Newly Qualified Salaried Gp in Eastbourne

This post is for a newly qualified General Practitioner who is fully GMC registered and is confident working autonomously across varied clinical settings. The post holder will be required to deliver clinical services across multiple SDHC sites, including, but not limited to, Hillbrow Health and Wellbeing, the Intermediate Care Ward at Eastbourne District General Hospital, and other SDHC operational locations according to service needs. This post will require the GP to work some evenings and weekends.

Main duties of the job include:

• Delivering evidence-based care, assessing and managing patients with complex needs and long-term conditions.
• Prescribing safely, making autonomous clinical decisions, and referring or escalating patients appropriately.
• Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues to provide coordinated, seamless care across services.
• Maintaining high-quality clinical records and promoting prevention, healthy living, and patient wellbeing.
• Occasional supervision and mentoring of GP trainees and colleagues.
• Participation in research projects with partners such as NIHR and universities.
• Contribution to audit, quality improvement, patient safety, and shared learning.
• Supporting service development by sharing best practice and identifying risks and opportunities for improvement.

About us: South Downs Health and Care GP Federation is a social enterprise established in 2016 to support GP practices in providing patient care by enabling them to invest in sustainable services.

Benefits of Working with SDHC include:

• NHS Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions.
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days after 5 years service (pro rata for part-time hours).
• Employee Assistance Programme including access to counselling and support with legal and financial matters.
• CycleScheme.
• Christmas and summer events.
• Discounted rate for membership of Hillbrow Health and Wellbeing Centre facilities.

Job responsibilities include:

• Practising evidence-based medicine, in line with national and locally agreed guidelines.
• Prescribing in line with local and national guidelines.
• Referring patients to secondary/urgent care and additional interventions as appropriate.
• Managing long-term conditions and patients with complex problems as needed.
• Promoting healthy living strategies and giving health and wellbeing advice.
• Making autonomous clinical decisions relating to patients' health needs.
• Participating in research projects delivered by SDHC.

Communication responsibilities include:

• Providing professional telephone and written advice and support to patients and their carers.
• Responding to queries from patients and staff in a professional manner.

Leadership responsibilities include:

• Being accountable and responsible for own actions.
• Contributing to the continual improvement of SDHC services.
• Providing leadership within your team.
• Supporting team members to deliver excellent service.

Working Relationships involve:

• Collaborating with members of the SDHC team.
• Liaising with other SDHC teams to ensure patients receive appropriate care.

Patient & Public Involvement includes:

• Optimising patient well-being.
• Engaging with patients and stakeholders.
• Ensuring the patient voice is heard and acted on appropriately.

Risk Management involves:

• Promoting a culture of sharing learning events.
• Contributing to a learning event register.
• Highlighting issues and risks within the services.

Audit responsibilities include:

• Participating in audit activities to optimise patient safety.
• Making recommendations based on audit outcomes.

Information and IT responsibilities include:

• Capturing and analysing important data.
• Updating electronic patient medication records.
• Maintaining full and complete records of all patient contacts.

Collaborative Support involves:

• Working within a team who provide peer support.
• Providing training, supervision, and peer support for team members.

Other Duties include:

• Providing cover for other team members as appropriate.
• Carrying out any other duties as determined by the organisation.

This job description is not a definitive or exhaustive list of responsibilities but identifies the key responsibilities and tasks of the post holder.

Person Specification:

Experience:

• Essential: Experience of prioritising work and meeting deadlines, understanding of office systems, effective communication skills, and previous experience in a primary care setting.
• Desirable: Experience of using electronic systems/databases.

Skills:

• Essential: High level of competence in Microsoft Office, excellent communication skills, highly organised, time management and prioritisation skills.

Personal Qualities:

• Essential: Shares SDHC's values, works well within a team, approachable, adaptable, supportive, self-motivated.

Other Requirements:

• Essential: Must be able to drive, have access to a vehicle for work, and have business use included on vehicle insurance.

Qualifications:

• Essential: GMC Registered, currently on performers list.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.