Salaried GP in Coalville

Chapelford Medical Centre is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Salaried GP to join our friendly and forward-thinking practice in Warrington.

This is an excellent opportunity to work within a supportive multidisciplinary team focused on delivering high-quality patient care while maintaining a positive work-life balance. We offer flexible working arrangements, including a competitive salary packages and strong administrative support.

The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering safe, effective and patient-centred care to our 8,300 patient population whilst contributing to the ongoing development of the practice and wider primary care services.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will provide high-quality general medical services to the practice population, including the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of acute and chronic medical conditions.

• Conducting face-to-face, telephone and remote consultations
• Managing a range of acute and long-term conditions
• Maintaining accurate and contemporaneous clinical records using SystmOne
• Promoting health education and preventative care
• Working collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team
• Supporting quality improvement initiatives and achieving QOF targets
• Participating in clinical meetings and practice development activities
• Providing clinical advice and support to colleagues where appropriate

About us

Chapelford Medical Centre is a well-established GP practice based in Warrington with a patient list size of approximately 8,300 patients.

We are a progressive and innovative practice committed to delivering high standards of patient care within a supportive and collaborative environment. The practice uses the SystmOne clinical system and is actively involved in enhanced services and wider primary care development.

We pride ourselves on our excellent team culture, experienced administrative support team and commitment to staff wellbeing. The practice also offers flexible working arrangements and free on-site parking.

Job responsibilities

About the practice

We are aforward-thinking, supportive and innovative practice looking for anenthusiastic Salaried GP to complement our team. This is an excellentopportunity to help shape and develop the role at Chapelford Medical Centre,ensuring we continue to provide high-quality care for our patients.

What we offer

Approximately 8,300 registeredpatients

SystmOne clinical system

Active involvement with WINPCN, enhanced services and local commissioning priorities

Competitive salary, generousannual leave with BMA terms and conditions

Innovative practice with areputation for pushing the boundaries in how health can be delivered.

Excellent team spirit, ahelpful administrative team and free on-site parking

Key responsibilities

Diagnose and manage acute andchronic conditions, integrating drug and non-drug treatment methods intoholistic management plans.

Support patients to adopthealth-promotion strategies that encourage healthy lifestyles and principles ofself-care.

Adhere to evidence-based bestpractice and national guidelines when treating a wide range of clinicalconditions.

Maintain clear, accurate andcontemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards after each patientinteraction within the practice clinical system.

Screen patients for diseaserisk factors and early signs of disease.

Adopt the highest standards ofinformation governance, ensuring patient data is accessed, always shared andstored safely and securely.

Meet with the practice teamregularly to provide clinical advice, share learning from local or regionalmeetings and clinical incidents, and contribute to the clinical strategy of thepractice.

Provide advice, support and,where required, clinical supervision to other members of the multidisciplinarypractice team.

Attend local or regionalclinical meetings on behalf of the practice when required.

Work with the Practice Managerto manage the priorities of key stakeholders, including the Primary CareNetwork and Integrated Care Board (ICB).

Assist the practice infulfilling its contractual requirements and achieving key performance metrics,including those specified in QOF, while identifying opportunities to improvequality of care and patient experience.

Person Specification

GMC registration with a licenseto practice and inclusion on the GP Performers List.

Commitment to safe, effective,patient-centered care.

Excellent communication,teamwork and organisational skills.

Ability to work independentlywhile contributing positively to the wider multidisciplinary team.

A proactive approach to qualityimprovement, clinical governance and ongoing professional development.

Supplementary information

Confidentiality

In the course of seekingtreatment, patients entrust the practice with sensitive information relating totheir health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right toexpect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.

In performing the dutiesoutlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access toconfidential information relating to patients, carers, practice staff, otherhealthcare workers and the practice as a business organisation. All suchinformation must be regarded as strictly confidential.

Information relating topatients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of thepractice may only be disclosed to authorised persons in accordance withpractice policies, procedures and data-protection requirements.

All staff are required tomaintain complete confidentiality as a condition of employment. Any breach ofthis requirement may lead to disciplinary action.

Health and safety

The post-holder willassist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security, asdefined in the Practice Health and Safety Policy. This includes:

Using personal security systemswithin the workplace in accordance with practice guidelines.

Identifying risks involved inwork activities and undertaking those activities in a way that manages risk.

Making effective use oftraining to update knowledge and skills.

Using appropriateinfection-control procedures and maintaining work areas in a tidy, safe andhazard-free condition.

All staff must beaware of the responsibilities placed on them under the Health and Safety atWork etc. Act and the Display Screen Equipment Regulations.

Equality and diversity

The post-holder willsupport the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleaguesby:

Acting in a way that recognisesthe importance of peoples rights and is consistent with practice procedures,policies and current legislation.

Respecting the privacy,dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.

Behaving in a welcoming and non-judgmentalmanner that respects individual circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights.

Quality

The post-holder willstrive to maintain quality within the practice by:

Alerting other team members toissues of quality and risk.

Assessing their own performanceand taking accountability for their own actions.

Contributing to teameffectiveness by reflecting on individual and team activities and suggestingways to improve performance.

Working effectively withindividuals in other agencies to meet patients needs.

Effectively managing their owntime, workload and resources.

Communication

The post-holdershould recognise the importance of effective communication within the team andwill strive to:

Communicate effectively withother team members.

Communicate effectively withpatients and carers.

Recognise peoples needs foralternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GMC Registered

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.