Salaried GP in Lytham St Annes

We are looking to expand our clinical team which has created an exciting opportunity for the addition of a Salaried GP. We have a patient population of around 12,200 patients and cover a demographically diverse population. At its core, our Salaried GP's work as a member of the Practice team and provide a critical role in delivering appointments and access to our registered population. We are an innovative and forward-thinking Practice, open to making improvements and constantly reviewing the needs of our patient population to ensure we are meeting expectations with a multi-skilled healthcare professional team to support with this.

Main duties of the job:

• Our Salaried GP could expect to be issued a workplan upon joining the Practice which would consist of appointment lists including a combination of face to face, telephone, video consultations, home visits and in time online consultations.
• We have a current on-call rota which is shared across the GP Partners and Salaried GPs.
• We would look for the Salaried GP to have a list holding mentality, offering continuity and ongoing case management alongside associated administrative workloads including management of results, meds management and all other associated patient admin.
• As a Practice that is very keen on education and development, we would be looking for support to the many medical student placements and allocations that we take and are keen to develop the training practice aspects of our Practice over time.
• You would work closely and be supported by our GP Partners, Salaried GPs, Clinical Pharmacist, Practice Nurses, Physician Associates, alongside our Primary Care Network colleagues.

About us:

Parcliffe Medical Centre is an innovative and forward-thinking Practice led by our Partnership (4 GPs). In purpose-built premises inside St Annes Health Centre, with a current patient population of around 12,200 patients. Located in the seaside town of St Annes along the Fylde Coast, we are minutes away from the sea front, with direct links to the M55 & M6. We are a friendly, professional, caring team who are passionate about providing safe and effective care to our patient population. Our excellent multi-skilled Clinical Team comprises of 8 GPs (Partner & Salaried), Clinical Pharmacist, Physicians Associate, Practice Nurses & Healthcare Assistants.

Job responsibilities:

• Commitment to high quality, safe care that supports clinical continuity for those patients and clinical circumstances where required.
• Mixed-media (Face to Face, Telephone, Video, Online) sessions for patient contact covering both same day and planned care as required.
• Carry out home visits for both same day/planned care for patients.
• Manage pathology results for tests generated through patient contacts, with a shared responsibility in the absence of other colleagues.
• Manage and action medication requests including answering queries, authorisation of medication, with a shared responsibility in the absence of other colleagues.
• Generic prescribing adhering to local and national guidance.
• Manage clinical administration as directed through the Practices workflow systems for items generated through patient contacts, with a shared responsibility in the absence of other colleagues.
• Participate in the on-call rota and duties of the role, a shared responsibility and allocation with other GP colleagues.
• Provide guidance and support to other members of the practice team including Clinical Pharmacist, Practice Nurses, Healthcare Assistants, Physician Associates, Medical Placements, and non-clinical colleagues as needed.
• Quality improvement and audit work where there is an identified need.
• Attention to detail by use of appropriate coding, note keeping and flagging of any system issues as they arise.
• Manage and raise safeguarding concerns in line with practices processes and in liaison with the Safeguarding Lead.
• Effective management of long-term conditions.
• Commitment to self-learning and instil an ethos of continuous development and improvement.
• Supporting the training of medical students/observational work placements from all clinical and non-clinical disciplines.
• Support the Partnership in achieving the strategic aims of the practice, making recommendations to enhance services/changes to improve quality of care or service delivery.
• Support and participate in any areas of prescribing incentive workloads and workstreams.
• Support and participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care.
• Participate in review of significant and near miss events applying a structured approach.
• Support and participate in the practices approach to infection control and prevention in line with systems, policies, and direction of the IPC lead for the practice.
• Consider taking lead approaches in areas where considered appropriate and/or of interest in agreement with the partnership.

Person Specification:

• Experience of working in UK General Practice.
• Experience of working with vulnerable groups.
• Experience of working with diverse demographics and populations.
• Experience in the management of long-term conditions/continued complex care.
• Experience of using General Practice IT systems e.g. EMIS Web, Docman, AccuRx.
• Clinical Supervisor experience for trainees/medical placements.
• Being the named GP for a list of patients.

Qualifications:

• GMC Registered.
• Qualified General Practitioner (MRCGP or equivalent).
• Currently on a performers list.
• Clear enhanced DBS check.
• Evidence of CPD.

Skills and Abilities:

• Team player.
• Calm under pressure.
• Friendly and inclusive.
• Commitment to development.
• Able to work autonomously.
• Self-motivated.
• Able to bring fresh ideas.
• Innovative/quality improvement through processes.
• Flexibility over job role and responsibility as things evolve.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Negotiable depending on experience and agreed workplan.