Salaried GP

Lingwell Croft Surgery

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Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated GP to join our forward thinking GP Practice at Lingwell Croft Surgery in Middleton, Leeds. We are looking for 6 sessions per week.

We have just one site and have a patient list size of 15,500, 4 GP Partners, 5 Salaried GPs, three Advanced Nurse Practitioners, two Pharmacists, Pharmacy technician and a highly qualified Nursing team of 9.

We are a well organised, high performing practice who prides themselves on continuous improvement.

The structure of the practice allows us to have a Reception team, a Prescribing team, an IT/Admin and coding team, Pathology Results team and a Secretarial team who provide support in order to reduce the GP workload.

The post holder will be a qualified general practitioner who can demonstrate highly developed clinical skills and be able to demonstrate critical thinking whilst working within their professional boundaries.

They will work within a clinical team consisting of GPs, ANPs, Practice Pharmacists, Practice Nurses and Health Care Assistants to deliver excellent primary care services within the practice.

They will be able to manage a busy and varied clinical caseload with for patients requiring routine, acute, home visits and palliative care. There will also be the opportunity to take on a lead clinical area of specialist interest.

Main duties of the job

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, insurance reports, medicals 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

About us

We are a well organised, high performing practice who prides themselves on continuous improvement.

We have a strong reputation as a teaching and training Practice. We share our passion for Primary Care through providing placements for sixth form students, teaching all years of medical/nursing students, allied health professionals and GP Registrars.

We are strongly embedded in our local community; the PCN Clinical director and PCN leads are all employed at this practice, driving forward shared services and new ways of working that are releveant to our patient demographics.

We want to recruit a great team-player, who is keen to get involved and is forward-thinking. We, as a Practice, pride ourselves in delivering high-standard clinical care, and we would anticipate the same qualities in any new team members.

We aim to balance the quality of working life with the pressures of modern primary care.As we endeavour to meet upcoming challenges, we are open to discussing alternative approaches to the ANP role and welcome suggestions of different ways of working.

Date posted

27 March 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A3278-25-0001

Job locations

16 Shelldrake Drive

Middleton

Leeds

West Yorkshire

LS10 3NB

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Summary:

They will work within a clinical team consisting of GPs, ANPs, Practice Pharmacists, Practice Nurses and Health Care Assistants to deliver excellent primary care services within the practice.

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, insurance reports, medicals 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

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

Providing counselling and health education

Referring to other care providers as appropriate

Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards

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 (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)

Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate

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, eg 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 development of computer-based patient records

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

Liaise with other health care professionals both in the practice and outside agencies

Leadership

To have an understanding of and work towards achieving the Quality and Outcomes Framework and work with the team to deliver this.

Contribute to peer review with the clinical team

Provide evidence of ongoing personal development through appraisal and revalidation.

Attend and contribute to practice meetings and external collaborative meetings

Maintain own professional development and registration in line with the General Medical Council regulations

Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice

Critically evaluate and review innovations and developments that are relevant to the area of work

Contribute to the development of local guidelines, protocols and standards

To play an active role in the development of the practice and new services including research.

Contribute to a culture of ongoing review, taking into account new methods of working