Salaried GP (with a view to Partnership) in Corby

Salaried GP (with a view to Partnership)

Lakeside Healthcare is seeking to recruit a full-time Salaried GP with a view to Partnership to join our well-established and supportive primary care team in Corby. This is an exciting opportunity for either a newly qualified or experienced GP to develop their career within a progressive organisation, delivering high-quality patient care alongside a friendly and experienced multidisciplinary team committed to providing outstanding care for our patients.

Salary £85,000 -£95,000 FTE, based on 9 sessions (8clinical and 1 CPD) per week

• NHS Pension, 30days annual leave plus 10 statutory holidays per-annum pro-rated
• Option to progress toPartnership
• Mentoring and supportavailable for newly qualified GPs

Main duties of the job

In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertakeall the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working withinprimary care including but not limited to:-

• In accordance with the practicetimetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available toundertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephoneconsultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signingrepeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork, referrals andcorrespondence in a timely manner.
• Making professional, autonomousdecisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred orreferred from other health care workers within the organisation.
• Assessing the health care needs ofpatients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
• Screening patients for disease riskfactors and early signs of illness.
• In consultation with patients and inline with current practice disease management protocols, developing careplans for health.
• Providing counselling and healtheducation.
• Admitting or discharging patients to andfrom the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate.
• Recording clear andcontemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.

About us

Lakeside Healthcare Corby has a great opportunity for an enthusiastic,patient focussed GP to join our friendly, hardworking team.If youshare our values of Caring, Teamwork, Respect and Quality we would love to hearfrom you.

We are a GP partnership, just at a largerscale. This scale allows us to be locally led by our local GP partners whilstproviding the safety and security of central support again, led by GPs.

We are a stable partnership with adiverse clinical and administrative team delivering quality primary careservices to our 46k patients. With our strong team ethos, we take a collaborativeapproach to service design and delivery believing that our team have the bestsolutions and ideas of how primary care is delivered.

Here is what you canexpect working at Lakeside Healthcare Corby;

• Dedicated visiting team, reducing pressure on GPs
• Large Nursing and HCA team supporting and delivering chronic disease andtreatment room services
• Friendly team of Partners and Salaried GPs, meaning support is always available
• Long established training practice, providingopportunities for career development
• Pharmacist team supporting medication reviews,chronic disease and clinical correspondence
• Large multi-disciplinary team including Social PrescribersLink Workers, Care
• Co-ordinators and Safeguarding specialists

Job responsibilities

The salaried GP will be responsible for delivering the full range of primary care services as part of thepractice ensuring the highest standards of care for the differing needs of our patient population.The salaried GP will work closely with the practices multi-disciplinary team of other GPs, nurses and non clinical staff to provide a high quality and accessible service to patients

Please see full Job Description attached.

This role would suit both newlyqualified or experienced GPs.

For further information or an informalchat about the role, please contact Mandy Black, Hub Manager, mandyblack@nhs.net

Person Specification

Experience

• To be able to demonstrate on-going personal and practice development
• To deal with sensitive information in a tactful way
• Willing to successfully complete appropriate training for appraisal and remain up to date with the developing GP Appraisal, relicensing and revalidation agenda
• To discuss difficult areas sensitively and diplomatically with patients.
• Use of SystmOne Clinical database

Knowledge and Skills

• Excellent communication skills including verbal, written, face to face and active listening skills.
• Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
• Computer skills; Microsoft Word and e-mail

Qualifications

• Eligible to work in General Practice in the NHS
• Experience as a GP educator.
• Experience of appraisal in practice or other setting.
• Additional clinical skills beyond general practice

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.