Job summary
The long-established Rycote Partnership of Thame are excited to be taking on Watlington and Chalgrove surgeries, and are seeking salaried GP colleagues to join a friendly team at these Oxfordshire sites. We will consider
applicants keen to work 5 sessions or more.
The Rycote
Partnership is committed to delivering the best possible care and to ensuring that
patients physical, psychological and social needs are met. Our care is defined
by the values that all staff share and is summed up in the term "Excellent
Care by Working Together".
Nestled in at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, there is beautiful countryside on the doorstep, and excellent road links via the M40. Watlington is a historic market town, renowned for its thriving independent high street, and is a great place to live and work. This is a two site practice of approximately 8000 patients. GPs will have a primary base with their own patient list to promote continuity. Working in a small team will bring leadership opportunities and a chance to shape the future of service provision.
The Rycote Partnership has a long history of teaching and training, and we offer mentorship to salaried colleagues, with additional support for newly qualified GPs. Watlington and Chalgrove are training-approved sites and we would encourage GP trainers and aspiring trainers to apply.
Applications should be submitted with a CV and covering letter to melaniestrachan@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
Working as
part of a multi-disciplinary team you will
exercise professional autonomy and clinical judgement in delivering high
quality evidence-based care. You will take a pro rata share of routine and
urgent clinical work, duty doctor, on-call and enhanced access commitments
Benefits
include:
Protected administrative time and a
commitment to move towards longer consultation times
Training practice, with opportunities for GP trainers
Daily protected coffee time
& regular social events to guard against silo working
Competitive remuneration - £11,500k
minimum per session with consideration given to experience and generous
enhancements for pro rata share of enhanced access
Pro rata commitment to duty
sessions made manageable by a shared approach
Regular mentorship sessions
including additional support for newly qualified GPs to build confidence and
help embed them in the practice
Protected time for
learning and regular business, clinical governance, clinical effectiveness and
primary health care team meetings
Opportunity to be involved in
specific care areas, including weekly cover of on site residential/nursing home
Future career development
opportunities, including GP training, care home medicine, PCN involvement, development of specialist interests, partnership
About us
We are a Partnership of 5 clinical partners and a managing partner, taking on the delivery of high quality care to the people of Watlington and Chalgrove at the Chiltern and Brook surgeries. We have a
supportive and non-hierarchical approach, with partners
taking a full share of clinical work. We are committed to patient-centred care. We offer a mix of
telephone, face-to-face and online consultations bringing together the best of
the old and new.
Watlington and Chalgrove are approved training practices, with opportunity for a GP trainer to host a GP trainee immediately.
There is aa established MDT, with GPs, nurses, healthcare assistants, paramedic, pharmacist and a social care support team, offering a holistic approach to looking after our patients. The clinical team is assisted by excellent reception and administrative teams.
Watlington and District Residential and Nursing Home is based at the Watlington site, and is rating outstanding by CQC. There is opportunity for involvement in the weekly ward round for those with an interest.
There are strong secondary care services with OUH, RBH, community hospitals in Wallingford, Henley on Thames and Abingdon. There is close working with a community palliative care team, and district nurses based at the Watlington premises.
The Chiltern and Brook Surgery is rated good by CQC and the PCN achieves very high patient satisfaction scores of over 90%.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job summary
To work as an autonomous general practitioner
integrated with the primary health care team
To possess and demonstrate the full range of
knowledge, skills and professional behaviours expected of a GP
To exercise professional autonomy and clinical
judgement in delivering high quality evidence-based care
To participate fully in the work of the GP team,
including routine and urgent clinical work, duty doctor, on-call and extended
hours rotas.
Rycote Partnership ethos
We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and
friendly environment in which to work and one where all staff are encouraged to
contribute to the development of the practice. The team is mutually
supportive and non-hierarchical. Salaried GPs are invited to attend practice
business meetings, to share in the decision-making process and implementation
of subsequent initiatives.
Job responsibilities
Clinical Care:
Provide appropriate care in the assessment and
management of patients with a full range of healthcare problems including acute
illnesses and chronic disease management
Work autonomously but in partnership with the
clinical, reception, administration and management teams
Assess patients with undifferentiated healthcare
problems
Take responsibility for
assessing and managing patients, prioritizing clinical need, determining
differential diagnosis and initiating appropriate holistic, evidence based care
in accordance with practice, national and ICB guidelines
Become the usual doctor to a
defined group of patients on a pro rata basis with sessional commitment, as
with GP partners
Consult at times required by the
practice and in keeping with other GPs provide both face to face / telephone
consultations and home visits when required
Record all consultations on a
contemporaneous basis
Whenever possible adopt a
structured approach to record keeping e.g. using appropriate clinical care
templates
Maintain the clinical record in
an optimum form including an up-to-date list of active clinical problems and
medication
View and respond to laboratory
and imaging results for own patients on the day of receipt
Respond to prescription requests
/ complete medicines management tasks on the day of receipt in accordance with
local / national guidance
Respond in a timely fashion to
miscellaneous clinical and administrative functions which are communicated in a
variety of ways (e.g. by email and Emis tasks)
Read and action correspondence
for own patients and those of absent colleagues via Docman in a timely and
appropriate manner
Write or dictate appropriate
patient referrals promptly and take steps to ensure referrals are not
overlooked
Include patients in appropriate
care protocols where this does not happen automatically (e.g. palliative care,
admission avoidance etc.)
