Job summary
Wearside Medical Practice is a hardworking, friendly profitable over 8300 patient practice close to Sunderland city centre. Situated within a purpose built building. We are adjacent to Sunderland Royal hospital . Good CQC ( June 2022) and high achieving QOF
We are looking to expand and develop our Practice and to do this we are looking for a talented, forward thinking and committed GP who will be able to provide support and lead the practice .
This salaried post is open to a newly qualified GP.
We are looking for a friendly enthusiastic person to compliment our established team, who will passionate ,driven and with a desire to make a difference to the practice and the community
You will be supported by a highly experienced administrative and clinical team
EMIS web
Salary dependant on experience
6 weeks leave
Part of PCN- Supported by PCN Pharmacists , Social Prescribers , Dietician, Mental Health Practitioners . Supported by 2 salaried GP's and 2 GP partners
3 ANP's
2 HCA's
2 Practice nurses
Full time admin team
Accurx
NHS pension and Medical defence union fee payable
Main duties of the job
To manage a busy and interesting caseload. To undertake clinical sessions ( routine and on call) followed by a variety of duties such as queries,home visits,checking and signing repeat prescriptions, actioning test results,medical reports and examinations. The appointee will also have the opportunity to take part in leading on key disease areas, staff training and monitoring trends within QOF.
In addition attend MDT, clinical, safeguarding, significant events, and provide care for patients within our aligned care home
Actively participate in the the startegic review, audit and development of the practice, ensuring improvement of quality health outcomes
About us
We constantly strive to ensure our patients receive an excellent patient experience. We have an established and fully complementary administrative and clinical team to support this role, including 3 ANP's, 2 PN'S , and 2 HCA.
The practice is supported by a PCN pharmacist and mental health practitioner .
We provide care for 55 patients in our aligned care home
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main purpose
To
manage a busy and interesting clinical caseload. The appointee will also have
the opportunity to take part in leading on key disease areas (monitoring trends
in the Quality and Outcomes Framework, treatment, staff training and
prescribing) and assist in developing appropriate healthcare services for a
diverse, patient list (commissioning, patient participation and health
promotion).
Clinical
responsibilities
In
accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make
him/her-self available to undertake clinical sessions (routine and on-call). A
clinical session is normally composed of 15 appointments , followed by a variety of duties including
queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions,
actioning test results, medical reports and examinations (e.g. Insurance
Companies) on behalf of the Practice. The above duties should be performed in a
timely manner using practice protocols.
Appointments
will be 10 minutes duration
You will be
required to:
Act upon alerts (e.g. QOF) and reminders
during a routine consultation i.e. (10 minutes)
Provide all GP services required as part of
the GMS contract
Undertake surgeries during extended hours in
accordance with the access needs of the practice population and the contractual
obligation of the practice
Provide cross cover, where necessary
Respond to medical problems presented by
patients, including history taking, examination, investigation, diagnosis,
treatment and referral where appropriate
Provide appropriate preventative health care
and advice
Provide medical support as required to
patients referred by nursing staff
Adhere to the practice prescribing formulary,
local and national guidelines
Make professional, autonomous decisions in
relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other
health care workers within the organisation
Record clear and concurrent I.T. based
consultation notes to agreed standards
Collect data for audit purposes
Compile and issue computer-generated acute
and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever
possible.
Other responsibilities
with the Practice
Engaging in appropriate lifelong educational
and audit activity in order to maintain clinical competence and performance,
including the completion of objectives agreed by yourself and the practice, in
an annual Personal Development Plan.
Actively participating in the training and
development of nurses, medical students and GP trainees in the practice
Supporting the practice staff and responding
to requests for advice and assistance from the practice reception, secretarial,
administrative and nursing staff
Attend prescribing, palliative care, clinical
and practice ,safe guarding meetings
You will be expected to take part in clinical
meetings, You will receive
feedback via peer review and are required to act upon recommendations and
demonstrate ch
Meet all tight timescales/deadlines for
audits and written returns to ensure that the Practice meets quality standards
and receives the designated funding (e.g. Quarterly Enhanced Services returns,
annual QOF audit etc.)
General Duties
The
above responsibilities will be undertaken upholding the following:
To continue to work until all clinical tasks
have been completed. To make arrangements with others to cover when planning to
leave before the end of the session
To maintain the financial security of the
organisation by ensuring accurate and efficient responses to income generation
such as reports, dispensed prescriptions, private forms etc.
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.
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 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 at practice level and an external annual NHS GP Appraisal
including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of their own personal
and/or professional development. Where there is no separate and distinct
payment by the CCG/NHS, the Employer is under no obligation to make a separate
payment. Any time preparing for the appraisal or conducting the appraisal maybe
taken from the employees annual study leave entitlement, with prior agreement
Taking responsibility for own development,
learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who
are undertaking similar work.
