Salaried GP - Fixed Term in Wigan

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. Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug- and non-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan.
• Communication: Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment. 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.

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.