Newly Qualified Salaried GP in Birmingham

Newly Qualified Salaried GP - 4 sessions per week. Tower Hill Partnership is part of Pioneers Integrated Partnership Primary Care Network. PCNs are a key part of the NHS long-term plan. They provide the structure and funding for services to be developed locally in response to the needs of the patients they serve. Following the release of ARRS GP information and funding we are looking for a newly qualified (within 2 years and not having had a substantive post), enthusiastic, forward-thinking GP to join Pioneers Integrated Partnership (PIP) PCN to be based at Tower Hill Partnership.

Main duties of the job

• Face to face and telephone consultations
• Patient Home visits and Nursing Home visits
• Checking and signing repeat prescriptions
• Administration - dealing with queries, patient test results, referral letters NHS/private, task, emails and other paperwork and correspondence in a timely manner.
• Cover all the clinical management of the patients in surgery as appropriate including initiating investigations, reviewing results, making referrals to secondary care or to other providers as appropriate.

About us

Pioneers Integrated Partnership, West Birmingham. Number of Practices - x3 Approximate list size - £29,000

Job responsibilities

• In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will be available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork, reports and correspondence in a timely fashion.
• Triage patients presenting to the surgery by telephone, online and in person.
• 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 promoting healthy lifestyle strategies and education.
• Manage long-term conditions and patients with complex problems.
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Collecting data for audit purposes and complying with QOF requirements.
• Delivering enhanced services.
• Check, manage & process patient test results.
• Refer patients to secondary care and/or relevant organisations and internally within the PCN (eg to additional roles members of the PCN team) as required.
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible) in line with local and national guidelines.
• 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 the duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care in a surgery on a PCN basis.

Other Responsibilities within the Organisation

• Awareness 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 summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data.
• Attending training and events organised by the Practice or other agencies, where appropriate and suitable and relevant for your role.
• Keep up to date with current evidenced based approaches to patient care and service delivery, in line with NICE and national frameworks.
• Contribute to education and training of trainee members of staff and students.
• Attending and contributing to practice and PCN meetings.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Essential: MBBS or equivalent medical degree.
• Full registration with GMC.
• Certification of Completion of Training - JCPTGP/PMETB.
• Inclusion on Performers List.
• Evidence of a commitment to on-going personal & professional development.

Personal Skills and Qualities

• Essential: Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both written and verbally.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Excellent record keeping.
• Time management skills.
• Able to work calmly under pressure.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• IT skills including word processing and database work.
• Committed to quality and patient satisfaction.
• Committed to equal opportunities.
• Team worker.
• Flexibility & adaptability.

Desirable

• Ability to bring fresh ideas.

Experience

• Essential: Experience of primary care through the GP Vocational Training Scheme.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Tower Hill Partnership Medical Practice

Address: 433 Walsall Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham B42 1BT