Salaried GP - Fixed Term

We are looking for a dedicated and compassionate Salaried GP to join our friendly and supportive multi-disciplinary team at The Dicconson Group Practice. As a Salaried GP, you will play a vital role in delivering high quality, patient-centred care for the differing needs of our patient community, ensuring that the highest standards of care for our patient population are met.

The Salaried GP will also work closely with our practice's multi-disciplinary team of other GPs, nurses, and non-clinical staff to provide a high quality and accessible service to all of our patients. This role offers you the opportunity to contribute to the ongoing development of services within our well-established practice with support for professional development and work-life balance.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of this role will be to deliver high quality care across a range of day-to-day responsibilities. This will include face-to-face consultations and telephone consultations. We will be looking for the successful candidate to work for 4 sessions in the practice. We would also require you to review pathology results, manage Docman correspondence, handle prescriptions, and respond to patient queries. The successful candidate will be expected to carry out a full range of duties expected of a GP in Primary Care, exercising clinical autonomy and professional judgment.

We actively encourage professional development and offer opportunities to take on lead roles, pursue special interests, and look at career progression.

About us

Located in the heart of Wigan Town Centre, The Dicconson Group Practice is a well-established GP practice serving a diverse patient population of approximately 9650 people. You'll be joining a welcoming and experienced clinical team at the practice, which is headed up by our 4 supportive GP partners. We then have our dedicated team of 3 salaried GPs, 2 advanced clinicians, a trainee advanced clinician, 3 practice nurses, a nurse associate, and our healthcare assistant. They are then supported by our fantastic non-clinical team, including our friendly reception team, 2 dedicated secretaries, and data quality lead, along with our management team of 3.

We pride ourselves on our collaborative supportive environment where every team member is valued and encouraged to contribute to the ongoing development of the practice. Together we are dedicated to delivering high quality, patient-centred care and continuously improving the health and wellbeing of our community. We are a Visa Holding Practice.

Job responsibilities

• Clinical practice: Assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis. Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly. Assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions/treatments for patients with complex needs. Proactively identify, diagnose, and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition (as appropriate). Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug- and non-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan. Work with patients to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments. Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side-effects, and interactions. Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent, or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care. Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles, and apply principles of self-care. 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. Completion of paperwork, referrals, and correspondence in a timely manner. Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation. Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards. Collecting and presenting data for audit or educational purposes. Participate in enhanced services work on behalf of the practice or PCN.
• Communication: Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment. Communicate with and support patients in need. Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background, and preferred ways of communicating. Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication. Maintain effective communication within the practice environment and with external stakeholders. Act as an advocate for patients and colleagues. Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance (e.g., PALS) and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate.
• Delivering a quality service: Produce accurate, contemporaneous, and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies, and procedures. Prioritise, organise, and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality. Deliver care according to NICE guidelines and evidence-based care. Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking, and formal evaluation. Initiate and participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its activities. Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required. In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate. Evaluate patients' response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care. Support and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisations. Use a structured framework (e.g., SEA) to manage, review, and identify learning from patient complaints, clinical incidents, and near-miss events. Assess the impact of policy implementation on care delivery. Understand and apply legal issues that support the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, and be aware of statutory child/vulnerable patients' health procedures and local guidance.
• Leadership: Take responsibility for own learning and performance including participating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role model. Support staff development to maximise potential. Critically evaluate and review innovations and developments that are relevant to the area of work. Enlist support and influence stakeholders and decision-makers in order to bring about new developments in the provision of services. Take a lead role in planning and implementing changes within the area of care and responsibility. Contribute to the development of local guidelines, protocols, and standards. Market the role of the advanced nurse practitioner in general practice. Understand own role and scope and identify how this may develop over time. Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working. Delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence. Create clear referral mechanisms to meet patient need. Prioritise own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team. Work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction, and policies impacting upon care delivery. Discuss, highlight, and work with the team to create opportunities to improve patient care. Manage and lead on the delivery of specifically identified services or projects as agreed with the practice management team. Agree plans and outcomes by which to measure success.
• Management of risk: Manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients. Monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety, and security legislation, policies, procedures, and guidelines. Apply infection-control measures within the practice according to local and national guidelines. Advocate for policies that reduce environmental health risks, are culturally sensitive, and increase access to health care for all. Interpret national strategies and policies into local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of the practice.
• Managing information: Use technology and appropriate software as an aid to management in planning, implementation, and monitoring of care, presenting and communicating information. Review and process data using accurate computer codes in order to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval for monitoring and audit processes. Manage information searches using the internet and local library databases. Understand responsibility of self and others to the practice and primary care trust regarding GDPR regulations.
• Learning and development: Undertake mentorship for more junior staff, assessing competence against set standards. Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments (e.g., courses and conferences). Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate. Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families, and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning.
• Equality and diversity: Identify patterns of discrimination and take action to overcome this and promote diversity and equality of opportunity. Enable others to promote equality and diversity in a non-discriminatory culture. Support people who need assistance in exercising their rights. Monitor and evaluate adherence to local chaperoning policies. Act as a role model in the observance of equality and diversity good practice. Accept the rights of individuals to choose their care providers, participate in care, and refuse care. Assist patients from marginalised groups to access quality care. Undertake any training required in order to meet the needs of the practice.

Person Specification

• Skills: Registration with the GMC, Full UK Driving Licence, Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience: Primary Care / GP Practice Experience, Experience of EMIS, Docman, and AMGP.
• Qualifications: Qualified GP, 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.