Full-time or Part-time Salaried GP in Sefton

Job summary

Situated in the popular seaside town of Southport and within easy travel distance of Liverpool, Manchester and stunning rural areas such as the Lake District and Pennines, Norwood Surgery is a forward thinking, progressive and award winning GP Practice.

The Practice currently consists of 3 partners, 4 salaried GPs,3 nurses and a supportive admin and reception team who care for a list size of10,000 patients.

This job would be perfect for GPs who enjoy socialprescribing and lifestyle medicine as we are currently one of the leadingpractices within our region and promote a holistic wellbeing for our patients.

Weare a training practice and offer high levels of support and training in anyareas of development for GP registrars and indeed all staff.

The post-holder will manage a caseload that includes a wide range of health needsin a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for allregistered and temporary patients.

Main duties of the job

In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, thepost-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of dutiesincluding surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visitingpatients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing withqueries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion

Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcareworkers within the organisation.

This role is for 6-8 sessions per week.

Please see job description for full outline of duties

About us

Norwood surgery actively promotes and encourages a welcoming, friendly and supportive atmosphere.

Daily coffee time allows for discussion of interesting or challenging cases for group feedback or just an opportunity to unwind from the morning clinic.

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE:SALARIED GENERAL PRACTITIONER

REPORTS TO: THEPARTNERS (Clinically)

THE PRACTICE MANAGER (Administratively)

HOURS: 6 - 8 SESSIONS per week.

Salary: £10,700 per session

Job Summary:

The post-holderwill manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primarycare setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.

ClinicalResponsibilities:

In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, thepost-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of dutiesincluding surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visitingpatients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing withqueries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion

Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation topresenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcareworkers within the organisation

Assessingthe health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems

Screeningpatients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness

In consultation with patients and in line withcurrent Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health

Providingcounselling and health education

Admittingor discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other careproviders as appropriate

Recordingclear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards

Collectingdata for audit purposes

Compilingand issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoidinghand-written prescriptions whenever possible)

Prescribingin accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) wheneverthis is clinically appropriate

Ingeneral the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties andresponsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

OtherResponsibilities within the Organisation:

Awarenessof and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g.prescribing,

Acommitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based bestpractice

Contributingto evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation

Contributingto the development of computer-based patient records

Contributingto the summarising of patient records and Read-Coding patient data

Attendingtraining and events organised by the Practice or other agencies, whereappropriate.

Confidentiality:

In the course of seeking treatment, patientsentrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation totheir health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right toexpect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately

Inthe performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holdermay have access to confidential information relating to patients and theircarers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have accessto information relating to the Practice as a business organisation. All suchinformation from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential

Informationrelating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or thebusiness of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons inaccordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating toconfidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Health &Safety:

The post-holderwill assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safetyand security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include

Usingpersonal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines

Identifying the risks involved in workactivities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks

Making effective use of training to updateknowledge and skills

Using appropriate infection controlprocedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards

Reportingpotential risks identified.

Equality andDiversity:

The post-holderwill support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers andcolleagues, to include

Actingin a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting themin a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and currentlegislation

Respectingthe privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues

Behavingin a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental andrespects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Personal/ProfessionalDevelopment:

In addition tomaintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or studydays necessary to ensure that professional development requirements for PREPare met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implementedby the Practice as part of this employment, such training to include

Participationin an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility formaintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development

Takingresponsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstratingskills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Quality:

The post-holderwill strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will

Alertother team members to issues of quality and risk

Assessown performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly orunder supervision

Contributeto the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities andmaking suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance

Workeffectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs

Effectivelymanage own time, workload and resources.

Communication:

The post-holdershould recognize the importance of effective communication within the team andwill strive to

Communicateeffectively with other team members

Communicateeffectively with patients and carers

Recognizepeoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respondaccordingly.

Contribution to the Implementation of Services:

The post-holderwill

ApplyPractice policies, standards and guidance

Discuss with other members of the team how thepolicies, standards and guidelines will affect own work

Participatein audit where appropriate.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• General Practitioner (Certificate of Completion of Training CCT)

Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Strong IT skills
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• EMIS WEB
• Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Problem solving & analytical skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
• Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes
• Experience with clinical risk management

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Polite and confident
• Flexible and cooperative
• Motivated, forward thinker
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Ability to work under pressure / in stressful situations
• Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Effectively utilises resources
• Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort

Other requirements

Essential

• Flexibility to work outside of core office hours
• Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
• Occupational Health Clearance
• Project lead as required with CQC, CCG and QOF

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Norwood Surgery

Address

11 Norwood Avenue

Southport

PR9 7EG

United Kingdom

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