Salaried GP at Manchester teaching practice

• Salaried GP at Manchester teaching practice
• Valentine Medical Centre, 2 Smethurst Street, Manchester

Salaried GP - up to 10 sessions available.

Are you looking to settle down and enjoy the benefits of a friendly, sociable, training practice?

We are looking for new members of our GP team.

We have sessions available across the week and hope to recruit more than one person to make the total of 10 sessions.

Sessions available now and in January - flexible start date for the right candidates.

Starting salary from £11,000 per session per annum, negotiable depending on experience, plus indemnity.

We pride ourselves on peer support and opportunity for professional development, offering one to one partner mentoring to newly qualified GPs, as well as an opportunity to explore interests and ambitions for experienced GPs.

We have a culture of education and learning with regular practice education sessions which we take turns to lead.

Leave: 6 weeks annual leave plus 1 week study leave (pro rata).

An informal visit to come and look around the practice and have the opportunity to meet some of the team is encouraged.

Main duties of the job

Our practice ethos is to combine high standards of clinical care and training, in a supportive environment designed to encourage you to thrive and develop any interests or ambitions.

We have daily informal meetings to catch up and check in with each other and discuss cases.

We offer a named mentor GP partner to support newly qualified colleagues.

Experienced colleagues can expect support and opportunity to engage with personal and practice development.

Excellent community support includes acute home visiting service and a dedicated care home team, so we genuinely have low home visit rates.

We are a GMS contract training practice in North Manchester.

The practice population is a diverse list of around 11,000 patients.

Our team includes 3 partner GPs, 5 salaried GPs, excellent experienced nurses, HCA, a focused care worker, practice pharmacist and dedicated prescription team, and a stable, accomplished administrative team lead by skillful managers.

We highly value training & teaching and have medical students, GPSTs and Foundation Drs in practice.

About us

• CQC rated Good: https://www. cqc. org. uk/location/1-544352441
• Job responsibilities
• Salaried GP at Valentine Medical Centre
• Job purpose

To provide safe, effective and patient-centred general medical services to the practice population, working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary primary-care team.

The postholder will contribute to clinical care, appropriate administration, clinical governance, education and practice development within an agreed job plan and contracted hours.

• Clinical duties
• Conduct face-to-face, telephone and online consultations.
• Assess, diagnose and manage patients presenting with acute and long-term conditions.
• Provide appropriate preventive care, health promotion and screening.
• Prescribe safely and appropriately within professional competence.
• Make referrals and seek specialist advice where clinically appropriate.
• Provide appropriate follow-up, continuity and safety-netting.
• Participate in duty-doctor or on-call work as per the rota.
• Undertake home visits when needed.
• Work collaboratively with nurses, pharmacists, healthcare assistants, administrative staff and other members of the wider team.
• Administrative and clinical support work
• Complete clinical records accurately and promptly.
• Review and action investigations, correspondence, results and incoming clinical tasks arising from consultations.
• Complete referrals, reports and other necessary clinical documentation.
• Participate in significant-event reviews, complaints responses and clinical governance activity, with appropriate paid time provided.
• Attend practice, clinical and multidisciplinary meetings.
• Contribute to service development, audit, quality improvement and implementation of local policies.
• Support a respectful, inclusive and non-hierarchical working environment.
• Participate in practice education, mentoring or supervision where agreed and appropriately resourced.
• Maintain effective communication with colleagues and external healthcare professionals.
• Professional responsibilities
• Maintain full GMC registration and inclusion on the appropriate performers list.
• Practice in accordance with GMC guidance, including Good Medical Practice.
• Maintain appropriate professional indemnity arrangements.
• Keep up to date with mandatory training and continuing professional development.
• Recognise and act on safeguarding concerns.
• Maintain confidentiality and comply with information-governance requirements.
• Participate in appraisal and revalidation processes.
• Work within professional competence and seek advice when required.

Person specification

• Registered medical practitioner with a licence to practice.
• Included, or eligible for inclusion, on the relevant performers list.
• MRCGP.
• Experience working in UK general practice.
• Ability to manage a broad range of presentations safely.
• Effective communication and consultation skills.
• Commitment to teamwork, continuity and high-quality patient care.
• Understanding of safeguarding, clinical governance and information governance.
• Ability to work within an agreed job plan and contracted hours.
• Terms and benefits
• Flexible number of sessions per week available with the working pattern agreed in advance (plan to recruit more than 1 candidate).
• Salary paid pro rata to the full-time equivalent.
• NHS pension membership, subject to eligibility and scheme rules.
• Annual leave and sick leave in accordance with the contract.
• Protected CPD and professional-development time.
• Paid induction, including clinical systems, local pathways and practice procedures.
• Regular clinical support and access to a named senior GP.
• Practice support for appraisal, revalidation and professional development.
• LMC membership or levy arrangements in accordance with the applicable contract.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MRCGP with CCT and GMC licence to practice with no restrictions.
• If you are nearing the end of training and due to CCT soon, please still apply - we will consider your application.

Experience

• Post would suit both newly qualified and experienced GPs.
• 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.

• Depending on experience Salary starts at £11,000 per session pa, negotiable on experience