PCN Salaried GP in Reading

We are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive GP to join our multi-disciplinary team for 4-5 sessions per week.

Key points to consider in being part of our team:

• Strong team ethos underpinned by Christian values - Practice supports social and sports events
• 4 appointments per hour
• No duty doctor - overflow each day managed by a shared team of GPs and AHPs
• Innovative supervisory GP model for acute and routine care
• Home visits largely conducted by paramedics
• Regular teaching from external consultants and a doctors meeting protected as CPD with lunch provided

What we are looking for:

• Motivated individuals with a positive, proactive approach to general practice
• Ability to work as part of a team and sharing the workload with colleagues
• Ability to manage clinical uncertainty and risk in own clinical practice and whilst potentially supervising a team of allied health professionals

Main duties of the job:

• Provide medical services for the practice population to a high standard, including day-to-day activities such as surgery consultations, telephone advice, telephone consultations and home visits and appropriate administration to ensure accurate records, patient continuity and quality of care.
• Comply with the requirements of the practices General Medical Services/Personal Medical Services (GMS/PMS) contract, Enhanced Services contracts, educational/training delivery contracts and private contracts.
• Adhere to the principles of good medical practice.

About us:

The Practice serves approximately 31,000 patients from our 4 surgeries in Earley, Lower Earley, Winnersh and Wilderness Road. Due to our size, we value communication and teamwork. We operate a strongly relational team structure and endeavour to listen well, encourage ownership and involvement and enable staff to grow in their individual development. We, therefore, spend a lot of time investing in team meetings and communication across the organisation. We are a member of Berkshire West Clinical Commissioning Group. We have won the HSJ (Health Services Journal) Digital Award for our innovative work we've done to refine our triage processes and model of care.

Other key aspects of the Practice include:

• Use of Anima to aid triage/consultation
• Strong IT and systems including Emis Web, Accu-Rx, DXS, ANIMA Documents
• Longstanding Training Practice with GP Registrars, Physician Assistants trainees and others
• Opportunities for clinical leadership and development
• Specialist gynaecological, dermatology and physio services on site
• Our own Primary Care Network, serving 31,000 patients
• High Achieving QOF and highly successful PCN

Job responsibilities:

We are a training practice, use the EMIS Clinical system and have a strong emphasis on proactive teamwork. There is the possibility for you to be involved in group consultations and lifestyle medicine should you wish to be. The successful candidate will work as part of the clinical team and be responsible for providing a high level of service to our patients.

Please refer to the uploaded Job Description for further details.

Person Specification:

• Fully qualified GP, with current GMC membership
• Experience of working with EMIS
• 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.