Salaried GP 4-8 Sessions in Alconbury

We are a friendly, rural, multiple site GMS Practice with 4 Partners and 8 salaried doctors serving 14,600 patients. Due to Practice growth and GP retirement, we are seeking applications from enthusiastic, motivated GPs for salaried GPs as a permanent post to help us maintain a high standard of quality care for our patients. We are a flexible and supportive employer with an established but growing team who are committed in their support of our GPs in providing patient centred continuity of care for our Practice population.

We recently achieved a GOOD rating in terms of being safe, effective and well led during our CQC inspection and ranked 5th in Cambridge and Peterborough in this year's GP patient feedback Survey. An established teaching and training Practice hosting GP Registrars and Cambridge Medical Students. Emisweb clinical system. Part dispensing. Offering a traditional appointment system. Paramedics and Clinical Pharmacists support GPs with patient contacts. Our workflow team manage 90% of incoming documents. Regular GP, team and multidisciplinary meetings with protected time. An experienced nursing team trained in minor illness and chronic disease management. One session per week pro-rata CPD with encouragement of special interests. Research ready accredited Practice. Positive patient feedback with 98% satisfaction.

Sessions & Salary commensurate with experience to include defence union subscription & GMC.

Main duties of the job: GPs will be involved in the delivery of all services incorporated within the GMS contract to meet the needs of our growing patient population.

About us: We are currently a 2 Surgery, rural GP Practice with plans for a third Surgery imminently. We have a growing team of GPs and support staff who work together to deliver a high standard of care for our patients. We have 4 Partners and 8 salaried GPs with a patient list of 14,600 patients across the 2 existing Surgeries. We are flexible in the support of our team to utilise their strengths and specialist interests which results in a high level of team commitment and length of service. We are a training Practice with a positive, forward thinking culture of learning. We would welcome the opportunity for a motivated, enthusiastic GP to join the team and help us be the difference for our patients.

Job responsibilities:

• Manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.
• Make themselves 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, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
• Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.
• Assess the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
• Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Develop care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols.
• Provide counselling and health education.
• Admit or discharge patients to and from the caseload and refer to other care providers as appropriate.
• Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible).
• Prescribe in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
• Complete Insurance Reports and Medicals for patients within their care.
• Contribute to duty/cover arrangements during Practice closures and for GP colleagues when absent.
• Undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Other responsibilities within the organisation:

• 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.

Person Specification:

• IT / Audit Skills: EMIS Web clinical system.
• Ability to work within a team.
• Good Communication Skills: Written and Oral.
• Good Interpersonal Skills.
• Time Management Skills.
• Flexible.
• Reliable.
• Self-motivated.
• Full Driving Licence / Car owner.

Qualifications:

• MB ChB or equivalent.
• GMC Certificate.
• JCPTGP Certificate or CCST.
• Defence Organisation Membership.
• Inclusion on Performers List.

Experience:

• Previous General Practice 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.