Salaried GP in Witley

The postholder will support the GP partners to manage a busy, interesting clinicalcaseload spread over the populations covered by the practice ensuring thehighest standard of care for all registered and temporary patients. Up to 6 Sessions per week.

Main duties of the job

See attached job description for details of clinical and other responsibilitiesas well as the person specification for the role

About us

We are a friendly team led by three GP Partners providing primary care to the population of Witley, Milford and surrounding areas. We have a registered list size of over 11,000 patients across our two premises. Our Witley site has a dispensary and we provide dispensing services to around half of our registered patients. We are a training practice and innovative in a range of areas. There are plans for a new building to bring our current two sites on to one single site.

We welcome informal visits to the practice, please contact Emma Parnell, Management Assistant on emmaparnell@nhs.net to arrange this

Job responsibilities

Reports to: ThePartners (Clinically)

ThePractice Manager (Non-clinically)

Hours: Up to 6 sessions per week (with flexibility on sessions per week)

Job Summary

The post holder will support the GP partnersto manage a busy, interesting clinical caseload spread over the populationscovered by the practice ensuring the highest standard of care for all registeredand temporary patients.

Clinical Responsibilities

Inaccordance with the Practice rota, the post holder will make him/herselfavailable to undertake a variety of duties including surgery, clinical triage,telephone and electronic consultations and queries, visiting patients homes,checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperworkand correspondence in a timely fashion

Respondingto medical problems presented by temporary residents

Makingprofessional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whetherself-referred or referred from other health care workers within theorganisation

Assessingthe health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosedproblems

Screeningpatients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness

Inconsultation with patients and in line with current practice disease managementprotocols, developing care plans for health management

To assistin the establishment of appropriate systems to manage common chronic medicalconditions e.g. asthma, diabetes

Providingcounselling and health education

Makingappropriate and timely referral of patients for further opinion and treatment

Recordingclear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards including therecording of appropriate information for the Quality and Outcomes Framework andEnhanced Services

Prescribingin accordance with Practice policy and formulary as clinically appropriate

Compilingand issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions

Timelyassessment of incoming electronic and paper correspondence relating to bothpatient and non-patient information as required. Using the appropriateelectronic systems

Attendingclinical meetings and other relevant meetings as required by the practice

Participatein training plans of GP registrar, medical and nursing students and othereducational placements as required

In generalthe post holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties andresponsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care and any otherduties reasonably required by the practice

This jobdescription is not exhaustive. We anticipate the role will develop with thesuitable candidate and we may amend it as appropriate

Confidentiality

To followcurrent GMC guidelines and practice policy to ensure patients have theconfidence and right to expect that staff will respect their privacy anddignity and act appropriately

Informationrelating to patients, carers, colleagues or other healthcare workers or issuesrelating to the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorisedpersons in accordance with the above guidelines and policy

Health & Safety

The post holder will assist in promoting andmaintaining their own and other health, safety and security, as per thepractice health and safety policy, including

Usingpersonal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines

Identifyingrisks involved in work activities and actively managing those risks

Makingeffective use of training to update knowledge and skills

Usingappropriate infection control procedures, particularly relating to needle stickinjuries, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way free from hazards

Ensuringall accidents or incidents are reported and investigated and follow up actiontaken where necessary

Equality & Diversity

The post holder will support the equality,diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

Acting ina way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in away that is consistent with the practice procedures and policies and currentlegislation

Respectingthe privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers, colleagues

Behavingin a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental andrespects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights.

Personal/Professional Development

Participationin an annual performance review

Attendanceat educational and clinical team meetings

Ensureprofessional development requirements for revalidation are met

Acommitment to lifelong learning and audit to ensure evidence based bestpractice

Contributingto audit/evaluation and clinical standard setting

Attendingtraining and events organised by the practice or other agencies, whereappropriate

Maintaincompetence in mandatory training as required by the practice

Quality

The post-holder will strive to maintainquality within the practice and will:

Alertother team members to issues of quality and risk

Reflectand assess own and team performance.

Effectivelymanage own time, workload and resources

Applypractice policies, standards and guidance

Makesuggestions on ways to improve and enhance the team or practices performance

Participatein quality improvement activities and work to meet compliance requirements

Participatein significant and learning event processes to improve care

Person Specification

Qualifications

• On GMC GP Register
• On Medical Performers List
• Annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate)
• Clear Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check
• UK driving licence
• UK work permit (if required)
• Evidence of continued professional development
• MRCGP
• DCH
• GP Trainer accreditation
• IUD and contraceptive implant letter of competence

Skills and abilities

• Ability to work flexibly
• Ability to communicate effectively with the full range of patients, staff and external agencies
• An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
• Commitment to personal and professional development of self and others
• Understanding of the current issues facing primary care
• Ability to input to practice development planning and delivery

Experience

• Recent experience of working in general practice
• Commitment to and experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary and skill mixed team environment
• Experience of working to achieve quality targets eg QOF
• Experience and competence in medicus clinical system
• Experience in involvement in training of medical students, F2 or GP Registrars
• Experience in quality improvement activity

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.

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