Salaried GP with a view to Partnership

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are seeking a GP to join our team at Saltash Health Centre for between 4-8 sessions per week, delivering high-quality, patient-centred care in a supportive and innovative environment.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing, GP-led organisation committed to transforming primary care through technology, clinical innovation, and data-driven decision-making.

All applicants should have the following qualifications:

• Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
• Annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate)

• Be on the NHSE medical performers list
• Good understanding and experience of chronic disease management, and primary prevention and screening services;
• Ability to take responsibility for your own career development, learning and performance and are responsible for ensuring that all your mandatory training is in date;
• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies and guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety;
• Commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice;
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in a confidential manner.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• The post-holder should have an interest and enthusiasm in developing their career in primary health care and general practice, in addition to an interest in continuing professional development. Specifically, the appointee will demonstrate the following qualities:
• A vocationally trained and accredited GP, preferably with MRCGP
• A good knowledge of and interest in general practice and primary care
• Initiative, creativity and motivation
• A collegial team spirit and feel comfortable in a strongly multidisciplinary team environment
• Able to take a consultative approach to their work, appropriately involving relevant people
• A good working knowledge and interest in national primary care strategies and ideas on how to implement these for the development of the Practice
• Be able to put the needs of the Practice and Team ahead of individual needs at busy times, periods of increased workloads QOF assessment, flu campaigns, sickness absences or unplanned leave etc. Respond in a flexible way to fluctuations in workload
• The Post-holder will be expected to demonstrate the ability to focus on long-term strategic goals rather than short-term issues/ details

Experience

Essential

• Essential skills and experience
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work as part if a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to work with limited supervision
• Understanding of the pressures faced by GPs and healthcare teams
• Willingness to contribute to and participate in a peer support group
• Current registration with the GMC and appropriate representation with a recognised medical defence organisation
• Strong levels of IT proficiency and familiarity with primary care clinical systems,the Practice uses SystemOne. Experience in using the Microsoft suite of programmes
• Proven ability to handle a busy and varied primary care case load;
• Proven ability to offer support within a clinical team and share learning points in Practice meetings
• A good understanding of GMS contracting requirements and the operation of the Quality Outcomes Framework process

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Saltash Health Centre

Address

Callington Road

Saltash

Cornwall

PL12 6DL

Employer's website

https://www.saltashhealth.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)