Salaried GP

Job description

Job responsibilities

ROLE DEFINITION

This post requires an experienced General Practitioner who has been fully GMCregistered for a minimum of five years and is confident working autonomously across varied clinical settings. The post holder will be required to deliver clinical services across multiple SDHC sites, including, but not limited to, Hillbrow Health and Wellbeing, the Intermediate Care Ward at Eastbourne District General Hospital (EDGH), and the Virtual Ward Team Base in Lewes, as well as other SDHC operational locations according to service needs. This post will require the GP to work some evenings and weekends.

MAIN DUTIES AND KEY OUTCOMES

Clinical Delivery (90 percent or more of contracted hours)

Directly help to deliver on SDHCs contractual requirements to provide clinical capacity in all commissioned and private services, as required. This work will be delivered through a mixture of traditional methods such as telephone and face-to-face, or at external sites. You will be expected to:

• Practise evidence-based medicine, in line with national and locally agreed guidelines
• Prescribe in line with local and national guidelines
• Refer patients to secondary/urgent care and additional interventions as appropriate
• Manage long-term conditions and patients with complex problems as needed.
• Promote healthy living strategies and give health and wellbeing advice, generally encouraging patients to follow a healthy lifestyle especially if conducting group consultations.
• Make autonomous clinical decisions relating to patients health needs
• Participate in research projects delivered by SDHC on behalf or organisations such as NIHR, Universities and other external healthcare organisations.
• SDHC regularly takes GP trainees from NHSE Kent, Surrey and Sussex (KSS) Deanery. There is a requirement for all salaried GPs to provide occasional supervision of GP trainees.

Communication

Provide professional telephone and written advice and support to patients and their carers

To respond to queries from patients and staff in a professional manner referring to the appropriate colleagues in accordance with protocols and personal and professional boundaries.

Leadership

Accountable and responsible for own actions, working within professional and personal boundaries and competencies

Contributes to the continual improvement of SDHC services, sharing best practice and speaking up when things go wrong

• Provide leadership within your team (including but not limited to participation in buddying/ mentoring of new colleagues, raising tensions in respectful and courteous manners, attendance and contribution to team meetings and discussions)
• Support team members to deliver excellent service through a programme of peer review and direct observation of practice.

Working Relationships

Work collaboratively with members of the SDHC team, attending and participating in team/clinical/SDHC meetings as required

Liaise with other SDHC teams to ensure patients receive the best and most appropriate care for their specific needs.

Patient & Public Involvement

• Optimise patient well-being to enable them to do the things that matter to them

Engage with patients, internal and external stakeholders as required

Engage with users of the service to understand peoples experience of the service and to measure levels of satisfaction

Ensure the patient voice is heard and acted on appropriately. Particular attention will be paid to how we ensure the care we provide is safe, effective, caring, and responsive.

Contribute to responding to complaints as appropriate, according to the SDHC complaints policy

Participate in patient engagement activities relating to service developments / feedback as required.

Risk Management

Promote a culture where the sharing of learning events and deep learning that comes from them is positive and the norm

Contribute to a learning event register which is maintained and required actions are completed within agreed timescales

Highlight issues and risks within the services

Contribute to the development and maintenance of the risk register, providing updates on mitigating actions as required within requested timescale.

Audit

Participate in audit activities to optimise patient safety and the use of resource, undertaking audit in accordance with the service audit plan

• Make recommendations based on the outcomes of audit and shared learning activities

Ensure audits evidence SDHCs ability to provide Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive, and Well-Led services.

Information and IT

Data that helps us understand our services, our practices and our patients is important to SDHC. You will help ensure we capture and analyse important data that helps drive continuous service improvement

• Analyse, interpret and present prescribing information at practice and population level to support effective decision making and change in evidence based clinical practice

Update electronic patient medication records in line with incoming clinical correspondence

Maintain full and complete records of all patient contacts using appropriate clinical templates and coding

Develop and utilise agreed searches and templates to ensure high quality consistent patient care and enable data collection and reporting on pharmacy team activity

Collect and review qualitative data such as evidence of impact, feedback, plaudits and complaints to improve individual and service improvement.

Collaborative Support

Work within a team who provide peer support to each other, accessing support via local interprofessional training and supervision arrangements as required

Provide training, supervision and peer support for team members as required

Travel between named practices, SDHC premises, extended access service hubs and meetings across the patch as required

Work alongside other SDHC teams as required to ensure seamless patient care

Work with internal and external stakeholders to help PCN and practices achieve local and national targets.

Other Duties

You will be expected to provide cover for other team members as appropriate to ensure an effective service is always provided and to carry out any other duties as determined and requested by the organisation. This job description is not a definitive or exhaustive list of responsibilities but identifies the key responsibilities and tasks of the post holder. The specific objectives of the post holder will be subject to review as part of the individuals performance review/appraisal.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of prioritising work and meeting deadlines
• Understanding of office systems such as diary management, rota management, bring forward systems, computer filing systems.
• Able to communicate effectively and professionally both face to face and on the telephone with people at all levels
• Demonstrated high standard of written and verbal communication
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• Demonstrating persistence in finding ways to overcome obstacles
• Able to deal with patients in a professional and compassionate manner
• Can demonstrate understanding of Information Governance, Patient Confidentiality and Data Protection requirements
• Able to anticipate barriers and issues and take action to mitigate risks
• Previous experience of working in a primary care setting

Desirable

• Experience of using electronic systems/databases to ensure efficient management of processes
• Knowledge and understanding of the NHS and the challenges facing Primary Care

Qualifications

Essential

• GMC Registered, not subject to suspension
• Qualified General Practitioner (minimum of 5 years post CCT)
• Currently on performers list

Other Requirements

Essential

• Must be able to drive, have access to a vehicle to use for work and have business use included on your vehicle insurance
• Proven record of good timekeeping and attendance
• Your working pattern will be discussed and agreed with you
• Able to show understanding of issues relating to equal opportunities

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Shares SDHCs values
• Works well within a team
• Capable of working with tact and diplomacy
• Approachable, adaptable, supportive, self-motivated

Skills

Essential

• High level of competence in Microsoft Office packages (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint as a minimum)
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Highly organised and able to work on own initiative, in line with agreed parameters / procedures
• Able to resolve conflicting diary appointments and schedules
• Time management and prioritisation skills
• Analytical and problem solving skills

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

South Downs Health and Care Ltd (SDHC)

Address

Hillbrow Health & Wellbeing Ltd

1 Denton Road

Eastbourne

East Sussex

BN20 7SS

Employer's website

http://www.sdhc.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)