Salaried GP in Cambridge

We are looking for a GP to complement and strengthen our current team. We are a long-established well-respected teaching practice committed to providing high quality general practice to our patients.

Main duties of the job

The workload of the Practice is shared jointly by the clinicians available on the day. The salaried GP is expected to take part in the share of clinical duties including the below list. The needs of the patient population and demand should be taken into consideration, meaning this list is not exhaustive and is subject to review and amendment by mutual agreement.

• Appointments, visits, dealing with queries from patients or other health care professionals.
• Home Visits
• Remote Consultations
• QoF & Clinical Readcoding
• Team Meetings
• Private reports/medical insurance
• Audits
• Personal CPD
• Clinical Supervision & Colleague Education

About us

Supportive and friendly clinical team working with ANP, PCN Pharmacy Team, Care Home Team, Social Prescriber and Care Coordinator. Based across two sites, Mill Road Surgery and our Cherry Hinton Branch Surgery. GMS Practice using SystmOne. Teaching Practice. High QOF achievers. Protected administration time. Monthly PLT sessions. Parking at both surgery sites.

Job responsibilities

This job plan outlines the employees normal duties, workload and important non-clinical roles undertaken within paid worktime. Mill Road Surgery encourages working as a team as we feel this only enhances existing skillsets and enriches the team. This plan is therefore subject to review and should be used as a guideline.

Job Plan

The daily arrangements for Salaried GP work sessions are as follows:

• Afternoon Session 1:50 pm - 6:00 pm (can be adjusted to suit)
• Whole Days Monday and Thursday or Monday and Wednesday
• Total of average weekly sessions: 4
• Frequency of appointments: 15 minutes
• Number of appointments: 13 x 15 minute consultations per clinic with breaks. One admin slot at the end of each clinical session.

Individual clinicians are expected to take responsibility for their clinics running to time and corresponding with colleagues when this is not possible, including informing Reception. Where needed additional catch up/break slots can be incorporated into sessions to assist.

Proposed Duties

The workload of the Practice is shared jointly by the clinicians available on the day. The salaried GP is expected to take part in the share of clinical duties including the below list. The needs of the patient population and demand should be taken into consideration, meaning this list is not exhaustive and is subject to review and amendment by mutual agreement.

• Appointments, visits, dealing with queries from patients or other health care professionals.
• Home Visits (if appropriate and agreed): These are shared and assigned amongst the GP team or the Specialist Practitioner such as PCN paramedic (if available) present on the day, if patient appropriate and depending on workload.
• Remote Consultations - Some of your clinics may be required to be taken via remote consultation using the approved technology. Remote consultations are expected to take place in the Practice.
• Administration/Paperwork Arising both directly from own and Practice caseload (referrals, investigations, results). The Salaried GP is responsible for his/her/their own patient associated referrals, correspondence, administration and paperwork. They will be expected to take a share of general incoming clinical correspondence (scanned documents), repeat prescriptions, results and patient associated tasks (patient enquiries and phone calls). Protected time for administrative work will be reimbursed e.g. one session every month for a GP working 5 clinical sessions.
• QoF & Clinical Read-coding Opportunistic and Ad-Hoc QoF monitoring, ensuring accurate clinical read-coding, using templates where available, to assist with Surgery contractual compliance and monitoring. The Salaried GP is responsible for ensuring that they are familiar with the practice protocols and procedures surrounding the collection of data, PPA and invoicing for private or NHS chargeable (i.e QOF, Enhanced Services etc) to ensure that the Practice is reimbursed accordingly. Ardenstemplates should be used as appropriate to ensure accurate data quality in consultation.
• Team Meetings The Salaried GP will be expected to attend relevant Practice meetings on their working days, essential to the delivery of team-based care, discussing clinical practice standards, developing practice protocols, mutual professional support for individual practitioners, audit, significant event analysis, meetings with PCN colleagues including multidisciplinary team and educational meetings. We strongly encourage salaried GP to participate Practice meetings on their non-working day if possible.
• Private reports/medical insurance The Salaried GP will be expected to carry out a share of non-NHS (Private) work with the admin slots given. Any non-NHS fees GPRs and private consultations are retained by Mill Road Surgery Partnership. All non-NHS work should be invoiced according to Practice private fee guidelines.
• Audits All staff are expected to instigate and partake in the audit process including initiating and running cyclical audits to assist in providing quality of care for patients.
• Personal CPD The Salaried GP is expected to keep up to date with all Practice Protocols and Policies associated with their job role including compulsory training like BLS, safeguarding training. Professional CPD is expected to be maintained by the Salaried GP as part of the revalidation process. The Practice will support personal CPD. This may include a mix of in-house meetings and events, time away from the practice, either in private (study) study, attending educational events or through the Practice study leave allowance.
• Clinical Supervision & Colleague Education As a Teaching Practice, you will be expected to help supervising our F2 Doctors/GP trainees where appropriate and to take part in mentoring Student Placements where you have been allocated to do so. Should this be the case, protected time will be allocated to facilitate this as agreed and shown on the rota.

From time to time to assist with planning annual leave or unexpected leave such as sick leave, there may be the requirement to act as Principal GP in a lone working or locum tandem capacity. This will be agreed by prior arrangement where possible and will not take place until the Salaried GP and the Practice Partners are mutually confident that it is within the scope and competency of the Salaried GP and within a comfortable tolerance of anticipated workload.

Person Specification

• An appropriate medical degree; medical school foundation training and successful attainment of membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP); GP speciality training and progressing towards or successful attainment of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT).
• Registration with the UK General Medical Council (GMC) and inclusion on the NHS Performers List for England.
• Eligible to work in the UK.
• 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.