Salaried GP in Letchworth Garden City

We are looking for a colleague to join our Practice Team, making a difference to patients in Letchworth. You will be registered with GMC and engaged in regular clinical work.

• Be an experienced doctor with GP accreditation
• Hold MRCGP examination or equivalent experience
• Have a sound knowledge of the principles and values that support good medical practice
• Experience in Total Triage model of working would be an advantage
• Have good organisational skills
• Have excellent interpersonal skills and be committed to working as part of a team
• Have a clear commitment to delivering quality and patient-focused service
• Have a record of continuous professional development

Main duties of the job:

• Provide clinical care to patients, including consultation sessions, telephone triage, econsults, correspondence, results, medication reviews, prescription signing, and other clinical administration, medicals, reports, home visits, surgery meetings, and on-call (excluding out of hours).
• Adhere to the highest personal and professional standards as set out by the GMC and prioritise individual patient care.
• Provide support, on a rota basis, as the Triage Clinician for total triage way of working.
• Work with the Directors and Practice Manager to support the development, delivery, and review of the agreed surgery action plan, which may include list growth, patient satisfaction levels, QOF, enhanced services, safeguarding of patients, KPI targets, CQC, PNC DES activities, resources, profile, and cost management.
• Provide colleague clinical support to your peer GPs, nurses, HCAs, trainees, and other healthcare colleagues.
• Work closely with the Practice primary health care team in delivering clinical care.
• Actively participate in regular clinical Practice meetings.
• Ensure ongoing CPD to keep abreast of new clinical developments.
• Document and report significant events and matters relating to clinical governance to the Practice Manager.

About us:

The Birchwood and Sollershott Surgery is one practice based over two sites. We are an accredited education practice, which supports ST2/ST3s. With a patient list of approx 18,500 and growing, we are a busy and lively practice. We operate a Total Triage model of working, with a clinical triage team supporting the triage for patient enquiries. Our GPs have 15-minute per patient appointments, with admin and catch-up slots during the day. Our multi-disciplinary clinical team is made up of GPs, Paramedic, ANPs, prescribing nurses, Practice Nurses, and Health Care Assistants. We operate in a supportive PCN area, with support from Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, First Contact Physio, Midwifery, Phlebotomy, Mental Health Nurse, Social Prescribers, and Enhanced Access Service.

Job responsibilities:

Please see the attached PDF document for full details of the Job Description for the position of Salaried GP.

Person Specification:

• To be registered with GMC and engaged in regular clinical work
• To be an experienced doctor with GP accreditation
• To hold MRCGP examination or equivalent experience
• Experience of being a salaried GP in Primary Care, and being post immediate qualification

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.