Salaried GP

Job responsibilities

As a Salaried GP the post holder will be a key clinician within the team at Hartlepool Health PCN. A job plan will be agreed with you the post holder who will provide general medical services and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting. As a salaried GP we would also expect the post holder to actively support and promote the success and prosperity of the practice and wider PCN organisation ensuring quality, standards and income streams are maximised where ever possible.

The post holder will work as a member of the multidisciplinary Practice team to provide general medical services for the needs of the practice population and to help ensure the Practice provides the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients. The post holder will manage a busy caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting.

The post holder is expected to contribute to the operational and strategic management of the practices within Hartlepool Health PCN and there are opportunities for personal and professional development across a wide range of areas within primary care.

We would expect the Salaried GP within the practice to meet with the Practice Team Lead/Manager at least once per month to discuss, plan and organise general business matters of the practice/PCN. The practices Key Performance Indicator Report should be discussed, reviewed and action plans agreed where necessary.

The Salaried GP and Practice Team Lead/Manager will be expected to maintain the best interests of the practice/wider PCN organisation when making decisions about operational practice.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical:

The post holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associates with a GP working within Primary Care, including, but not limited to:

• In accordance with the Practice consulting schedule, as agreed, the post holder will make themself 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 queries, patient test results, patient medical reports and examinations (e.g. insurance companies) on behalf of the Practice.
• Making professional autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcare workers.
• Recording clear and contemporaneous IT based consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Collecting data for audit purposes.
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible).
• Making referrals to other healthcare providers (NHS and private) in line with national and local guidelines and pathways.
• Prescribing in accordance with locally agreed or national guidelines.
• Covering on call as part of a fair rota which meets the needs of the practice.

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 people's 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.

Continuous Personal and Professional Development:

• Ensuring that professional updating and development needs are met through participating in and maintaining a record of appropriate training and educational programmes.
• Participating in the Practice appraisal programme and GP appraisal.

Confidentiality and Data Security:

• Maintaining awareness of and compliance with Hartlepool Health PCN confidentiality, IT, data security, and GDPR policies.

For further information about the requirements and obligations of this role, please see the attached Job Description document.

Communication Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Self-motivated and hardworking with the ability to stay calm under pressure
• Empathetic, honest, caring
• Experience of GP clinical IT systems
• Need to meet the travel requirements of the post to cover the geographical area of Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust
• Good IT and presentation skills
• Team loyalty
• A positive approach to lessons learnt
• Confident approach without being arrogant
• Must be able to demonstrate the English language proficiency level required for this post

Experience

Essential

• Clinical training and experience as a General Practitioner
• Understands the importance of evidence-based practice and clinical effectiveness
• Evidence of recent self-directed learning or development
• Experience in a wide variety of clinical settings
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Understands the development of clinical commissioning
• Experience of the use of Primary Care IT Systems

Management and Administrative

Essential

• Ability to organise and manage your own time
• Ability to cover on call
• Work closely with the Executive GP to drive up standards for their practice
• Ability to follow as well as lead
• Have realistic expectations of others
• Ability to be clear and explicit about standards expected
• Ability to be visible to the team
• Ability to show humility
• Ability to keep others on board
• Ability to delegate appropriately
• Ability to adapt your leadership style to multiple situations
• Ability to encourage others to question and challenge
• Ability to be clear about the direction of travel
• Work closely with the Executive GP to deal with performance issues fairly but clearly

Desirable

• Experience of leadership and management

Teaching, Research, Audit, and Clinical Governance

Essential

• Experience of, and commitment to, teaching undergraduate and postgraduate staff from other professions
• Experience of, and commitment to, clinical audit
• A good understanding of Clinical Governance and quality issues as well as current health and social policy
• An understanding of and commitment to the development of clinical commissioning

Desirable

• Experience of supervising trainees
• Educational qualification
• Experience of and commitment to Quality Improvement
• Research experience
• Ability to supervise postgraduate research publications in peer reviewed journals

Continued Professional and Personal Development

Essential

• Demonstrable evidence of lifelong learning
• Reflective approach to personal development, with an ability to acknowledge and effectively manage poor performance.
• Participation in appropriate peer review processes

Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC Registration
• Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent (JCPTGP / nMRCGP)
• Membership of recognised defence union (MPS/MDU/Clinical Insurer)
• Currently on a performers list and never been removed from a performers list for a detrimental reason.

Desirable

• DRCOG
• DFFP / FFFP
• DCH

Communication Skills and Other Attributes

Essential

• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Self-motivated and hardworking with the ability to stay calm under pressure
• Empathetic, honest, caring
• Experience of GP clinical IT systems
• Need to meet the travel requirements of the post to cover the geographical area of Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust
• Good IT and presentation skills
• Team loyalty
• A positive approach to lessons learnt
• Confident approach without being arrogant
• Must be able to demonstrate the English language proficiency level required for this post
• Participation in on call and emergency cover
• Understand and accept the organisational priorities, and be able to communicate these effectively to colleagues and staff
• Work closely with the Executive GP and engage in constructive debate about organisational issues
• Willing to interact positively with managers, showing mutual respect and expecting a similar level of respect in turn
• Effectively balance loyalty to the service and to the organisation
• Behave corporately
• Anticipate changes in the political climate
• Show awareness of where your team sits in the bigger picture
• Show financial awareness
• Understand the financial impact of your, or your team's, decisions
• Willing to compromise and share resources
• Understand the wider health economy and implications for NPC
• Understand, and work within, organisational constraints
• Join NPC's clinical indemnity / insurance scheme at renewal date of current policy

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).