Salaried GP in Dorchester

We are looking to expand our clinical team with the recruitment of a Salaried GP. As a training practice, we would be happy to welcome a newly qualified GP to our team and support you on your journey whether this is full time in General practice or part of a portfolio career. Number of sessions and salary are open to discussion depending on requirements and experience. We are happy to be flexible with working hours to fit in with other commitments. We would also welcome applications from those who wish to consider partnership options in the future.

Main duties of the job

• To work within the clinical team, 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.
• To work within the multi-disciplinary team to ensure that patient care is carried out to the highest standards.
• To carry out duties in a professional manner and adhere to all Atrium Health Centre protocols, policies and guidelines at all times.

About us

Located in the heart of Thomas Hardy's historic Dorchester, surrounded by stunning landscapes, peaceful villages and vibrant towns, the Atrium Health Centre is a three partner, 7000 patient GP practice with a main surgery in Dorchester and a rural branch in the village of Crossways. We are a friendly bunch who recognise the importance of getting the work/life balance right. Our close-knit clinical team embraces working together to get problems sorted. We employ a clinical pharmacist to help with medicines management and paramedics for our home visits. Our doctors have embraced telemedicine, video calls and eConsults. We have recently changed to an eConsult first appointment system where all requests for a GP appointment are received via eConsult and triaged by a GP to ensure the most appropriate signposting for the patient. Our branch surgery Crossways is a dispensing practice nestled in a growing village, a 10-minute drive south east of Dorchester. It's staffed by an experienced team and offers the rewarding continuity of care a smaller surgery can bring. By picking us you'll be joining a young partnership with forward thinking GPs who are not afraid to push the boundaries of their business, whilst always looking for new ways to improve care for their patients.

Job responsibilities

• 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 prescriptions (repeat & acute paper & electronic) and dealing with queries, paperwork, results 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.
• In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health and document on the patient record; coding as appropriate.
• 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 on SystmOne.
• Collecting entering coding data for audit purposes, for example Practice QoF details and LESDES requirements and participate in the responsibilities for these.
• 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.
• Provide Duty Doctor support to the administrative and clinical teams when required to do so.
• 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

• Aware 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, including mandatory internal and external training.
• Adhere to and follow all policies and protocols as listed in the Staff Handbook and contract.
• Follow all Practice Health and Safety guidelines and policies and inform the H&S lead of any infringements.

Person Specification

• Willingness to share and collaborate across entire primary health team.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to work flexibly.
• Ability to recognise own limitations and act upon them appropriately.
• Willingness to learn new skills and to problem solve on a daily basis.
• An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality.
• Neat and tidy appearance.
• Good level of spoken English.
• Ability to input to strategic and practice development requirements.
• Involvement in ICB.
• Ability to challenge traditional models of working and to suggest improvements for change in a positive and inclusive manner.

Experience

• Chronic disease management.
• Primary prevention & screening services.
• Clinical Governance.
• Delivery of QoF targets.
• Self-audit and reflection.
• Organised and efficient in record keeping and completion of paperwork.
• Time management; being able to prioritise work and work under pressure.
• Good people skills.
• Keyboard skills.
• Adaptability to change.
• Service development.
• SystmOne Web Clinical system.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified GP with GMC registration.
• Annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate).
• General practice (Vocational Training Scheme) trained.
• On medical performers list.
• Enhanced DBS check.
• UK driving licence.
• Current CPR certificate.
• UK work permit (if required).
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• LTC training (Diabetic, Asthma, COPD, CHD, CKD).

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.