Salaried GP in Newark on Trent

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed GP to join the GP partners and our team. The practice is:

• High QOF achievement
• CQC rating: GOOD
• SystmOne Practice

We have adapted our administration team to respond to the modern NHS, with the staff helping to filter/read letters, and prescribing clerks helping to reduce medication tasks passed to doctors. We have our own home visiting programme in house to support the GP team in providing visits to reduce the amount of GP visits required.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will practice in accordance with accepted good medical practice and the various clinical policies of the Service, to include:

• In accordance with the session rota, as agreed, the post-holder will be 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 tasks, 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 or external organisations.
• Admitting and discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate.
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Prescribing in accordance with the accepted prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate.

About us

Over recent years, we have attracted several newly qualified GPs, and so have evolved into a team that provides a supportive working and educational environment with one session per week (adjusted pro-rata) ring fenced for CPD in house. New Ollerton is in a semi-rural location on the edge of Sherwood Forest, North Nottinghamshire. Good road links offer excellent accessibility to Nottingham, Sheffield, Lincoln and the Peak District. We are willing to consider full time or part time applications as part of a win-win package and we are willing to wait for the right candidate. The position is for a fixed term but will be reviewed after one year for potential permanent position. Informal visits are welcome.

Job responsibilities

Accountable to: Practice Manager and the Partnership

Hours: up to 10 sessions per week available

Job Summary: Middleton Lodge provides GMS services to our population of 13,000 patients in New Ollerton, a semi-rural location on the edge of Sherwood Forest, North Nottinghamshire. As part of our contract, we are open 5 days a week, from 8am to 6:30pm. We serve a relatively mixed population in New Ollerton and surrounding villages. We also engage with Extended Access working a pro rata share of Saturdays and late nights. We are also a high-achieving QOF practice, closely involved in local GP-led commissioning, with mostly paperless administration utilising SystmOne clinical system. We are looking for a GP who is motivated, independent, and interested in providing high quality clinical services to our patients.

Key Clinical Responsibilities:

• The post-holder will practice in accordance with accepted good medical practice and the various clinical policies of the Service, to include:
• In accordance with the session rota, as agreed, the post-holder will be 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 tasks, 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 or external organisations.
• Assessing the health needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Contributing to QOF requirements and recording data appropriately.
• In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health related illnesses.
• Admitting and discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate.
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Collecting data for audit purposes and contributing to the Practice audit programme as required.
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.
• Prescribing in accordance with the accepted prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate.
• Take a lead role in some aspects of the clinical work within the team, for example: coordinating aspects of governance, QOF, enhanced services, CPD and keeping clinical protocols up to date.
• In general, the post holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care, as set by Royal College of General Practitioners, General Medical Council, all other Royal colleges and councils applicable to the staff within the practice, Department of Health, NHS England, PCO and all other regulatory and standard setting organisations.

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.
• Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.
• Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance and service expansion.
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs.
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
• Prescribe safe and effective medicines management conforming to best practice.
• Work effectively so as not to exceed the Practice prescribing budget as set annually by the PCO.
• Contribute to the teams approach which ensures that referrals are made for patients to see other medical service providers, ensuring that adequate information is given to personnel to whom the patient has been referred for proper assessment to be made.
• Be supportive of any complaints policy and procedure to ensure proper investigation and appropriate follow-up action in the event of a complaint being made about any aspect of the service provided or any personal provider of the service.

Other Responsibilities within the Organisation:

• Contributing to service development and implementation of contract.
• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines/procedures, e.g. prescribing, child protection, confidentiality, information governance, health and safety, discipline.
• A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.
• Contributing to individual case discussions at clinical meetings and bring examples of cases for group discussion.
• Contributing to the organisational development of the Practice by contributing to the development of ideas, strategies and policies which will promote efficiency and well-being of the practice.
• Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting with the organisation.
• Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records.
• Contributing to the summarising of patient records and Read-coding patient data.
• Attending training events organised by the practice and other agencies, where appropriate.
• Attending team meetings and other meetings as may be necessary.

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. In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential. Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Health and Safety:

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health and safety and security as defined in the practices Health and Safety Policy, to include:

• 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.
• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.

Equality and Diversity:

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

• 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.
• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
• Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights.

Personal/Professional Development:

Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development. Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Communication:

The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

• Communicate effectively with other team members.
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers.
• Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Contribution to the Implementation of Services:

The post-holder will:

• Apply practice policies, standards, guidance and procedures.
• Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards, guidance and procedures will affect own work.
• Participate in audit where appropriate.

The main duties and responsibilities shown above are not exhaustive but should merely be regarded as a guide. The post-holder will be expected to conduct any reasonable activities according to the business needs at that time. These will be subject to regular review and may be amended to meet the challenging needs of the business. The post-holder will be expected to participate in this process and the practice would aim to reach agreement to changes.

Person Specification

Qualifications:

• Full GMC Registration, MBChB or equivalent.
• GP Vocational or additional experience in general practice.
• MRCGP DRCOG DSRH.

Experience:

• Commitment to professional development.
• Understands the importance of evidence based practice and clinical effectiveness.
• Understanding of Clinical Governance and quality issues and health and social policy.
• Ability to make good clear concise medical notes, both computerised and manual.
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills.
• Ability to demonstrate good written English and spoken skills.
• A solutions focused approach.
• Ability to listen and empathise.
• Potential to cope with stressful situations.
• Ability to undertake responsibility.
• Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Understanding of the role of teamwork in providing quality care.
• Trustworthy.
• Flexible and a good time keeper.
• Understanding, acceptance and adherence for the need to keep strict confidentiality.
• Ability to use own judgement, resources and common sense.
• Effective team worker.
• Decisive, confident working style with the ability to deal with competing priorities.
• Evidence of interest in additional clinical skills.
• Able to perform minor surgery.
• Experience of GP Clinical systems.

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.