Maintain current CPR and anaphylaxis
certification
Quality
The
post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:
Participate in clinical governance activity
and contribute to the improvement in quality of health outcomes through audit
and the Quality and Outcomes Framework
Actively participate in the Strategic Review,
Audit and Development of the Practice
Alert other team members to issues of
Clinical Governance issues, quality and risk; participate in Significant Event
Analysis reviews
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. He/she will also contribute to the overall team-working of the
Practice putting the needs of the Practice firs
The post-holder will:
Apply practice policies, standards and
guidance;
Work with Management to achieve standards of
quality, performance standards, budgets and targets without compromising levels
of patient healthcare.
Contribute towards
the development and implementation of new standards, policies and procedures
that are/will be required of GP Practices now and in the future (as directe
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main purpose
To
manage a busy and interesting clinical caseload. The appointee will also have
the opportunity to take part in leading on key disease areas (monitoring trends
in the Quality and Outcomes Framework, treatment, staff training and
prescribing) and assist in developing appropriate healthcare services for a
diverse, patient list (commissioning, patient participation and health
promotion).
Clinical
responsibilities
In
accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make
him/her-self available to undertake clinical sessions (routine and on-call). A
clinical session is normally composed of 15 appointments , followed by a variety of duties including
queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions,
actioning test results, medical reports and examinations (e.g. Insurance
Companies) on behalf of the Practice. The above duties should be performed in a
timely manner using practice protocols.
Appointments
will be 10 minutes duration
You will be
required to:
Act upon alerts (e.g. QOF) and reminders
during a routine consultation i.e. (10 minutes)
Provide all GP services required as part of
the GMS contract
Undertake surgeries during extended hours in
accordance with the access needs of the practice population and the contractual
obligation of the practice
Provide cross cover, where necessary
Respond to medical problems presented by
patients, including history taking, examination, investigation, diagnosis,
treatment and referral where appropriate
Provide appropriate preventative health care
and advice
Provide medical support as required to
patients referred by nursing staff
Adhere to the practice prescribing formulary,
local and national guidelines
Make professional, autonomous decisions in
relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other
health care workers within the organisation
Record clear and concurrent I.T. based
consultation notes to agreed standards
Collect data for audit purposes
Compile and issue computer-generated acute
and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever
possible.
Other responsibilities
with the Practice
Engaging in appropriate lifelong educational
and audit activity in order to maintain clinical competence and performance,
including the completion of objectives agreed by yourself and the practice, in
an annual Personal Development Plan.
Actively participating in the training and
development of nurses, medical students and GP trainees in the practice
Supporting the practice staff and responding
to requests for advice and assistance from the practice reception, secretarial,
administrative and nursing staff
Attend prescribing, palliative care, clinical
and practice ,safe guarding meetings
You will be expected to take part in clinical
meetings, You will receive
feedback via peer review and are required to act upon recommendations and
demonstrate ch
Meet all tight timescales/deadlines for
audits and written returns to ensure that the Practice meets quality standards
and receives the designated funding (e.g. Quarterly Enhanced Services returns,
annual QOF audit etc.)
General Duties
The
above responsibilities will be undertaken upholding the following:
To continue to work until all clinical tasks
have been completed. To make arrangements with others to cover when planning to
leave before the end of the session
To maintain the financial security of the
organisation by ensuring accurate and efficient responses to income generation
such as reports, dispensed prescriptions, private forms etc.
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.
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 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 at practice level and an external annual NHS GP Appraisal
including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of their own personal
and/or professional development. Where there is no separate and distinct
payment by the CCG/NHS, the Employer is under no obligation to make a separate
payment. Any time preparing for the appraisal or conducting the appraisal maybe
taken from the employees annual study leave entitlement, with prior agreement
Taking responsibility for own development,
learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who
are undertaking similar work.
Maintain current CPR and anaphylaxis
certification
Quality
The
post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:
Participate in clinical governance activity
and contribute to the improvement in quality of health outcomes through audit
and the Quality and Outcomes Framework
Actively participate in the Strategic Review,
Audit and Development of the Practice
Alert other team members to issues of
Clinical Governance issues, quality and risk; participate in Significant Event
Analysis reviews
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. He/she will also contribute to the overall team-working of the
Practice putting the needs of the Practice firs
The post-holder will:
Apply practice policies, standards and
guidance;
Work with Management to achieve standards of
quality, performance standards, budgets and targets without compromising levels
of patient healthcare.
Contribute towards
the development and implementation of new standards, policies and procedures
that are/will be required of GP Practices now and in the future (as directe
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Registered General Practitoner
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Registered General Practitoner
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).