Job responsibilities
Location:Bourne
Sessions:5 (25 hours)
Background
Lakeside Healthcare (LH) is breaking the mould of primary care provision in the NHS. We represent a new model of NHS general practice, which builds upon and celebrates all that is great about traditional primary care, and couples that with innovative ways of managing quality and designing and delivering new clinical services. We have won several national accolades as a Partnership, including being the only single organisation awarded MCP Vanguard status by NHS England.
We are one Partnership, managing multiple local surgeries across the East Midlands / East of England and we are run by doctors, nurses and associated staff, who know their patients and care deeply about the quality of health provided in their communities.
We have a track record of investing in people, facilities and equipment to provide services that are more accessible, more convenient and more diverse within the local community. We work for our patients.
We are a traditional Partnership, only much larger.
Purpose of Role
Working alongside a team of dedicated and expert clinicians at site, you will be part of a wider team of LH partners, who are complimented by a superb multidisciplinary team. Lakeside Healthcare has a professional central management team which deals with all non-clinical matters, including regulatory and contractual matters, freeing up clinicians to do what they do best - see and treat patients.
Ethos
Key to the role is the need to work closely with stakeholders across the business and be a trusted and credible partner to managers and the executive team, providing them with the necessary and consistent support and guidance to engage and develop their people and providing pragmatic solutions to complex issues. LH is a team and a family where we all look after one another.
Responsibilities
Clinical responsibilities:
In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork, referrals and correspondence in a timely manner.
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.
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 prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
In general, the Partner will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
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.
Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
Other responsibilities/opportunities
Flexibility and adaptability, with the ability to manage change and adapt as required and the ability to remain calm under pressure and deal effectively with conflicting priorities.
Comfortable with being challenged and equally able to challenge the status quo, with appropriate consideration of stakeholder interests.
Professionalism and diplomacy, with top quality interpersonal skills and an ability to handle matters with the appropriate level of sensitivity and empathy.
Ability to contribute to non-core activities, such as teaching and training, research or clinical IT systems.
Qualifications, Experience, Skills and Attributes Required
Successful candidates will likely have all/most of the following:
Qualifications
GMC registered (compulsory)
Experience
Eligible to work in general practise in the NHS (compulsory)
Skills
Willing to successfully complete appropriate training for appraisal and remain up to date with the developing GP Appraisal, relicensing, and revalidation agenda.
To manage sensitive information in a tactful way.
To be able to demonstrate ongoing personal and practice development.
To a facilitative approach
Excellent communication skills including verbal, written, face to face and active listening skills.
Attributes
Interpersonal effectiveness: ability to interact and work with a range of stakeholders effectively, and able to influence and challenge as appropriate.
Accountable: able to work autonomously and take personal responsibility for seeing things through to successful resolution.
Planning and organisation: the ability to manage concurrent tasks and projects and to prioritise effectively.
Flexibility and adaptability: able to deal with a range of activities as necessary and the ability to effectively deal with change.
Thoroughness and attention to detail: conscious of the critical need to ensure everything is properly documented and to maintain quality records, along with the ability to think things through and not just follow a checklist.
Commitment: demonstrates pride in all aspects of work and cares about the organisation's performance.
Resilience: able to bounce back after setbacks and can remain calm and measured under pressure and while juggling multiple tasks and projects.
Proactive and self-motivated: possesses positive energy and enthusiasm and an optimistic, can-do attitude.
Critical thinking: able to quickly grasp and understand issues and determine appropriate solutions to problems.
Drawings and Benefits
Drawings - highly competitive/top decile nationally
9 weeks annual leave, plus public holidays
Enhanced family benefits
Ability to own non-core assets real estate; commercial research; other ventures
Flexibility to move around the organisation to develop skills/interests
