Salaried GP in Esher

4 - 8 Sessions per week. Esher Green Surgery, a part of Bourne Health, are looking for a proactive and enthusiastic GP to join our Practice, ideally working 4-8 sessions, to work closely with our nurses and GPs to manage a busy and interesting clinical caseload.

The postholder will provide high-quality patient care across both clinical sessions and telephone triage. They will have the opportunity to contribute to the leadership of key disease areas, monitoring Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) trends, supporting staff training and development, and ensuring safe and effective prescribing. They will also play an active role in developing and improving healthcare services for a diverse patient population, including practice-based commissioning, patient participation and health promotion initiatives.

The postholder will be closely supported by both the clinical and management teams within the practice and will be part of a wider multi-site clinical team. While the main base will be at Esher Green Surgery, there may be opportunities to deliver triage and on-site clinical sessions at other Bourne Health GP Practices.

Main duties of the job

In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake clinical sessions. A clinical session is normally composed of face-to-face appointments together with telephone appointments, followed by a variety of duties including queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions, actioning test results, medical reports, and examinations (e.g. Insurance Companies) on behalf of the Practice. The above duties should be performed in a timely manner. Appointments will be 10 minutes duration.

Job responsibilities

• Act upon most alerts (e.g., QOF) and reminders during a routine consultation i.e. (10 minutes).
• Provide all GP services required as part of the PMS contract held between the practices and the commissioning primary care agency, including all core services such as Child Health Surveillance.
• Undertake Duty Doctor and Paperwork Doctor duties on a rota basis.
• Undertake surgeries during extended hours in accordance with the access needs of the practice population and the contractual obligation of the practice.
• Respond to medical problems presented by patients, including history taking, examination, investigation, diagnosis, treatment, and referral where appropriate.
• Provide appropriate preventative health care and advice.
• Provide medical support as required to patients referred by nursing staff.
• Provide free certification in line with Schedule 9 of NHS GMS Regulations (1992).
• Adhere to any practice prescribing formulary, local and national guidelines.
• Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.
• Record clear and contemporaneous I.T. based consultation notes to agreed standards; Collect data for audit purposes.
• Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible).
• In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Other responsibilities with the Practice

• Engaging in appropriate lifelong educational and audit activity to maintain clinical competence and performance, including the completion of objectives agreed by you and the practice, in an annual Personal Development Plan.
• Your Personal Development Plan must be in line with the Practice Development Plan.
• Actively participating in the training and development of nurses, medical students, and GP trainees in the practice.
• Supporting the practice staff and responding to requests for advice and assistance from the practice reception, secretarial and nursing staff.
• Attend prescribing, palliative care, clinical and practice meetings.
• You will be expected to take part in clinical meetings, be prepared to chair these and present clinical topics as required for the maintenance of educational standards and high-quality care.
• You will receive feedback from the partners via peer review and to act upon recommendations and demonstrate change.
• Provide additional enhanced services to the practices that meet the needs of the practices patient population and maximise the income streams to the practice.
• Undertake additional training where necessary to provide these enhanced services.
• You are required to actively participate in Practice Based Commissioning - this will include reducing first outpatient attendances, demand management, monitoring of activity including peer review and data validation.
• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g., prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety, annual QOF Assessment of the Practice.
• Meet all tight timescales/deadlines for audits and written returns to ensure that the Practice meets quality standards and receives the designated funding (e.g., Locally Commissioned Services returns, annual QOF audit etc.).
• This list is not exhaustive, and all team members should be prepared to accept additional, or surrender existing duties, to enable the efficient running of the organisation.

Key Relationships

• Internal: Members of the Senior Management team, Members of the Partnership Board, Colleagues within The Bourne Partnership.
• External: Suppliers of services, Other GP practices and practice groups, Other external organisations.

Confidentiality / Data Protection / Freedom of Information

Post holders must maintain the confidentiality of information about patients, staff, and other health service business in accordance with the Data Protection Act of 1998. Post holders must not, without prior permission, disclose any information regarding patients or staff. If any member of staff has communicated any such information to an unauthorised person, those staff will be liable to disciplinary action up to and including dismissal. Moreover, the Data Protection Act 1998 also renders an individual liable for prosecution in the event of unauthorised disclosure of information. Following the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 2005, post holders must apply the organisations FOI procedure if they receive a written request for information.

Information Governance

All staff must comply with information governance requirements. These includes statutory responsibilities (such as compliance with the Data Protection Act), following national guidance (such as the NHS Confidentiality Code of Practice) and compliance with local policies and procedures (such as the Trust's Confidentiality policy). Staff are responsible for any personal information (belonging to staff or patients) that they access and must ensure it is stored, processed, and forwarded in a secure and appropriate manner.

Equal Opportunities

Post holders must at all times fulfil their responsibilities with regard to The Bourne Partnerships Equal Opportunities Policy and equality laws.

Health and Safety

All post holders have a responsibility, under the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) and subsequently published regulations, to ensure that The Bourne Partnerships health and safety policies and procedures are complied with to maintain a safe working environment for patients, visitors, and employees.

Infection Control

All post holders have a personal obligation to act to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs). They must attend mandatory training in Infection Control and be compliant with all measures required to reduce HCAIs. All post holders must comply with the Partnerships Infection Control Policies, including those that apply to their duties, such as Hand Decontamination Policy and Personal Protective Equipment Policy.

Risk Management

All post holders have a responsibility to report risks such as clinical and non‑clinical accidents or incidents promptly. They are expected to be familiar with The Bourne Partnerships use of risk assessments to predict and control risk, as well as the incident reporting system for learning from mistakes and near misses in order to improve services. Post holders must also attend training identified by their manager or stated to be mandatory.

Flexible Working

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern and multiple sites so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults

Post holders have a general responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their daily duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Sustainability

It is the responsibility of all staff to minimise the environmental impact by recycling wherever possible, switching off lights, computers, monitors and equipment when not in use, minimising water usage and reporting faults promptly.

Smoking Policy

The Bourne Partnership is committed to providing a healthy and safe environment for staff, patients, and visitors. Staff are therefore not permitted to smoke on organisational property.

Person Specification

Experience

• Essential: Experience of using EMIS. Working on video/telephone consultations. Experience of working within a GP practice. Post graduate qualification in General Practice e.g. MRCGP/MRCP Completion of GP vocational training.
• Desirable: Minimum 2 years of General Practice experience.

Personal Qualities

• Essential: Polite and confident, Flexible and co-operative, Excellent people skills, Motivated and proactive, Ability to use initiative and judgement, High levels of integrity and loyalty, Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations, Ability to work under pressure, Confident, assertive, and resilient.
• Desirable: Flexibility to work outside of core office hours.

Skills

• Desirable: GP trainer or trainer in training, Extended access 07:30 start on some days, Women's health, coils.

Qualifications

• Essential: Full registration with GMC, Medical Degree, GP registrar training.

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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.