Salaried GP in Nottingham

Carlton Group Practice is the largestPractice in East Staffordshire currently serving circa 17,000 patients over twosites approximately 2.5 miles apart in the heart of Burton on Trent.

This role is based between our two surgeries, Carlton Street Surgery and King Street Surgery. However, we have received NHSE approval for a new purpose-built primary care centre based on the Outwoods site opposite Queen's Hospital, planned for completion in late 2027 / early 2028.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Salaried GP to join and enhance our established clinical team consisting of 6 Partners, 4 Salaried GPs, Paramedic, Pharmacy and Nursing Teams supported by a Business / Operational Management Team, Care Co-ordination and Administration Teamwho all share our core value to facilitate high quality personalised patientcentred care to our local community.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be highly driven, innovative, proactive and passionate about primary care. You will share our ethos to provide and maintain high quality clinical care in an ever changing environment and will help to shape and drive future development of the Practice.

About us

About thePractice:

Highlyfunctioning and achieving Multidisciplinary Team

Workingover two sites, Carlton Street Surgery (owned by the current Partners) and KingStreet Surgery

Future re-location plan to purpose built premises

Non-dispensingPractice

SystmOneClinical System

Activeparticipation in the East Staffordshire Primary Care Network

2Partners are current members of the PCN Director Board and 1 Partner a currentLMC Committee Member

Excellentclinical, management and administrative support team including proactiveemployment into ARRS roles within the Practice

TrainingPractice

Withineasy commuting distance of Derby, Nottingham, Birmingham and surrounding areas

Job responsibilities

The followingare the core responsibilities of the Salaried GP. There may be on occasion, arequirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factorssuch as workload and staffing levels:

Thedelivery of highly effective medical care to the entitled population.

Theprovision of services commensurate with the GMS contract.

Genericprescribing adhering to local and national guidance.

Effectivemanagement of Long-Term Conditions.

Processingof administration in a timely manner, including referrals, repeatprescription requests and other associated administrative tasks.

Ona rotational basis, undertake Telephone Triage and Duty Doctor roles.

Maintainaccurate clinical records in conjunction with good practice, policy andguidance.

Identify,implement and embed best Practice through clinical guidelines and the auditprocess.

Participate in continuous improvement and quality initiatives withinthe Practice.

Actively assist in the achievement of Practice and PCN based contractual targets.

Attendand contribute effectively to Practice meetings as required.

Ensurecompliance with the appraisal process.

Prepareand complete the revalidation process.

Committo self-learning and share in the ethos of continuing professional developmentacross the Practice team.

Contribute if required to the training of Medical Students from all clinical disciplines.

Reviewand adhere to Practice protocols and policies at all times.

Encouragecollaborative working, liaising with all staff regularly, promoting a cultureof continuous improvement at all times.

Secondary Responsibilities

In additionto the primary responsibilities, the Salaried GP may be requested to:

Participatein Practice audits as requested by the Audit Lead.

Participatein local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care.

Participatein the review of significant and near-miss events.

Generic Responsibilities

All staff at CarltonGroup Practice have a duty to conform to the following:

Equalityand Diversity:

Thepost-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients,carers and colleagues, to include:

Actingin a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting themin a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, andcurrent legislation

Respectingthe privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues

Behavingin a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmentaland respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Healthand safety

Thepost-holder will implement and manage their own and others health, safety andsecurity as defined in the Practice Health and Safety Policy and the PracticeInfection Control Policy and published procedures.

This Practiceis committed to supporting and promoting opportunities to for staff tomaintain their health, well-being and safety. You have a duty to takereasonable care of health and safety at work for you, your team and others,and to cooperate with employers to ensure compliance with health and safetyrequirements. All personnel are to comply with the Health and Safety at WorkAct 1974, Environmental Protection Act 1990, Environment Act 1995, FirePrecautions (workplace) Regulations 1999 and other statutory legislation.

Confidentiality

Inthe course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us togather, sensitive information in relation to their health and othermatters. They do so in confidence andhave the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and actappropriately

Inthe performance of the duties outlined in this job description, thepost-holder will have access to confidential information relating to patientsand their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They will also have access to informationrelating to the Practice as a business organisation. All suchinformation from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential

Informationrelating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or thebusiness of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons inaccordance with the practice policies and procedures relating toconfidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Personal/ProfessionalDevelopment

Thepost-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by thepractice as part of this employment, such training to include:

• Participation in an annualindividual performance review, including taking responsibility formaintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.
• Taking responsibility for owndevelopment, learning and performance and demonstrating skills andactivities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Quality

Thepost-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

• Be vigilant to issues of qualityand risk.
• Assess own performance and takeaccountability for own actions and actions of the wider Team.
• Contribute to the effectivenessof the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestionson ways to improve and enhance the teams performance.
• Work effectively with individualsin other agencies to meet patients needs.
• Effectively manage own time,workload and resources.

Communication:

The post-holder should recognize the importance ofeffective communication within the team and will strive to:

• Communicate effectively withother team members
• Communicate effectively withpatients and carers
• Recognize peoples needs foralternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Quality & Continuous Improvement

To preserveand improve the quality of our output, all personnel are required to thinknot only of what they do, but how they achieve it. By continuallyre-examining our processes, we will be able to develop and improve theoverall effectiveness of the way we work. The responsibility for this restswith everyone working within the practice to look for opportunities toimprove quality and share good practice.

This practice continuallystrives to improve work processes which deliver health care with improvedresults across all areas of our service provision. We promote a culture ofcontinuous improvement, where everyone counts and staff are permitted to makesuggestions and contributions to improve our service delivery and enhancepatient care.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualified GP
• MRCGP
• Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent JCPTGP
• General Practitioner (Certificate of Completion of Training CCT)

Experience

• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Experience of continued professional development
• Experience of clinical audit
• General understanding of the GMS contract
• Minimum of two years as a GP
• Experience of QOF and other contractual targets
• Experience of local and national initiatives
• Full GMC Registration
• National Performers List registration
• Appropriate defence indemnity (MPS/MDU)
• Eligibility to practice in the UK independently

Skills

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Problem solving & analytical skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
• Experience with audit programmes
• Experience with clinical risk management

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.