Portfolio General Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE

The Portfolio GP will provide highquality, flexible clinical care across our four practices and the Lings Bar service, delivering 10 sessions of planned cover each week as part of a 12month proof of concept model. The postholder will act as an integral member of each practice team on the days they are on site, undertaking the full range of GP duties including clinical consultations ,oncall, task management, medical reports, joint injections(where qualified), QOF related activity, and contribution to enhanced services. Attached to a designated host practice for line management and support, the role is designed to strengthen workforce resilience, reduce reliance on locum provision, and enhance continuity of care. The postholder(s) will be expected to demonstrate adaptability, working flexibly across multiple sites to respond to service needs and maintain safe, effective patient care.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical Care

• Provide high quality, patient centred clinical care across multiple practices, including face to face, telephone, and online consultations. Conducting home visits, checking and signing repeat prescriptions, dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion
• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation or externally
• 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
• Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate
• Recording clear and contemporaneous 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)
• Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
• Undertake on call duties as required, contributing to safe and effective sameday care.
• Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate(Lings Bar service)
• Manage clinical tasks, results, and workflow in line with practice protocols
• Complete medical reports, insurance forms, and other administrative clinical work
• Deliver joint injections and other minor procedures within scope of competence
• Support QOF delivery, clinical audits, and achievement of practice and PCN targets
• Contribute to enhanced services and local service specifications as required
• In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care

Cross-Site Flexibility

• Work flexibly across four practices and the Lings Bar service, adapting to differing systems, teams, and operational needs.
• Provide planned cover for annual leave, sickness, and workforce gaps to reduce reliance on locum provision.
• Participate in a phased induction to ensure safe and effective integration across all sites.

Teamwork and Collaboration

• Act as a fully integrated member of each practice team on the days worked, contributing to MDT discussions, clinical meetings, and shared decision making.
• Build effective working relationships with clinical and nonclinical colleagues across all sites.
• Engage with the host practice and Medical Director for line management, pastoral support, and professional development.

Professional Standards

• Maintain GMC registration, revalidation requirements, and evidence of ongoing CPD.
• Work in accordance with practice policies, clinical governance frameworks, and safeguarding procedures.
• Demonstrate a commitment to continuous improvement, patient safety, and high clinical standards.

Additional

• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
• A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice
• Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation
• Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records
• Contributing to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data
• Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

For more information please see the supporting documents

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Please provide detailed information of how you feel that your experience is suitable for this role; please provide examples to support your application referring to the job description and person specification for guidance.

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Please provide detailed information of how you feel that your knowledge and skills are suitable for this role; please provide examples to support your application referring to the job description and person specification for guidance.

Qualifications

Essential

• Please provide details of your CPD, using examples where necessary.
• Please provide your registration number of your GMC professional registration.

Personal qualities

Essential

• Please provide details for why you would be a great fit for this role and why you have decided to apply.

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

Primary Integrated Community Services

Address

Hama Medical Centre

Nottingham Road

Kimberley

Nottingham

NG16 2NB

Employer's website

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