Salaried GP in Hucknall

We oversee GP Practices and health centres, working closely with doctors, nurses and practice teams to drive up the standards of patient care, improve safety and patient experience, and support staff to foster a secure and positive environment. We produce evidence-based governance frameworks, and provide a bank of staff, advice and support to achieve safe, stable and sustainable services. All our practices are good or outstanding in CQC following recent inspections. At PICS we champion and support our GPs and Primary Care Networks and we form pathways between primary, secondary, social and community care. Our four practices are an essential part of our company. We have opportunities for caring GPs to join our multi-disciplinary team. We are looking for someone who has a can-do attitude and has a collaborative approach. We welcome GPs who have an interest in a specific speciality.

The sessions currently available are:

• Monday - 4 sessions
• Tuesday - 4 sessions
• Wednesday - 4 sessions
• Thursday - 4 sessions
• Friday - 4 sessions

Main duties of the job

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting
• 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
• 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
• Opportunity to participate in extended access rota

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• First Medical Degree either MB or MBBS, plus one foundation year as a Medical Practitioner
• GP Specialist training
• GMC registration
• Royal College of General Practitioners membership
• Working knowledge of QOF, IIF and F12, Ehealthscope

BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR PICS

We offer a comprehensive package which includes:

• We are keen to develop your professional portfolio. We are particularly able to support special interests in pain, gynaecology, respiratory and palliative care.
• A comprehensive support package including monthly clinical meetings, regular educational meetings, generous study leave entitlement and developmental opportunities
• Join a caring culture and a company of can-do experts

JOB PURPOSE

The post-holder will 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.

Clinical:

• In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will 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
• 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.

Additional

• 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
• Contributing to the summarising of patient records and read‑coding patient data
• Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

Confidentiality

The post holder will:

• 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.

For more information, please see the supporting documents.

Person Specification

Knowledge and skills

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Personal Qualities

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Qualifications

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Experience

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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.