Salaried GP in Stevenage

Would you like to be part of an exciting and growing Practice within Stevenage with an opportunity to design your own job specification to reflect your specialist interest? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a caring and experienced Salaried GP to join STANMORE MEDICAL GROUP, a thriving and high achieving practice with 5 sites within Stevenage. The successful 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.

Main duties of the job:

• Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.
• 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 for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols.
• Provide counselling and health education.
• Admit/discharge patients to and from the caseload and refer to other care providers as appropriate.
• Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Collect data for audit purposes.
• Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.
• Prescribe in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.

Other responsibilities within the organisation:

• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant policies/guidelines (prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety).
• A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.
• Contribute to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation.
• Contribute to the development of computer-based patient records.
• Attend training and events organised by the practice or other agencies.

Confidentiality:

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with 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.

Health & Safety:

The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management of their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice health & safety policy.

Equality and Diversity:

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues.

Personal/Professional Development:

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment.

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice.

Communication:

The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team.

Contribution to the Implementation of Services:

The post-holder will apply practice policies, standards and guidance.

Person Specification:

• Outstanding level of clinical knowledge and skills commensurate with that of an experienced GP.
• Polite and confident.
• Flexible and cooperative.
• Motivated, forward thinker.
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively.
• High levels of integrity and loyalty.
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.
• Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort.

Experience:

• Experience of working in a primary care environment.
• Minimum of two years as a salaried GP.
• Full GMC Registration.
• National Performers List registration.

Skills:

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral).
• Effective time management.
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously.

Qualifications:

• Qualified GP.
• MRCGP.
• Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent.

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.