Salaried GP in Halesowen

The ARRS funding has created a great opportunity for a GP who is newly qualified. The post-holder must be within 2 years of completing their Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) and not previously been employed as a GP in General Practice. They will gain some experience working within a collaborative team in Halesowen. They 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. The role is designed to support the transformation of primary care and enhance patient access, health outcomes, and collaborative working across member practices. Number of sessions can be flexible between 6-9. The role will include Enhanced Access one day per week. The post holder will be directly employed by Halesowen Medical Practice and will support service delivery for a small number of sites in the network. The post is for a 12 month fixed term contract with potential for a permanent position at Halesowen Medical Practice.

Main duties of the job

• We are looking for a GP who shares our values of offering high quality patient centred care.
• The GP role will require a variety of duties, including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, clinical triage and on call duties, visiting patients at home, 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.
• Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols.
• 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.
• Report and action appropriately on pathology reports, read and action all clinical letters via DOCMAN, and complete clinical audits.
• Support and supervise ARRS staff (e.g. first contact practitioners, paramedics, pharmacy team, care co-ordinators).

About us

Our team cares for 10,000 patients and consists of 3 Partners, 5 Salaried GPs, 3 Practice Nurses, 1 Nurse Associate and 1 Healthcare Assistant. We are a training practice for GP Registrars. We have an excellent team of administrative staff to offer support and assistance to both our clinicians and our patients. We have a fantastically friendly team ethic and encourage a team approach in everything we do. We are supported by the district nursing team and health visitors who are based within Halesowen. We have a range of PCN services to support our population needs. We use Emis Web and Docman.

Job responsibilities

• Provide a mixture of telephone and face to face consultations with some multi-site working.
• On call duties.
• Treat acute and chronic conditions.
• Referrals as clinically needed.
• Participate in workflow/document management, prescription requests and queries.
• Medical reports.
• Participate in quality improvement and practice meetings.

Person Specification

• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Practice (within the last 2 years). Candidates who have been substantively employed in general practice before are not eligible.
• Medical Degree, MRCGP and GMC registration and inclusion on the performers list are essential.
• Relevant post-graduate qualifications (e.g., diplomas in dermatology, family planning, or other specialties).
• Current full UK GMC registration.
• UK permit or right to work in the UK.
• Current medical indemnity.
• Enhanced DBS clearance.
• Driving license and use of own car.
• Understanding of clinical governance, quality issues and health and social policy.
• Commitment to CPD.
• Experience of Microsoft Office applications.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to demonstrate good written English and spoken skills.
• Ability to listen and empathise.
• Good organisational and time management skills.
• Good general clinical skills.
• Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to work under pressure, prioritise and manage a varied workload.
• Trustworthy.
• Good timekeeper.
• Decisive, confident working style with the ability to deal with competing priorities.
• Ability to listen to concerns of others and act accordingly.
• Capacity for flexibility according to need.
• MRCGP.
• Evidence of interest in additional clinical skills.
• Use of Emis Web clinical system.
• Knowledge in specialised areas.
• Teaching/Supervision experience.

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.