Salaried GP

Fountain Medical Centre are looking for a Salaried GP for 4 / 5 sessions per week to work over Monday/Tuesday and Wednesday. We are looking for a dynamic and forward thinking GP interested in a salaried position to join our friendly well established practice. We hope to recruit someone who will contribute to providing high quality patient centered care to our patient population. Support for CPD and special interests, generous holiday and study leave entitlement.

The ideal candidate should have excellent people, planning and organisation skills. You will need to show flexibility and be able to work under pressure as well as being able to manage your own workload. Successful candidates will receive an attractive package of competitive salary, commensurate with experience and qualifications, NHS Pension, allocated study leave in addition to a generous leave entitlement (pro rata) plus statutory bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

• To work as an autonomous practitioner, responsible for the provision of medical services to the practice population, delivering an excellent standard of clinical care whilst complying with the PMS contract.
• Adhere to the GMC standards for good medical practice, contributing to the effective management of the practice, leading by example, maintaining a positive, collaborative working relationship with the multidisciplinary team.
• Participate in primary care development projects and ensure that personal professional development reflects the training and development needs of such projects.

Job responsibilities

• Provide a full range of primary care services and assist in the service and delivery of the care management of the practice population.
• Take a reasonable portion of the clinical workload within practice time including responsibility for booked surgeries, urgent patients and home visits as appropriate.
• Work with other health care professionals to diagnose, monitor, manage and treat long-term conditions.
• Prescribe and review medication appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with practice guidelines.
• Provide information and advice to patients on medication regimens, side-effects and interactions and work with them to support adherence.
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote them to live healthily, and apply principles of self-care.
• Protect and preserve patient dignity, privacy and confidentiality and comply with NHS requirements in relation to obtaining informed consent.

Communication

• Demonstrate sensitive communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating.
• Maintain effective communication within the practice environment and with external bodies when required.
• Actively participate in practice team meetings.

Delivering a Quality Service

• Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct.
• Produce accurate and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
• Participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation.
• Participate in the management and review of patient complaints, and identify learning from clinical incidents and near-miss events utilising a structured framework.

Personal and people development

• Take responsibility for own development, learning and performance.
• Agree a personal educational development plan with the Partners which benefits both personal and practice objectives.
• Support the development of others in order to maximise staff potential.

Management of risk

• Apply infection-control measures within the practice according to local and national guidelines.
• Use technology and appropriate software packages as an aid to the planning, implementation and monitoring of care.

Learning and development

• Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate using the allocated development time.
• Maintain a high standard of continuing personal development and participate in annual appraisal/revalidation.

Health, Safety and Security

• Know the health and safety policies and procedures within the workplace.
• Use appropriate infection control procedures and maintain work area so that it is clean, safe and free from hazards reporting any potential risks identified to the appropriate person.

Equality and diversity

• Act as a role model in the observance of equality and diversity good practice.

Qualifications

• MRCGP
• Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery
• GMC registered with a licence to practice.
• Registered on the NHS Performers List.
• Competent IT Skills
• DFSRH
• Minor Surgery
• Comfortable with SystmOne clinical System

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.