Job summary
We are a friendly,
supportive and well organised practice, committed to providing a high level of
effective care to our 10,000 patients.
Due to the retirement of one of our long serving Partners, The Green House Surgery is looking to recruit a GP. Our existing clinical team is dynamic, with a diverse skill set (including four GP Partners, Salaried GP, Paramedic Practitioners, Nurse Practitioners, First Contact Physio, Child & Adult Mental Health Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Pharmacy Technician, Healthcare Assistants and Phlebotomists).
We are a Teaching
Practice based in new purpose-built premises within Redcar Primary Care
Hospital and have access to Physiotherapy, Radiology, Endoscopy, Audiology,
Minor injuries, MRI, CT and X-Ray facilities on-site. Our modern building
offers excellent facilities, ample free parking and easy access to public
transport.
The Package we offer includes:
1)
A positive
organisational culture with a friendly, supportive team it's a nice place to work.
2)
£10500 per session
per annum for the right candidate based on skills & experience.
3)
Negotiable sessions and start date.
4) A named mentor for GPs new into the role.
5)
Opportunities to
become a GP Trainer.
7)
Six weeks annual
leave a pro rata share of BH, plus study leave.
8)
An unlimited education support package with NB Medical.
9)
An Employee Support Package (with access to
personal support resources).
10) Regular team meetings.
Main duties of the job
In
general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties
and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care. The
post-holder, as part of the practice team, 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.
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, video, and e-consultations, visiting patients at
home, authorising repeat prescription and dealing with queries, paperwork, and
correspondence in a timely fashion.
The
post-holder will be supported in continuous professional development through
attendance at necessary/appropriate courses and/or study days in addition to
training programmes implemented by the practice.
The
number of hours and working days are open to negotiation with the successful
candidate
About us
The Green House Surgery currently has a registered patient list of approximately 10,000 patients residing in Redcar and surrounding areas.
We work from modern, purpose-built premises and benefit from ease of with access to hospital-based diagnostics and other services. We have excellent public transport links (Redcar train stations are within walking distance) and also have free on-site parking for both patients and staff.
Our existing
clinical team provides us with a diverse skill set consisting of, four GP
Partners, Salaried GP, Paramedic Practitioners, Nurse Practitioners, Practice
Nurses, Advanced HCAs, Healthcare Assistants, Phlebotomists and Pharmacy Technicians.
As a member of Redcar Costal
PCN, we benefit from having access to various ARRS practitioners and have good
working relationships with other member practices.
Our excellent Practice Administrators and Management team provide
nonclinical support and help reduce the administration burden on
clinicians.
The successful candidate
will work as part of a loyal & committed clinical team and receive
excellent support from our Partners and colleagues. We will provide you with a
named GP Partner mentor who will provide support with more complex cases and processes as required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Green House Surgery
Job description & Person specification
JOB TITLE: Salaried General Practitioner
REPORTS TO: The Partners
Job Summary:
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.
Working hours:
Your working hours will fall between 08:00-18:00h from Monday to Friday.
The number of hours and working days are open to negotiation with the successful candidate.
Salary:
Negotiable, depending on skills and experience.
Clinical Responsibilities:
In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care and this list (which is not exhaustive) provides examples of the type of work involved:
- In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone/video and e-consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
- Surgery sessions will consist of circa 14 patients, (a session is a half day).
- Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.
- Assessing the healthcare 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
- Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
- To take a lead role on behalf of the practice in particular areas of clinical function e.g. prescribing.
- To participate in the on call rota. This is a daytime rota for dealing with emergency patients and clinical queries.
- Supervise, advise and mentor Nurse Practitioners, Paramedic Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Healthcare Assistants, Phlebotomists, GP Registrars and medical students.
Other Responsibilities within the Organisation:
- Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, for example, 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.
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/policies and current legislation
- Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
- Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
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 appraisal and revalidation, 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 quality and risk (including patient safety)
- 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.
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 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.
- Will participate fully in Primary Care Networks
- Will participate fully in attaining QOF points
- Will participate fully in all other Practice contracts (such as local enhanced service contracts).
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Green House Surgery
Job description & Person specification
JOB TITLE: Salaried General Practitioner
REPORTS TO: The Partners
Job Summary:
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.
