Salaried GP: 6/8 Sessions & benefits

Job responsibilities

General Practitioner - Salaried

REPORTS TO: Practice Partnership/ Practice Manager

HOURS: Part / Full Time 6- 8 sessions

SALARY: Competitive (£10,000 per session + indemnity)

CONTRACT: Permanent

Job summary:

This post requires the holder to have an excellent understanding of and identification with the ethos of the Practice and to demonstrate this in their professional behaviour and their dealings with the public.

The post-holder will ensure the highest standards of care for all registered patients.

They will be part of a multi-disciplinary team, be involved in practice meetings, business affairs and take an interest in the practice's future development and share in decision making.

Clinical responsibilities:

• Provide a full range of medical services as per the GMS contract
• Duties include surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home or in care homes, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion
• Respond to medical problems presented by temporarily registered residents as required.
• Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
• Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
• Providing counselling and health education
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions
• 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
• A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice
• Contribute to the evaluation of the clinical standards within the organisation including participating in audits and provision of evidence based results.
• Assist in maintaining a wide skill mix within the team, ensuring a range of service delivery.
• Contributing to the summarising of patient records
• Read-coding patient data appropriately
• Attendance at practice/ partnership, clinical, MDT and educational meetings as well as external events as appropriate.
• Commitment and contribution to the achievement of the highest possible standards such as QOF, Enhanced Services, Prescribing and other performance targets.
• Active participation in the management and development of the Practice.

The above list of duties is not exhaustive and may be subject to change as deemed necessary.

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.
• Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

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.

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
• Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Health & safety:

The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

• Providing information regarding immune status with particular regard to Hepatitis B status
• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
• Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process
• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.
• Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that proper use is made of hand cleansing facilities, wipes etc., and that these are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate to the responsible manager
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and safe way, free from hazards.
• Correct personal use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and hand hygiene.
• Actively identifying, reporting, and correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised
• Correct waste, sharps and instrument management, including handling, segregation, and container use.
• Providing advice on the correct and safe management of the specimens process including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements
• Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
• Maintenance of own clean working environment
• Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum twice annually)

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 for PREP are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, with such training to include:

• Participation in an annual individual performance review, 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.

Other Skills/Attributes Required

• Excellent keyboard skills and be confident using technology and clinical systems
• Excellent written and spoken communications skills
• The ability to work in a highly confidential environment
• The ability to stay calm under pressure
• Professional personal presentation
• Able to remain courteous but firm when dealing with difficult patients/situations
• Good organisational skills and attention to detail
• Reliable and good at time-keeping
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and stressful environment
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Highly self-motivated and directed
• Ability to effectively prioritise and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment and in line with the defined needs of the Practice Infection Control
• It is expected that the post holder will promote and adhere to safe working practices which will ensure that risk of infection both to the post holder and others, is minimised. This includes a requirement to attend mandatory annual infection control training as required by the Practice.

Qualifications

Essential

• GMC Registered
• MBBS or equivalent medical degree
• MRCGP
• Inclusion on the Performers List
• MPS/MDUS/MDDUS membership
• DBS Enhanced Check

Desirable

• Any Additional skill sets for development.
• Education and supervision training experience (although can be developed)

Experience

Essential

• Worked within a UK GP Practice
• Computer literate (Microsoft etc)
• Clinical systems (Systemone, AccurX) Can be developed and trained.

Desirable

• Working in Primary Care in an area with significant health problems

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Good communication on all levels
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Patient sensitive
• Honest
• Ability to work in a highly confidential environment
• Sensitive to patient issues
• Ability to stay calm in a crisis
• Willingness to undertake continuing professional development
• Full UK driving licence and use of car

Desirable

• Knowledge of current guidelines
• Knowledge of current General Practice environment
• Knowledge of London/West Essex Services
• Understanding of demographic characteristics that affect health in the local area

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).