Salaried GP in Nottingham

Derby Road Health Centre is a large, well-established primary care practice in Nottingham with a registered list of 13,000+ patients and three experienced partners. We are a training practice and a Level 4 research practice, rated Good by the CQC, with a strong reputation for delivering excellent, safe, and patient-centred care. We are seeking motivated, driven GPs whose vision and values align with our own, and who have a genuine passion for delivering an exceptional patient experience. Staff wellbeing, teamwork, and innovation sit at the heart of everything we do.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver a full range of routine, urgent and same-day care, including E-Consults
• Participate in the on-call rota, managing urgent queries and on-the-day appointments
• Share responsibility for home visits, prescribing, referrals, results, correspondence and clinical administration
• Contribute to QOF, repeat prescribing, reports (including child protection, insurance and DWP)
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary and PCN team
• Maintain high standards of clinical governance, confidentiality and patient safety
• Support colleagues in exceptional circumstances, recognising work life balance commitments

On-Call Responsibilities

• Managing urgent clinical queries from patients and professionals
• Telephone and face-to-face urgent assessments
• Triage of visit requests and clinical prioritisation

GMC registration

• Strong knowledge of primary and community healthcare
• Excellent communication, organisation and time-management skills
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a supportive team
• Experience in clinical audit, MDT/PCN working or change management
• Interest in teaching, research or service development

About us

• Purpose-built premises with staff parking
• Supportive, collaborative team culture
• Exposure to a varied and rewarding clinical workload
• Commitment to staff wellbeing and professional development

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a progressive, forward-thinking practice offering stability, professional fulfilment and the chance to make a real difference to patients' lives. We are a training practice for GP Registrars and F2's and we strive to make the practice a good place to work by valuing and developing our staff. We have a strong team culture with a clear focus on staff wellbeing. Several of our staff have worked beyond retirement age and 2 of our salaried GPs were previously trainees at the practice.

Job responsibilities

• Fulfil their share of Routine and Urgent appointments. Prescribe as per local & national guidelines
• Accept a share of visits routine and emergency
• Accept responsibility and time-manage completion of administration: letter, results, referrals, telephone calls and home visits
• Accept and manage a share of queries relating to patients
• Take responsibility for appropriate referrals (following local guidance and good medical practice) and administration pertaining to them, bearing in mind that referrals will be involved in a peer review process
• Meet targets for QOF as part of day to day role
• Sign a share of repeat prescriptions each day
• Complete a share of child protection, insurance & DWP reports & medicals
• Attend Mental Health Sections. This would be ideally carried out by the GP who knows the patient best, where possible, otherwise responsibility lies with the On Call doctor at the time when the call is received
• Attend Child Protection reviews where appropriate (sessions will be backfilled with locum cover as necessary)
• Complete cremation forms and death certificates, bearing in mind that some GPs may not yet be able to complete Part 2 of the cremation form
• Cover for colleagues in exceptional circumstances such as sudden illness, taking into account the individual doctors' external commitments such as childcare

The role of the On Call Doctor

• All doctors will be expected to fulfil their routine responsibilities as detailed above during an On Call session
• The On Call doctor should be prepared to:
• Field & manage queries from reception, admin & nursing staff/healthcare assistants on an ad hoc basis
• See patients in both pre-booked and on the day/urgent appointments
• Contact patients for scheduled telephone appointments and take urgent telephone calls from patients and liaise with other healthcare professionals as required
• Visits before twelve are routine & to be shared between all doctors. Visit requests after 12.30pm triaged by the on-call GP as urgent for that day or as routine for the following day
• Be present in the building unless on a visit, when they should be contactable by mobile phone in the event of an emergency. The individual doctors should be responsible for having a mobile phone fully charged

ESSENTIAL

• Education / Qualification
• GMC Registration

Person Specification

• Qualifications
• GMC Registration
• Evidence of involvement in Clinical Audit
• In depth knowledge and understanding of primary and community health care
• Good understanding of General Practice Procedures
• Sound understanding of clinical governance
• Adherence & awareness of confidentiality

Interpersonal Skills / Aptitude and Personal Qualities

• Able to work autonomously or as part of a team
• Confident and able to effectively communicate with members of the public; colleagues and management
• Proven patient care skills
• Adaptable to organisational change
• Experience of change management
• Experience of MDT working

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.