Salaried GP in Gateshead

Glenpark Teams Medical Services have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, forward-thinking GP to join our friendly and committed team as a salaried GP. This position is for up to 8 sessions per week, fixed term for one year, working across both of our sites in Dunston and Teams. You will be joining a great team led by 6 GP Partners and working alongside 7 salaried GPs in purpose built surgeries with spacious clinical rooms. We have recently updated our appointment system to improve patient safety, continuity and access. This also means less frequent on calls for the doctors. There is a reduction in the administrative and prescription tasks for the doctors who are not on call and a team approach to completing this work for the on call team. There are daily informal meetings to have lunch together and to provide support and discuss cases. Competitive salary/annual leave/study leave given. We would welcome visits to discuss the role further and for you to meet the team. We would also be interested to hear of any skills you would wish to develop or bring to the team.

Main duties of the job

At Glenpark and Teams Medical Services we use a clinical triage model for appointments and accessibility. As part of the role, you will be expected to work as part of the triage rota, making clinical decisions on urgency of the appointments requests on that day through the eConsult system. Outside of the triage rota, you will run your own clinics, managing acute, complex and long-term health conditions and actioning administrative work associated with this. In addition, you will:

• Action pathology results and general queries
• Undertake home visits (average one visit per week)
• Attend clinical and multidisciplinary meetings, including safeguarding meetings
• Contribute to supervision of Doctors in Training and medical students
• Provide clinical support to the wider team during duty sessions
• Work as part of the practice team to ensure continuous quality improvement, audit, the improvement of systems and care management

About us

We are a GMS partnership with two practice sites, serving a list of approx. 15,000 patients. Glenpark Medical Practice and Teams Medical Practice are both well established, high-achieving practices and are part of Gateshead Inner West PCN. We hold a Good CQC rating and consistently maintain a high QOF achievement. The practice comprises 6 GP Partners and 7 salaried GPs, supported by the Practice Managers/Assistant Practice Manager. We have an established nursing team, and a highly skilled and responsive reception and administrative team. We are a training practice for both Doctors in Training and medical students, with a strong belief in the importance of continuous professional development as well as personal wellbeing. The practice also specialises in substance misuse, prescribing, diabetes, provides a minor surgery service and LARC service. We work closely with our PCN team comprising Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Physiotherapists, Mental Health Nurse and Social Prescribing Link Workers. We have close working relationships with our community colleagues and have an active Patient Participation Group.

Job responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation
• Consult with patients in the practice, at home visits, via telephone or on‑line mechanisms in line with Practice policy
• Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems, assessing their health care needs
• Complete clinically related administrative and non‑clinical duties needed for the delivery of the service.
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
• In consultation with patients and in line with current practice and disease management protocols, develop care plans for managing patients' health care needs
• Providing counselling and health education as necessary
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
• Contribute to the supervision of both Doctors in Training and medical students
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions, prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing policy
• Comply with all relevant clinical governance and Practice polices and protocols
• Meet professional learning and CPD requirements.
• Develop effective relationships with other colleagues.
• Demonstrate commitment to lifelong learning, audit and effectiveness to ensure evidence based best practice.

Person Specification

• GMC full registration
• Member of defence union (MPS/MDU/MDDUS)
• Enhanced DBS clearance
• Full driving licence
• Interest in/experience of teaching to medical students
• Interest in/experience of delivering GP training
• Evidence of continuing professional development

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.