ARRS Salaried GP

This is an ARRS role therefore you must have qualified no more than 2 years ago and not have held a substantive role previously. Fairhill Medical Practice in Kingston Upon Thames is seeking an experienced Salaried GP to join its caring and supportive team. We require 6 clinical sessions per week, starting ASAP.

Main duties of the job

• The delivery of appropriate medical care to patients
• Prescribing adhering to local and national guidance
• Maintaining accurate clinical records in conjunction with good practice, policy and guidance
• Working collaboratively, accepting an equal share of the workload
• Adhering to best practice recommended through clinical guidelines and the audit process
• Contribution to the successful implementation of continuous improvement and quality initiatives
• Attending and contributing effectively to service/practice meetings as required
• Ensuring personal compliance with the appraisal process
• Preparing for and completing the revalidation process
• Commitment to self-learning and contributing to an ethos of continuing professional development across the service/practice team

About us

Fairhill are a 3 Partner University Practice based across three sites in the leafy suburb of Kingston Upon Thames. The practice has a list size of over 23,000 patients and includes a branch at Kingston University.

Job responsibilities

The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered patients.

Clinical Responsibilities:

• No duty doctor system dedicated clinical sessions to support accurx appointment triage
• Monthly clinical meetings and educational meetings with lunch provided
• In accordance with the Practice rota the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion
• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation
• Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
• In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health
• Providing counselling and health education
• Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
• Engaging with and complying with the collection of data for QOF and enhanced services in consultations
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
• Prescribing in accordance with the locality prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate
• In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration with a license to practice and entry on the GP Register
• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Practice / Certificate Confirming Eligibility for General Practice Registration (CEGPR), or equivalent
• Included on a Medical Performers List or eligible
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Academic excellence (prizes, merits, distinctions etc.) MRCGP Diplomas relevant to primary care

Experience

• Completion of a Vocational GP Training scheme within the last 2 years and not have held a salary GP role previously
• Certificate in post graduate clinical training

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.