Salaried GP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical:

To provide clinical care to patients as described in the job plan, this will include consultation sessions, telephone triage, e-appointments, telephone consultations, correspondence, results, medication reviews and prescription signing and other clinical administration, safeguarding lead, medicals, reports, home visits, practice meetings and on-call (excluding out of hours).

To adhere to the highest personal and professional standards as set out by the GMC and to put individual patient care as the priority.

To make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcare professionals within the organisation.

To assess the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.

To screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.

To develop care plans for health, in consultation with patients and in line with current practices disease management protocols.

To provide counselling and health education.

To admit or discharge patients to and from the caseload and refer to other care providers as appropriate.

To record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes in SystmOne/EMIS to agreed standards.

To collect data for audit purposes.

To compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible).

To prescribe in accordance with the current prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.

To communicate effectively with patients, carers and other members of the primary care team, recognising peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Operations

To work with the Practice Manager and practice Clinical Lead to support the development of the practice including list growth, patient satisfaction levels, QOF, enhanced services, KPI targets, resource profile and cost management.

To work closely with the practice primary health care team in delivering clinical care, including attendance at practice team meetings.

Personal Professional Development:

To ensure on-going CPD to keep abreast of new clinical developments and maintain an appreciation of the commitments and requirements of the wider clinical workforce.

To ensure that personal mandatory and organisationally required training is up to date.

To participate in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.

To take responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

To ensure effective engagement with, and meet professional development requirements for, NHSE Annual Appraisal and Revalidation, PDP production and GMC revalidation.

To attend training and events organised by the Spirit or other agencies where appropriate.

Quality:

To effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

To maintain awareness of, and compliance with, all relevant Spirit Practices policies/guidelines and protocols.

To document and report significant events and matters relating to clinical governance to the Clinical Lead or Practice Manager.

To alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.

To assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision

To contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance

To work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patient need.

To commit to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.

To contribute to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation.

To contribute to the summarising of patient records and read coding of patient data.

Familiarising yourself and adhering to all Company Policies and Procedures, including our Equal Opportunities Policy.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Current registration with GMC and NHS performers list (with no conditions preventing working or restrictions on practice) and engaged in regular clinical work
• Sound knowledge of the principles and values that support good medical practice.
• Good organisational and IT skills desirable.
• Will have excellent interpersonal skills and be committed to working as part of a team.
• Will have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Clear commitment to delivering quality and patient focused services.
• Record of on-going CPD and learning.
• This document is current at the date of signature. However, amendments may be made from time to time to meet business requirements.

Qualifications

Essential

• MRCGP examination or equivalent experience.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Spirit Health Group Limited

Address

Beaumont Leys Health Centre

1 Little Wood Close

Leicester

LE4 0UZ

Employer's website

https://www.spirit-health.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)