Salaried GP in Telford

We are a well established General Practice seeking to enhance our clinical team. We look forward to receiving applications from GPs who are interested in undertaking 6 sessions as a Salaried GP in a challenging and fast paced, though highly rewarding environment, potentially leading to future Partnership if desired. Clinical workload is well managed underpinned by sustainable models.

Serving a population of circa 14,500 patients in a very accessible area of North Telford, we are an established and young, cohesive training practice, providing effective and comprehensive doctoring, whilst embracing innovative ways of working. We value personal and professional development and encourage you to reach your full potential. Consequently, we welcome all stages of experience and are fully supportive of the Fellowship Scheme.

Main duties of the job

• Looking to work 6 sessions per week
• A desire to work as part of a supportive and enthusiastic team of healthcare professionals
• A willingness to participate in GP meetings and take an interest in the development of the practice

We are interested in applicants at any stage of their GP career, including straight from VTS training. We provide mentoring and support to new GPs, and also F2s and Medical students and have the experience to provide this. There are also opportunities to develop areas of specialist interest.

Clinical responsibilities:

• 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.
• 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 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.
• Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols.
• 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.
• Collecting data for audit purposes.
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible).
• Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.

In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Other responsibilities within the organisation:

• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.
• 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.
• Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records.
• Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

Confidentiality:

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with 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. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.

Health & safety:

The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management of their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice health & safety policy.

Equality and diversity:

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

Personal/professional development:

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment.

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice.

Communication:

The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team.