Salaried General Practitioner

Hollyns Health & Wellbeing

Job summary

Due to a forthcoming retirement Hollyns Health & Wellbeing are looking to recruit  a salaried GP to provide cover for 4-8 sessions a week.

Main duties of the job

1. CONSULTATIONS:

• Consulting by telephone, video, at the surgery and at home dependent on clinical situation (we currently operate a total triage model)

• Information gathering, making appropriate diagnostic formulation and management strategies incorporating the patients own opinions and belief systems

• Make comprehensive and understandable records in the form agreed upon by the partners

• Respond appropriately to ‘emergencies’ which arise at the surgery or at home with necessary involvement of other agencies

• Show responsiveness to other doctors working with you at any given time with regards to the sharing of workload

2. ADMINISTRATION

• Results and letters are to be viewed in relation to patient’s full computer record with appropriate comment and follow-up arrangements made.

• Prescription signing/’trouble-shooting’ remains the responsibility of all Doctors

• Prompt attendance at all meetings

• Referrals should be sent for typing within 1 working week. This includes x-rays, scans and other investigations. Same day for urgent referrals

About us

About us:

- Two site practice based in Clayton and Allerton in Bradford

- Approximately 13,300 patients

- PMS contact

- Undergraduate and Postgraduate Training practice

- Diverse clinical team including 5 partners, 2 salaried GPs, ACPs from nursing and paramedic backgrounds

- Member of the Bradford North West Network PCN and Trust Primary Care Federation

- SystmOne practice

Job description

Job responsibilities

GENERAL AIM

• Doctors in General Practice are those approved by the Joint Committee of Training for General Practice or PMETB who give care to individuals irrespective of age, sex and illness.

• They attend their patients in their consulting rooms, in their homes and sometimes in a clinic or hospital.

• Their aim is to make early diagnosis.

• They will include and integrate physical, psychological and social factors in their consideration about health and illness.

• They will make an initial decision about every problem that is presented to them as a doctor.

• They will undertake the continuing management of their patients with chronic recurrent and terminal illnesses.

• Prolonged contact means that they will use repeated opportunities to gather information at a pace appropriate to each patient and build a relationship of trust which they can use professionally.

• They will practice in co-operation with other colleagues and know how and when to intervene through treatment, prevention and education to promote the health of their patients and their families.

• They will recognise that they also have a professional responsibility to the community.

GENERAL OBJECTIVES

• Practice a high standard of patient-centred, preventative, clinical medicine using evidence based practice wherever possible

• Tolerate uncertainty

• Understand the significance of ‘time’ in General Practice

• Show good communication skills

• Organise an efficient caring practice, being willing to learn and demonstrate management skills

• Evaluate regularly and audit his/her own performance

• Maintain interest in continuing medical education and develop a pattern of lifelong learning

• Be aware of cost-effectiveness in relation to investigation and treatment to maximise the available resources for patients

• Develop a solid understanding of medical ethics and be willing to integrate these within the practice culture

• Develop an understanding of public health

• Understand and show responsibility to the Primary Health Care Team

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Undergraduate Medical Degree
• MRCGP

Experience

Essential

• All levels of experience considered

Employer details

Employer name

Hollyns Health & Wellbeing

Address

4 Glenholme Park

Clayton

Bradford

West Yorkshire

BD14 6NF

Employer's website

http://www.hollynshealth.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)