Salaried GP

Job responsibilities

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 practice offer face to face, telephone and home visit appointments. We have pre-bookable appointments and on the day. There will be a requirement to contribute to extended opening appointments.

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, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing off repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in an appropriate timescale. There will also be a share of On Call and Extended Hours duties.

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.

In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health.

Providing counselling and health education.

Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and 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.

Prescribing in accordance with the practice based system, SwitchScript (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.

Contribute to successful achievement of the Quality Outcomes Framework and to additional service obligations such as IQSP and Promoting Clinical Excellence.

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 organisation:

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 summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data.

Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

Other duties

The post-holder may, from time-to-time, be asked to undertake other reasonable duties, with appropriate training. It is important that all members of staff are flexible and prepared to undertake additional or relinquish current duties to maintain service delivery to patients. It is expected that requests from the Partners will not be unreasonably refused.

COVID19

Employment is undertaken at a time when we are in a national pandemic presenting uncharted territory with regard to employment. There may be times when changes will be made at short notice or employees may be asked to work at other sites or outside of their normal working hours.

Qualifications

Essential

• Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
• Evidence of revalidation
• On National Medical Performers list
• UK driving licence and Car
• Appropriate safeguarding training

Desirable

• MRCGP
• DRCOG
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Minor surgery skills
• Family Planning

Experience

Essential

• Completed GP Vocational Training Scheme
• Experience of working as a GP in the UK
• Clinical & Information Governance
• Time management being able to prioritise work and work under pressure

Desirable

• Evidence of participation in audit and self-reflection
• Chronic disease management
• Experience of working to achieve standards within QOF
• Evidence of participation in Audit
• Responsibility for chronic disease QOF indicators
• Interpreting and implementing local and National policy agendas for health
• Experience of using EMIS WEB, DOCMAN software
• Wider IT skills

Qualities / Attributes

Essential

• Ability to work individually and as part of a team
• Ability to work flexibly
• Ability to recognise own limitations and act upon them appropriately
• Willingness to learn new skills and to problem solve on a daily basis
• Demonstrates well developed organisational and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Highly motivated with excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritise own workload
• Able to work in a changing environment
• A degree of flexibility within working hours
• Time management skills
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Team Player

Desirable

• Ability to input to strategic and practice development requirements
• Desire to develop specialist skills

Other

Essential

• Satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
• Occupational Health clearance for patient contact
• Flexibility to work anti-social hours including evenings and weekends if required
• Flexibility to work at different locations if required
• Full current driving licence and car owner
• Positive attitude; self-motivated and able to motivate others
• Commitment to primary prevention and health improvement

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).