Salaried Gp

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic Salaried GP to join the team in our friendly, high-achieving and forward-thinking practice.
We are seeking an individual who can provide 6-8 sessions/3-4 days a week, to start in February/March (negotiable).
Main duties of the jobTo deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.
The post holder will undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions, taking action on electronic prescription requests and dealing with prescription queries, paperwork and correspondence, including electronic correspondence, dealing with patient test results and medical reports, referral letters and any other correspondence as appropriate in a timely manner.
About usBlyth Road Medical Centre is a GMS practice with around 6300 patients. We have 3 Partners, 2 ANPs, 2 Practice Nurses and 2 HCAs along with a team of Admin and Reception staff. We also work alongside various other health care professionals including a Social Prescriber, Nurse Associate, Diabetic Dietician, First Contact Physiotherapists and a Clinical Pharmacy team.
We are a spoke training practice, use Systmone, AccuRx and Anima. We are well supported by our Patient Participation Group.
Job responsibilitiesJob Title: Salaried General Practitioner
Reports to: The Partners (Clinically), The Practice Manager (Administratively)
Job Summary: To deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.
Clinical Responsibilities: The post holder will undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions, taking action on electronic prescription requests and dealing with prescription queries, paperwork and correspondence, including electronic correspondence, dealing with patient test results and medical reports, referral letters and any other correspondence as appropriate in a timely manner.
Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers.
Assess the health needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
Providing counselling and health education.
Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards, primarily by use of the computer system and complete the clinical system templates as appropriate.
Prescribe in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary and agreed guidelines.
In general, the post holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
Other Responsibilities within the Practice: Awareness and compliance with all relevant policies/guidelines including, but not limited to prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety, safeguarding, QOF and CQC.
A commitment to lifelong learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.
Contribute to the evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation.
Contributing to the practice achievement of QOF and other performance targets.
Attend training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate. This includes clinical and non-clinical training. Ensure that personal mandatory and organisationally required training is up to date.
Participate in practice meetings as required.
Confidentiality: In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.
In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other health care workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.
Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
Breach of confidentiality is gross misconduct and could lead to dismissal from the practice.
Health and Safety: The post holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others' health, safety and security as defined in the practice health & Safety Policy, to include:
Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.
Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.
Reporting potential risks identified and Significant Events promptly.
Equality and Diversity: The post holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
Acting in a way that recognises 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-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional Development: In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements are met, the post holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:
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.
Participate in such other individual performance reviews, revalidation or re-accreditation process as might be required by the CCG, GMC etc.
Quality: The post holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:
Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk and participate in significant event reviews.
Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.
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.
Communication: The post holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:
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: The post holder will:
Apply practice policies, standards and guidance.
Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect their own work.
Participate in audit where appropriate.
Person SpecificationQualificationsFull GMC registrationBe included in GP performer list and have a licence to practiceRegistered with a recognised medical defence organisationSkillsClinical skills necessary for independent practiceSound knowledge of the principles and values that support good medical practiceGood organisational skillsAbility to work under pressure and manage a changing workloadPersonal QualitiesWill have excellent interpersonal skills and be committed to working as part of a teamWill have excellent communication skills, both written and verbalClear commitment to delivering quality and patient-focused servicesFlexible, open to change and willing to learn new skillsExperienceIT literate including experience of using clinical systems, ideally SystmoneDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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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