Working hours:
Your working hours will fall between 08:00-18:00h from Monday to Friday.
The number of hours and working days are open to negotiation with the successful candidate.
Salary:
Negotiable, depending on skills and experience.
Clinical Responsibilities:
In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care and this list (which is not exhaustive) provides examples of the type of work involved:
- In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone/video and e-consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
- Surgery sessions will consist of circa 14 patients, (a session is a half day).
- Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.
- Assessing the healthcare 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
- Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
- To take a lead role on behalf of the practice in particular areas of clinical function e.g. prescribing.
- To participate in the on call rota. This is a daytime rota for dealing with emergency patients and clinical queries.
- Supervise, advise and mentor Nurse Practitioners, Paramedic Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Healthcare Assistants, Phlebotomists, GP Registrars and medical students.
Other Responsibilities within the Organisation:
- Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, for example, 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.
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/policies and current legislation
- Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
- Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
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 appraisal and revalidation, 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 quality and risk (including patient safety)
- 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.
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 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.
- Will participate fully in Primary Care Networks
- Will participate fully in attaining QOF points
- Will participate fully in all other Practice contracts (such as local enhanced service contracts).
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Chronic disease management
- Primary prevention & screening services
- Clinical Governance
- Delivery of QoF targets
- Self-audit and reflection
- Organised and efficient in record keeping and completion of paperwork
- Time management being able to prioritise work and work under pressure
- Computer literacy
Desirable
- Experience of working with System One, clinical computer system
- Adaptability to change
- Committed to service development
Motivation
Essential
- Commitment to primary prevention and health improvement
- Addressing health inequalities
- Patient empowerment
- Patient advocate
- Excellent communicator
Qualifications
Essential
- Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
- Participation in annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate)
- General practice (Vocational Training Scheme) trained
- On a GP medical performers list
- Enhanced DBS check
- UK work permit (if required) or eligible as an applicant through the Tier 2 sponsorship scheme.
Desirable
- Evidence of continued professional development
- MRCGP
- Experience of teaching undergraduate students
- Current CPR certificate
- UK driving licence
Aptitude & Ability
Essential
- Willingness to share and collaborate across entire primary health team
- Ability to supervise junior staff, GP registrars and medical students
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with multi-disciplinary teams
- Ability to work flexibly
- Ability to recognise own limitations and act upon them appropriately
- Willingness to learn new skills and to problem solve
- An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
Desirable
- Ability to input to strategic and practice development requirements
- Involvement in external health committees (e.g. LMC)
- Desire to develop specialist skills
- Ability to challenge traditional models of working and to suggest improvements for change in a positive and inclusive manner
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Chronic disease management
- Primary prevention & screening services
- Clinical Governance
- Delivery of QoF targets
- Self-audit and reflection
- Organised and efficient in record keeping and completion of paperwork
- Time management being able to prioritise work and work under pressure
- Computer literacy
Desirable
- Experience of working with System One, clinical computer system
- Adaptability to change
- Committed to service development
Motivation
Essential
- Commitment to primary prevention and health improvement
- Addressing health inequalities
- Patient empowerment
- Patient advocate
- Excellent communicator
Qualifications
Essential
- Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
- Participation in annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate)
- General practice (Vocational Training Scheme) trained
- On a GP medical performers list
- Enhanced DBS check
- UK work permit (if required) or eligible as an applicant through the Tier 2 sponsorship scheme.
Desirable
- Evidence of continued professional development
- MRCGP
- Experience of teaching undergraduate students
- Current CPR certificate
- UK driving licence
Aptitude & Ability
Essential
- Willingness to share and collaborate across entire primary health team
- Ability to supervise junior staff, GP registrars and medical students
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with multi-disciplinary teams
- Ability to work flexibly
- Ability to recognise own limitations and act upon them appropriately
- Willingness to learn new skills and to problem solve
- An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
Desirable
- Ability to input to strategic and practice development requirements
- Involvement in external health committees (e.g. LMC)
- Desire to develop specialist skills
- Ability to challenge traditional models of working and to suggest improvements for change in a positive and inclusive manner
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).
