Salaried Gp in Southampton

Thank you for your interest in joining the team at Hamble Valley Health. The Practice is committed to delivering high quality patient care which requires us to have a supportive and cohesive team. We currently have 6 sessions available in our salaried GP team. The location will be across Hedge End Medical Centre, Blackthorn Health Centre, and Bursledon Surgery. We offer Terms and Conditions equivalent to the BMA model contract. We are happy to consider newly qualified GPs as well as experienced GPs.

Main duties of the job:

• This post has the base as its main site at Blackthorn Health Centre.
• On a rolling basis, you will also work in our Urgent Care Centre which is at Bursledon Surgery.
• You will be our "operational director" around once every 3-4 weeks, meaning you are the clinical lead for the urgent care centre in the practice.
• Routine care is generally 13 appointments in the morning and 12 in the afternoon.
• You will be responsible for the prescriptions, pathology results and incoming correspondence for your list size.

About us:

Blackthorn Health Centre and Hedge End Medical Centre have merged and are now known as Hamble Valley Health. Our list size is over 37,000, and our patients are mainly concentrated in Hamble, Bursledon, Hedge End and Botley. Our aim is to provide high quality, accessible medical care to our patients, whilst maintaining a supportive and pleasant working environment for clinicians and staff. We are part of Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB, and offer General Medical Services to our patients. We are a training practice, and take registrar doctors and also teach medical students from Southampton School of Medicine.

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 and temporary patients.
• The post-holder will be expected to work within the primary care team to enhance the service offered to the community, and to manage their illnesses and promote their health.
• The post-holder will hold a list of patients commensurate with their sessions worked in practice.

Clinical Responsibilities:

• In accordance with the practice timetable, the post-holder will undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, 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.
• Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Providing counselling and health education.

Other Responsibilities within the Organisation:

• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines.
• A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.
• Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation.

Confidentiality:

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. All such information is to be regarded as strictly confidential.

Health & Safety:

• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines.
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.

Equality and Diversity:

Acting in a way that recognizes 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.
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance.

Quality:

• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.
• Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions.

Communication:

Communicate effectively with other team members and patients.

Contribution to the Implementation of Services:

Apply practice policies, standards and guidance.

This Job Description will be reviewed periodically and may be amended according to the requirement of health care policies and job requirements.

Experience:

• Essential: GP Clinical system, Evidence of learning from Significant Events, Experience with QOF.
• Desirable: EMIS, Docman, Anima, eRS, Microsoft Office.

Qualifications:

• Essential: Medical Degree, GMC registered, On Performers list, Enhanced DBS.
• Desirable: MRCGP Trainer.

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.