Salaried GP - 4 sessions in Preston

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 4-session salaried GP with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to join our busy, but friendly, family Practice. You would join an existing clinical team of 4 GP Partners, 2 Salaried GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Practice Nurse, Nurse Associate and GP Assistant serving 7,200 patients in Preston's City Centre. We seek someone who is flexible, dedicated, motivated and shares our values on rigid-prescribing, mutual pastoral support and effective clinical practice. We are looking for someone to offer us 4 sessions per week. We are flexible with the working pattern to be agreed with the successful candidate. The role is initially to be a fixed term contract up to 31 March 2027, but with a view to extension by mutual agreement and continuing funding. Excellent remuneration on offer, dependent on previous experience. We can be flexible on sessions for the right candidate. Additional sessions available for covering holiday absence. We are based in Geoffrey Street Health Centre, with excellent transport connections and on-site parking.

Main duties of the job:

• Provide GMS services in the form of face to face, telephone and home visits.
• Participate in telephone triage / On-call Doctor role as part of the weekly rota.
• Participate in repeat prescriptions checking as part of the weekly rota.
• Maintain accurate, concise clinical records and coding.
• Enthusiasm to work collaboratively across our clinical and non-clinical team.
• Support the Partners & Management team in achieving practice aims, recommending and developing as necessary.

About us:

The New Hall Lane Practice is a long-established, 4 partner, family practice with a list size of around 7,200 patients, centrally located in the heart of Preston. We are a multi‑cultural, dynamic and friendly team who work hard to provide quality care and clinical excellence, backed by high QOF & IIF achievements. We take pride in being a long‑standing training practice for ST2 & 3 doctors and Medical Students from Lancaster University. We use the EMIS Web clinical system. We are an active member of our 9 practice PCN - Greater Preston PCN and part of Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB. CQC rating Good.

Job responsibilities:

• In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to 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, paperwork 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.
• 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.
• Compiling and issuing EPS acute and repeat prescriptions.
• Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
• In general, the post‑holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care, including: taking part in the day‑time on‑call rota; taking a usual share of repeat prescriptions and prescription queries; telephone triage and home visits as needed.

Other Responsibilities within the Organisation:

• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety, infection control.
• 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.
• Negotiating holidays with the partners so as to avoid gaps in patient care.

Safeguarding:

The practice is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults, but also service users and visitors to our services. All staff have a responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and adults. The post‑holder in conjunction with the management will be responsible for ensuring they undertake the appropriate level of training relevant to their individual role and responsibilities and that they are aware of and work within the relevant safeguarding policies and procedures. The post‑holder is expected to treat patients, and carers, care and compassion at all times, treating each person as an individual by offering a personalised service. The practice staff will adopt behaviours and attitudes which promote, support and respect privacy and dignity. Staff are expected to challenge poor practice in relation to dignity and treat each other with respect. The practice is committed to providing consistently excellent and safe patient‑centred care for all those who access our services, through highly skilled, committed and compassionate staff working together. The practice does this by putting our patients at the centre of all that we do and providing the best quality care with passion and pride. All staff are required to advocate, champion, and demonstrate the practice's vision and values.

Health & Safety:

• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines.
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.
• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.
• Avoiding any professional work outside of contracted hours which might have an impact on his/her ability to function efficiently at work.

Equality and Diversity:

• Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of people’s rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current legislation.
• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
• Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non‑judgemental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Personal/Professional Development:

• Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Quality:

• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.
• Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs.
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

Communication:

• Communicate effectively with other team members.
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers.
• Recognise people’s needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Contribution to the Implementation of Services:

• Apply Practice policies, standards and guidance.
• Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work.
• Participate in audit where appropriate.
• Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the team’s performance.
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs.
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

Person Specification:

• Qualifications: Degree in Medicine, MRCGP, GP Performers list status.
• Experience: Full GPST Rotation, Experience of working in a city centre environment.
• Skills: Proficient in EMIS web.

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.