Newly Qualified Salaried General Practitioner in London

The post holder will be employed by Greenwich Health, the GP Federation in Greenwich. Greenwich has 7 primary care networks (PCNs) with list sizes of between 30‐80,000 patients. The post holder will work for Riverview Health PCN, a grouping of 5 practices. Due to the changes in the ARRS Scheme to introduce General Practitioners, we are looking to expand our team by seeking to employ a newly qualified General Practitioner (you must be within 2 years of certificate of completion of training at the start of employment) to work alongside our practices and PCN staff.

The GP will perform as an autonomous general practitioner working independently and with other health care professionals to assess, diagnose and treat the conditions of patients attending within a primary care setting. Provide expert professional advice to patients, carers and colleagues and ensure the maintenance of clinical excellence. To be professionally accountable and responsible for all elements of clinical practice in accordance with the GMC code of conduct ensuring the safety of patients and quality of their care is primary.

The role may also involve the following:

• To be involved in the provision of education and training to GP Registrars and other staff.
• To work in PCN wide schemes/services including some extended hours and some potential hub working.
• The post holder will need to be capable of independent travel across the Greenwich Borough and work flexibly to meet the needs of the Business.

Main duties of the job:

• The post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery and online consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing/authorising repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
• 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.
• Compiling and issuing computer‐generated acute and repeat prescriptions.
• Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
• The post-holder will be required to visit patients during surgery time in an emergency if clinically indicated.
• The post-holder will undertake a fair % of On Call sessions per week as allocated on the practice rota and participate in the extended hours enhanced service.
• The post-holder will undertake fair share of home visiting sessions per week as allocated.

About us:

Greenwich Health is committed to providing quality of care to our patients whilst building resilience for General Practice and delivering services and programmes of work to deliver care at scale to the Greenwich Population.

Job responsibilities:

• Confidentiality – In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.
• Patient Management – Create opportunities to address patients care needs in the most expedient way, taking into account that continuity of care and access to services are often in direct conflict.
• Health & Safety – The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy.
• Equality & Diversity – Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current legislation.
• Personal/Professional Development – Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of personal and/or professional development.
• Quality – The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice.
• Communication – The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team.
• Research and Development – Is able to identify, critically appraise and present significant events related to own performance and discuss within the clinical team.

Person Specification:

• Good interpersonal and customer service skills
• Good written presentation skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders
• Strong IT skills
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• EMIS skills
• Effective time management planning and organising
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
• Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes
• Experience with clinical risk management

• Qualified GP
• MRCGP
• Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent JCPTGP
• General Practitioner (Certificate of Completion of Training CCT)
• Full GMC registration
• National Performers List registration (England)
• Appropriate defence indemnity (MPS/MDU)
• Evidence of current validation
• Evidence of last appraisal
• Eligibility to practice in the UK independently

• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Experience of continued professional development
• Experience of QOF and clinical audit
• Newly Qualified General Practitioner with under 2 years from qualification
• Not previously been substantively employed at a GP Practice
• Experience of medicines management
• Experience of ICB initiatives
• General understanding of the primary care contract
• Outstanding level of clinical knowledge and skills commensurate with that of an experienced GP