Job summary
We
are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, highly motivated individual to this 6 session salaried GP vacancy. Working Monday, Wednesday & Thursday, the post
will encourage initiative and there will be opportunities to develop skills in
Research, Surgical Work and Teaching.
Winterton Medical
Practice
is a forward thinking, GMS, dispensing Practice based in a small market town in
North Lincolnshire with a branch surgery.
The position is available as a 6 session post, including CPD
allowance. An excellent remuneration and
holiday package will be offered, plus payment of Medical Protection Insurance
fees.
Informal
visits and telephone enquiries are welcome.
Main duties of the job
- In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations, triaging, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
- See Job Description for full details of the role
About us
The main surgery is purpose built and the branch surgery is Practice owned and dispensing occurs across both sites.
Involvement with teaching: HYMS undergraduate teaching / Postgraduate teaching
A fully functional surgical unit doing vasectomies, hernia repairs plus other surgical work
We are part of an established Primary Care Network that is responsive to the changing climate of General Practice
A widely skilled practice team which includes network employed clinicians - nurses, clinical pharmacists, advanced nurse practitioners, first contact physiotherapists, physician associate, health care assistants, nursing associates and social prescriber
We believe in continuity of care
Flexible working to allow portfolio careers opportunities in teaching, research and surgery
High Earning Practice In Top 10% Nationally
High QOF achiever
SystmOne Practice with use of Ardens and Accurx
Patient online consultation service offered
Consistent over 95% patient satisfaction
Involved in research
Overall good CQC report with outstanding in Elderly Care
Why this area?
Relatively cheap housing
Good local schools
Good road network (within 50 minutes travel time to Leeds/Hull/Lincoln/Sheffield)
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: SALARIED GENERAL PRACTITIONER
REPORTS TO: THE
PARTNERS (Clinically)
THE
PRACTICE MANAGER (Administratively)
HOURS: 6 Sessions per Week
Salary: Negotiable
JOB SUMMARY
The post-holder
will manage a caseload and 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:
- In accordance with the practice timetable, as
agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a
variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations,
triaging, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat
prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a
timely fashion.
- 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.
- Providing counselling and health education.
- Admitting or discharging patients to and from
the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate.
- Recording clear and contemporaneous
consultation notes to agreed standards.
- Collecting data for audit purposes.
- Compiling and issuing computer-generated
acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions
whenever possible).
- 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 all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a
GP working within primary care.
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES WITHIN THE ORGANISATION
- Awareness of and compliance with all relevant
practice policies/guidelines, eg 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 development of
computer-based patient records.
- 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.
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 healthcare
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, other healthcare workers 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.
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:
- Using personal
security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines.
- Identifying
the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a
way that manages those risks.
- Making
effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.
- Using
appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy
and safe way and free from hazards.
- Reporting
potential risks identified.
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 peoples 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.
QUALITY
The post-holder
will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:
- Alert other team members to issues of quality
and risk.
- 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 teams 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
peoples 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 own work.
- Participate in audit where appropriate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: SALARIED GENERAL PRACTITIONER
REPORTS TO: THE
PARTNERS (Clinically)
THE
PRACTICE MANAGER (Administratively)
HOURS: 6 Sessions per Week
Salary: Negotiable
JOB SUMMARY
The post-holder
will manage a caseload and 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:
- In accordance with the practice timetable, as
agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a
variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations,
triaging, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat
prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a
timely fashion.
- 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.
- Providing counselling and health education.
- Admitting or discharging patients to and from
the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate.
- Recording clear and contemporaneous
consultation notes to agreed standards.
- Collecting data for audit purposes.
- Compiling and issuing computer-generated
acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions
whenever possible).
- 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 all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a
GP working within primary care.
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES WITHIN THE ORGANISATION
- Awareness of and compliance with all relevant
practice policies/guidelines, eg 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 development of
computer-based patient records.
- 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.
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 healthcare
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, other healthcare workers 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.
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:
- Using personal
security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines.
- Identifying
the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a
way that manages those risks.
- Making
effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.
- Using
appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy
and safe way and free from hazards.
- Reporting
potential risks identified.
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 peoples 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.
QUALITY
The post-holder
will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:
- Alert other team members to issues of quality
and risk.
- 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 teams 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
peoples 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 own work.
- Participate in audit where appropriate.
Person Specification
Registrations
Essential
- GMC Registration & Entry on National Performers List
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Medicine & Certificate of Completion in Training (CCT)
Experience
Essential
- Experience working as a general practitioner in primary care
Person Specification
Registrations
Essential
- GMC Registration & Entry on National Performers List
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Medicine & Certificate of Completion in Training (CCT)
Experience
Essential
- Experience working as a general practitioner in primary care
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
