Salaried GP in Batley

We are a friendly, advanced training practice with 4 partners, 4 salaried GPs, GP trainees, Nurse practitioners, medical students, apprentices and an excellent nursing and administrative team. We are an outward-looking Practice that is expanding its delivery locations to include Broughton House GP Surgery in Batley. As part of this expansion, we are growing the team and looking for a 6 session GP.

Do you feel like a change and want to join a supportive and enthusiastic team? We know that having variety in your working life is an extremely important way to prevent burn out. In recognition of this, we would be keen for you to be involved in teaching and training. We would actively encourage and support you to deliver depending on your interests. Please talk to our current salaried GPs about how they find working with us.

Main duties of the job

As well as delivering the best clinical care to our patient cohort, training the next generation of NHS clinicians is a focus for the practice and as such we are able to provide a supportive environment that fosters teamwork and promotes success. The post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care. You will be working across 3 locations (Blackburn Road Medical Centre, Birkenshaw Health Centre and Broughton House GP Surgery) alongside other GPs and supported by a range of other health care and admin professionals.

In accordance with the Practice timetable, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone/video consultations and queries and dealing with queries, paperwork, reports. Ability to communicate clearly and effectively. Good organisational skills. Able to work under pressure. Working on own initiative. Committed to quality and patient satisfaction.

About us

We have a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic GP to join our team. Blackburn Road Medical Centre is a friendly and supportive working environment; we are a 15,000 patient partnership with 4 Partners and 4 salaried GPs. We are a training practice that works across three sites, we have a research element to the practice in addition to the close liaison with the Community Dermatology Provider. We play an active role in our local PCN and have excellent clinical, admin and management support teams to support the right individual in the role. We are committed to the continued delivery of joined-up health care across the Kirklees community.

Job responsibilities

A key member of the team, you will manage a caseload, dealing with a wide range of presenting health care needs in a primary care setting. The post holder will work with clinical colleagues in ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered patients. The post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care. Making themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone/video consultations and queries dealing with queries, paperwork and reports. The post holder will also contribute to planning and decision making as part of the practice team; the job description, therefore, covers clinical and organisational elements.

Clinical Responsibilities

• In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, issuing and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
• Makes professionally autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred internally within the Practice.
• Receives patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and makes assessments of their health care needs.
• Screens patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Develops care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols.
• Provides counselling and health education.
• Prescribes in accordance with the prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate.
• Admits or discharges patients to and from caseload and refers them to other care providers internally or externally as appropriate.
• Supports the trainers in teaching in the Practice and gives clinical supervision to training doctors.
• Complies with relevant Practice policy/guidelines, e.g. Child Protection, confidentiality issues etc.
• Is committed to lifelong learning, audit and effectiveness issues to ensure evidence-based best practice.
• Ensures inclusion on a local Performer’s list.

Other Responsibilities within the Practice

• Consults with patients in the surgery and at home visits as agreed internally between all partners.
• Be available for 'on-call' duties to answer patients' telephone queries or carry out emergency home visits, or surgery consultations as appropriate.
• Contributes to the evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting with colleagues.
• Records clear and contemporaneous I.T. based consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Collects data for audit purposes.
• Compiles and issues computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible).
• In general, the post holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
• Contributes to the strategic management and development of the Practice e.g. in developing and contributing to Practice policies and guidelines.
• Attendance at training, Practice Meetings and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
• Meets all tight timescales/deadlines for audits and written returns to ensure that the Practice meets quality standards and receives the designated funding (e.g. Quarterly Enhanced Services returns, annual QOF audit etc.).
• Ensuring full accreditation which will include full and unrestricted registration with the GMC, membership of an appropriate defence body and delivery of annual evidence for appraisal or accreditation purposes in keeping with National requirements at any time.
• A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.

Person Specification

• Qualifications: GMC registered, Performers list registration.
• Experience: Experience of working as a GP in a primary care/community setting.
• 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.