Participate in local and
national enhanced services and any other quality initiatives agreed by the
practice
Share in the duty doctor rota on
a pro-rata basis according to sessional commitment
Ensure clinical practice is safe
and effective and remains within the boundaries of competence
Ensure resources are utilized
cost effectively and contribute to identifying alternative, more cost effective
resources
Salaried GPs are encouraged to develop areas of
clinical expertise on behalf of the practice and update colleagues on latest
best practice
Participation in training and care home rounds are additional opportunities
The practice participates in a programme of
Protected Time for Learning and all GPs contribute to
resourcing these sessions
GPs supervise other allied health professionals including pharmacists,
paramedics, and nursing team members. All GPs
assist in their education and supervision as required
Meetings and Administration
Salaried GPs are invited to participate in and
contribute to the management agenda at all practice-wide meetings
including
Business meetings
Clinical effectiveness meetings
Primary health care team
meetings
Clinical governance meetings
Protected time for learning
educational events
Miscellaneous other clinical,
audit or educational meetings
And to
Contribute to the further
development and ongoing evaluation of clinical and operational policies within
the Practice.
Provide clinical expertise and
advice to other members of the practice team as required
Enhanced Access
Salaried GPs are expected to take a pro rata share
of Enhanced Access cover with sufficient notice. This is remunerated at 1.75x your normal pay. Thame
PCN offers appointments from 07:30 Monday to Friday, until 20:00 Monday to
Friday and on Saturday mornings. This commitment is shared between all surgeries in the Thame PCN, which comprises of Watlington and Chalgrove (Chiltern and Brook), Thame (Rycote) and Wheatley (Morland House).
Professional conduct
All GPs are required to:
Maintain GMC registration
Practice at all times in
accordance the GMCs Good Medical Practice
Complete an annual NHS appraisal
as part of the current 5 yearly revalidation cycle
Maintain membership of a
professional indemnity organization commensurate with clinical workload and
scope of practice
Comply with all Practice and ICB
protocols, procedures, guidelines and policies
Act as a resource to health care
professionals, acting as a professional, visual competent role model at all
times
Changes to Jobs
All staff are expected to undertake reasonable
additional duties and responsibilities in order to meet the evolving service
needs of the Practice. Changes should be made in consultation with staff.
Variations to job descriptions can be a common occurrence and do not in
themselves justify a reconsideration of the grading of a post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job summary
To work as an autonomous general practitioner
integrated with the primary health care team
To possess and demonstrate the full range of
knowledge, skills and professional behaviours expected of a GP
To exercise professional autonomy and clinical
judgement in delivering high quality evidence-based care
To participate fully in the work of the GP team,
including routine and urgent clinical work, duty doctor, on-call and extended
hours rotas.
Rycote Partnership ethos
We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and
friendly environment in which to work and one where all staff are encouraged to
contribute to the development of the practice. The team is mutually
supportive and non-hierarchical. Salaried GPs are invited to attend practice
business meetings, to share in the decision-making process and implementation
of subsequent initiatives.
Job responsibilities
Clinical Care:
Provide appropriate care in the assessment and
management of patients with a full range of healthcare problems including acute
illnesses and chronic disease management
Work autonomously but in partnership with the
clinical, reception, administration and management teams
Assess patients with undifferentiated healthcare
problems
Take responsibility for
assessing and managing patients, prioritizing clinical need, determining
differential diagnosis and initiating appropriate holistic, evidence based care
in accordance with practice, national and ICB guidelines
Become the usual doctor to a
defined group of patients on a pro rata basis with sessional commitment, as
with GP partners
Consult at times required by the
practice and in keeping with other GPs provide both face to face / telephone
consultations and home visits when required
Record all consultations on a
contemporaneous basis
Whenever possible adopt a
structured approach to record keeping e.g. using appropriate clinical care
templates
Maintain the clinical record in
an optimum form including an up-to-date list of active clinical problems and
medication
View and respond to laboratory
and imaging results for own patients on the day of receipt
Respond to prescription requests
/ complete medicines management tasks on the day of receipt in accordance with
local / national guidance
Respond in a timely fashion to
miscellaneous clinical and administrative functions which are communicated in a
variety of ways (e.g. by email and Emis tasks)
Read and action correspondence
for own patients and those of absent colleagues via Docman in a timely and
appropriate manner
Write or dictate appropriate
patient referrals promptly and take steps to ensure referrals are not
overlooked
Include patients in appropriate
care protocols where this does not happen automatically (e.g. palliative care,
admission avoidance etc.)
