Salaried GP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main duties of the role

As a salaried GP at West Oak Surgery you will provide primary healthcare services to patients in all required environments. You will be expected to participate in practice activities including clinical and staff meetings, audits, and relevant CPD activities; you will also take a role in the development of the Practice.

The post-holder will practice in accordance with accepted good medical practice and the various clinical policies of the Service. You may also be expected to participate in the Practices activities relating to its function as a training practice.

Daily Clinical Responsibilities

In accordance with the session rota, as agreed, the post-holder will be 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 tasks, queries, and other paperwork in a timely manner.

• Refer patients to specialist services in hospitals.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and impartiality.
• Plan and provide appropriate treatment.
• Commission health care by liaising with medical professionals in the community and hospitals.
• Promote health education in conjunction with other health professionals.
• Organise preventative medical programmes for individual patients.
• Keep up to date with medical developments, new drugs, treatments and medications, including complementary medicine; discuss the introduction of new pharmaceutical products to our formulary with our Clinical Pharmacist and liaising with them.
• Attend and participate in practice meetings. Partners meetings and business/strategic planning.
• Show a commitment to professional development.

• Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation or external organisations.
• Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Prescribing in accordance with the accepted prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate.
• Understand the importance of evidence based practice and clinical effectiveness.
• Understand Clinical Governance.
• Demonstrate good written English and spoken skills.
• Have a solutions focused approach.
• Have the ability to cope with stressful situations.
• Ability to undertake responsibility.
• Be able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Understand the role of teamwork in providing quality care.
• Be trustworthy, flexible and a good time keeper.
• Show strict adherence for the need to adhere to confidentiality.
• Have the ability to use own judgement, resources and common sense.
• Be an effective team worker who is decisive, with a confident working style. and have the ability to deal with competing priorities effectively.

It is essential that applicants are able and willing to undertake Duty Dr responsibilities on a rotational basis each week. Days and times to be negotiated during interview.

Due to being a small practice it is also essential that applicants are able and willing to provide cross-cover for colleagues when required.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a General Practice setting with sound knowledge of the principles and values that support good medical practice.
• Proven excellent interpersonal skills and commitment to working as part of a team, with excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Record of ongoing continuous professional development.

Qualifications

Essential

• Current registration with GMC and NHS performers list is essential.

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

West Oak Surgery

Address

319 Westdale Lane

Mapperley

Nottingham

NG3 6EW

Employer's website

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