Salaried Gp (With A View To Partnership) in Corby

Job summary

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 (8 clinical and 1 CPD) per week
• NHS Pension, 30 days annual leave plus 10 statutory holidays per-annum pro-rated
• Option to progress to Partnership
• Tier 2 visa/sponsorship costs paid
• Mentoring and support available for newly qualified GPs

Main duties of the job

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

• In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to 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, referrals and correspondence in a timely manner.
• 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.
• 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.

About us

Lakeside Healthcare Corby has a great opportunity for an enthusiastic, patient focussed GP to join our friendly, hardworking team. If you share our values of Caring, Teamwork, Respect and Quality we would love to hear from you. We are a GP partnership, just at a larger scale. This scale allows us to be locally led by our local GP partners whilst providing the safety and security of central support again, led by GPs. We are a stable partnership with a diverse clinical and administrative team delivering quality primary care services to our 46k patients. With our strong team ethos, we take a collaborative approach to service design and delivery believing that our team have the best solutions and ideas of how primary care is delivered. Here is what you can expect working at Lakeside Healthcare Corby;

• Dedicated visiting team, reducing pressure on GPs
• Large Nursing and HCA team supporting and delivering chronic disease and treatment room services
• Friendly team of Partners and Salaried GPs, meaning support is always available
• Long established training practice, providing opportunities for career development
• Pharmacist team supporting medication reviews, chronic disease and clinical correspondence
• Large multi-disciplinary team including Social Prescribers Link 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 the practice 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 newly qualified or experienced GPs. For further information or an informal chat about the role, please contact Mandy Black, Hub Manager, mandyblack@nhs.net.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• 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.

Desirable

• Use of SystmOne Clinical database

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• 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

Desirable

• Experience as a GP educator.
• Experience of appraisal in practice or other setting.
• Additional clinical skills beyond general practice

Qualifications

Essential

• Eligible to work in General Practice in the NHS

Desirable

• Experience as a GP educator.
• Experience of appraisal in practice or other setting.
• Additional clinical skills beyond general practice

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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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