Participate in local and
national enhanced services and any other quality initiatives agreed by the
practice
Share in the duty doctor rota on
a pro-rata basis according to sessional commitment
Ensure clinical practice is safe
and effective and remains within the boundaries of competence
Ensure resources are utilized
cost effectively and contribute to identifying alternative, more cost effective
resources
Salaried GPs are encouraged to develop areas of
clinical expertise on behalf of the practice and update colleagues on latest
best practice
Participation in training and care home rounds are additional opportunities
The practice participates in a programme of
Protected Time for Learning and all GPs contribute to
resourcing these sessions
GPs supervise other allied health professionals including pharmacists,
paramedics, and nursing team members. All GPs
assist in their education and supervision as required
Meetings and Administration
Salaried GPs are invited to participate in and
contribute to the management agenda at all practice-wide meetings
including
Business meetings
Clinical effectiveness meetings
Primary health care team
meetings
Clinical governance meetings
Protected time for learning
educational events
Miscellaneous other clinical,
audit or educational meetings
And to
Contribute to the further
development and ongoing evaluation of clinical and operational policies within
the Practice.
Provide clinical expertise and
advice to other members of the practice team as required
Enhanced Access
Salaried GPs are expected to take a pro rata share
of Enhanced Access cover with sufficient notice. This is remunerated at 1.75x your normal pay. Thame
PCN offers appointments from 07:30 Monday to Friday, until 20:00 Monday to
Friday and on Saturday mornings. This commitment is shared between all surgeries in the Thame PCN, which comprises of Watlington and Chalgrove (Chiltern and Brook), Thame (Rycote) and Wheatley (Morland House).
Professional conduct
All GPs are required to:
Maintain GMC registration
Practice at all times in
accordance the GMCs Good Medical Practice
Complete an annual NHS appraisal
as part of the current 5 yearly revalidation cycle
Maintain membership of a
professional indemnity organization commensurate with clinical workload and
scope of practice
Comply with all Practice and ICB
protocols, procedures, guidelines and policies
Act as a resource to health care
professionals, acting as a professional, visual competent role model at all
times
Changes to Jobs
All staff are expected to undertake reasonable
additional duties and responsibilities in order to meet the evolving service
needs of the Practice. Changes should be made in consultation with staff.
Variations to job descriptions can be a common occurrence and do not in
themselves justify a reconsideration of the grading of a post.
Person Specification
Ethos
Essential
- Commitment to our core values; Excellence, Caring & Working Together Commitment to continuity of care for our patients Commitment to the core principles and traditions of the NHS
- A good team player who is able to support, value and respect other members of the team
Desirable
- Ability to influence others positively, negotiate constructively and resolve conflict successfully
- Comfortable working in a constantly changing environment and adaptable and able to respond to new challenges in primary care
Qualifications
Essential
- Full registration with the GMC & holder of MRCGP or equivalent Performers List license to practice Evidence of revalidation and engagement in the appraisal process
Desirable
- Qualification or desire to work towards a teaching/training qualification Specialist interest / qualifications e.g. coil fitting, long-term condition management, joint injections, care home medicine
Experience
Essential
- Commitment to high quality evidence based clinical care underpinned by sound clinical knowledge & awareness to fully and appropriately investigate problems
- A friendly and appropriate manner with good people skills, showing understanding, care and assertiveness where appropriate
- Commitment to reflective practice and the continuous improvement of own performance
Desirable
- Evidence of broader skills and experience applicable to the development of services beyond core primary care work streams
- Experience of working in a teaching or training capacity
Person Specification
Ethos
Essential
- Commitment to our core values; Excellence, Caring & Working Together Commitment to continuity of care for our patients Commitment to the core principles and traditions of the NHS
- A good team player who is able to support, value and respect other members of the team
Desirable
- Ability to influence others positively, negotiate constructively and resolve conflict successfully
- Comfortable working in a constantly changing environment and adaptable and able to respond to new challenges in primary care
Qualifications
Essential
- Full registration with the GMC & holder of MRCGP or equivalent Performers List license to practice Evidence of revalidation and engagement in the appraisal process
Desirable
- Qualification or desire to work towards a teaching/training qualification Specialist interest / qualifications e.g. coil fitting, long-term condition management, joint injections, care home medicine
Experience
Essential
- Commitment to high quality evidence based clinical care underpinned by sound clinical knowledge & awareness to fully and appropriately investigate problems
- A friendly and appropriate manner with good people skills, showing understanding, care and assertiveness where appropriate
- Commitment to reflective practice and the continuous improvement of own performance
Desirable
- Evidence of broader skills and experience applicable to the development of services beyond core primary care work streams
- Experience of working in a teaching or training capacity
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
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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).