Salaried GP in Leyland

A salaried GP is required for a period of 6 months with a view to extend at the end of the period. Please note this position is not available for anyone requiring sponsorship. An exciting opportunity for a GP with an interest in career progression to join our highly successful training practice. Salary negotiable dependent upon experience/skillset. We are supportive of doctors developing areas of special interest within primary care.

You will join a well-established, high achieving, innovative, paperless practice. Our purpose built, modernised premises include an in-house, independent Pharmacy. Our supportive and dedicated team looks after 10,600 patients and consists of lead GP, Salaried Doctors, ANPs, Clinical Pharmacists, MSK practitioner, Paramedic, PNs, HCAs and admin support led by a skilful management team. We work in a well-structured, friendly environment where work/life balance is valued. Excellent working conditions, flexible working options and a competitive package. Informal visits/enquiries encouraged.

Main duties of the job:

• Dealing with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all.
• Duties include patient consultations, home visits, repeat prescriptions and paperwork, correspondence.
• Make professional, autonomous decisions.
• Assess the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
• Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Develop care plans in conjunction with patients.
• Provide counselling & health education.
• Prescribe in accordance with practice prescribing formulary/generically when clinically appropriate.
• Maintain an awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines.
• A commitment to learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice, contributing to audit & clinical standard setting within the practice.
• Attend training, events, meetings organised by the practice, other agencies.

About us:

• Established over 40 years.
• Extremely supportive and organised.
• Successful training practice (ST's/FY2s).
• Well-structured and family friendly valuing work/life balance.
• Wide range of services including minor surgery.
• EMIS Web.
• Work in collaboration with local practices.

Job responsibilities:

• 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.
• Provide NHS personal medical services to registered patients, temporary residents and patients who present requiring immediate and necessary treatment.
• In accordance with the practice timetable, make yourself 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 where appropriate.
• In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health.
• Providing counselling and health education where appropriate.
• 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.
• 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.
• Attending primary health care team meetings and other meetings as required by the surgery.
• Undertake any other duties that are considered to be appropriate to the post.

Person Specification:

Qualifications:

• Essential: Successful completion of GP Vocational Training Scheme Certificate of Prescribed Experience or a Certificate of Equivalent Experience issued by the PMETB. Full current GMC Registration.
• Desirable: MRCGP FP Cert. An understanding of personal development plans and portfolio based learning.

Skills and Abilities:

• Essential: Negotiating and influencing skills. Experience of audit as a change management tool.
• Desirable: Experience of clinical IT systems, preferably EMIS, including data input and retrieval skills. Effective use of Microsoft Outlook and Word. Experience of leading and developing health care services at a local level. Ability to identify and lead change.

Knowledge:

• Essential: An understanding of NHS agenda. An understanding of issues surrounding clinical governance.
• Desirable: Understanding of change management process including needs assessment.

Other:

• Essential: Adequate medical indemnity cover. Commitment to the provision of high quality services. Commitment to continuous professional development. Able to travel to work location and patients' homes. Able to pass a pre-employment medical. Able to obtain satisfactory DBS clearance. No GMC or any other restrictions on practice.
• Desirable: Live within 1 hour's travelling time of Sandy Lane Surgery premises.

Personal Qualities:

• Essential: Good communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to work with a variety of people and teams. Ability to work flexibly and on own initiative. Effective time management and prioritising skills. High work standards. Highly motivated and enthusiastic.
• Desirable: Experience as a qualified GP. Ability to give leadership to a team.

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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.