Job summary
Owing to the retirement of our Senior Partner, we are looking for a salaried GP to join our friendly and supportive team.
The benefits
- Indemnity paid
- NHS pension
- 6 weeks annual leave plus 1 week study leave
- Future partnership opportunity if desired
- Open to any areas of specialist interest development
Main duties of the job
Your role
- Salaried GP
- 5-6 sessions
- Reasonable patient numbers
- Fantastic, supportive team
- Duty day always shared with another clinician
- Very few visits as most done by the PCN paramedic team
About us
We are an award-winning teaching and training practice
looking for a salaried GP to join our team.
As a mid-sized (11250 patients) rapidly expanding semi-rural
practice between Leeds and York, we value traditional, holistic patient care
and enjoy being at the centre of our community.
We are currently 10 GPs with a
full complement of staff including Advanced Nurse Practitioner, in house
paramedics to assist with visits, midwifery, pharmacy support and co-located
District Nursing team.
We are a forward thinking, very well-established dispensing practice
in a state-of-the-art building which opened in Summer 2024. The new building
affords us plenty of space, large new rooms, modern IT and is a pleasure to
work in. We really value working as a
team, supporting each other and encourage sharing of knowledge. We have weekly multi-disciplinary team meetings
and in-house educational events. We value stability and aim to provide high
quality patient care and continuity to our patients.
We have utilised total triaged for nearly 3 years so are
highly experienced at it, we are supported by 2 local urgent treatment centres
and provide in-house extended hours. We
are active members of the local Integrated Care Board and work well with local
practices as part of the Tadcaster and rural Selby Primary Care Network.
We are looking to recruit due to retirement and an expanding
list size and would be delighted to discuss how you might fit into our
team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Role summary: The post-holder
will provide general medical services managing 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
Main purpose of the role: To support the GP partners, 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 treatment, staff training and
prescribing) and assist in developing appropriate healthcare services for a
diverse, patient list (practice based commissioning, patient participation and
health promotion. This is a PMS Practice).
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 and emergencies, telephone
consultations and queries, triaging, visiting patients at home, checking and
signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, patient test results, referral letters NHS/private, paperwork 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;
Recording clear and contemporaneous I.T. based consultation
notes to agreed standards;
Collecting data for audit purposes;
Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and
repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible);
Prescribing in accordance with locally agreed or
national guidelines.
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 with the Practice:
Awareness of and compliance with all relevant
practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data
protection, health and safety, annual QOF Assessment of the Practice.
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;
Attending training, Practice Meetings and events
organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
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.)
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.
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 recognises 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;
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, annual GP Appraisal 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 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 first.
Communication
The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective
communication within the team and will strive to:
Communicate effectively with other team members;
Communicate effectively with patients and carers;
Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods
of communication and respond accordingly.
Contribution to the planning and 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.
Work with the Partners and Management Team 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 directed by NHS/ DoH/ AT/ ICB,
new legislation etc.)
Job description
Job responsibilities
Role summary: The post-holder
will provide general medical services managing 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
Main purpose of the role: To support the GP partners, 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 treatment, staff training and
prescribing) and assist in developing appropriate healthcare services for a
diverse, patient list (practice based commissioning, patient participation and
health promotion. This is a PMS Practice).
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 and emergencies, telephone
consultations and queries, triaging, visiting patients at home, checking and
signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, patient test results, referral letters NHS/private, paperwork 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;
Recording clear and contemporaneous I.T. based consultation
notes to agreed standards;
Collecting data for audit purposes;
Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and
repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible);
Prescribing in accordance with locally agreed or
national guidelines.
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 with the Practice:
Awareness of and compliance with all relevant
practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data
protection, health and safety, annual QOF Assessment of the Practice.
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;
Attending training, Practice Meetings and events
organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
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.)
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.
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 recognises 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;
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, annual GP Appraisal 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 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 first.
Communication
The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective
communication within the team and will strive to:
Communicate effectively with other team members;
Communicate effectively with patients and carers;
Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods
of communication and respond accordingly.
Contribution to the planning and 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.
Work with the Partners and Management Team 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 directed by NHS/ DoH/ AT/ ICB,
new legislation etc.)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full registration with GMC
- Registered on providers list
Desirable
- Hardworking, keen to develop responsibility within a proactive team.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full registration with GMC
- Registered on providers list
Desirable
- Hardworking, keen to develop responsibility within a proactive team.
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).
