spoken and written English
- Competence in using IT systems in primary care
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
Desirable
- Awareness of current QOF standards and target
- Evidence of skills in maintaining a work life balance and self care.
- Evidence of ability to work consistently and positively with a team over sustained periods.
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
Other requirements
Essential
- Full UK Driving License and own transport
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in UK general practice or in similar systems of general practice.
Desirable
- Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams in primary care
- Experience in elderly care or general medicine
- Experience in relevant specialities in hospital, community or intermediate care settings.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified GP
- MRCGP
- Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent JCPTGP
- General Practitioner (Certificate of Completion of Training CCT)
Eligibility
Essential
- Full GMC Registration
- National Performers List registration
- Appropriate defence indemnity (MPS/MDU)
- Eligibility to practice in the UK independently
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Principles of chronic disease management, guided by applicable national guidelines, e.g. NICE
- Experience and understanding of relevant communication skills.
- Knowledge of modern reference sources for information on best practice and how to appraise such information. A broad range of clinical knowledge.
- Competence in all aspects of patient consultation relevant to general practice
- High level fluency in spoken and written English
- Competence in using IT systems in primary care
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
Desirable
- Awareness of current QOF standards and target
- Evidence of skills in maintaining a work life balance and self care.
- Evidence of ability to work consistently and positively with a team over sustained periods.
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
Other requirements
Essential
- Full UK Driving License and own transport
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in UK general practice or in similar systems of general practice.
Desirable
- Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams in primary care
- Experience in elderly care or general medicine
- Experience in relevant specialities in hospital, community or intermediate care settings.
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).