General Practitioner: Salaried Role

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities:

- East Park Medical Centre will be operating a Tier-Based Delivery of Care, with their patients being segmented into 3 Tiers 1, 2 and 3. GPs will be expected to help deliver care to each of these tiers on a rota basis.

- Tier 1 represents those patients with the lowest physiological risk factors for illness and no other significant or combinations of chronic health problems. The GP will be part of a multidisciplinary team compromised of GPs, Nurse Practitioners, Advanced Care Practitioners and Mental Health nurse. They will have their own appointment schedule which allows time to support the wider MDT team with the more complex problems and queries, reviewing these patients, as necessary. The overall clinical responsibility for the MDT will rest with the Clinical lead and GPs must escalate any concerns regarding the team and patient care to the lead in a timely fashion.

- Tier 2 represents patients who have one or more significant chronic health problem or are at a time in their life of increased physiological risk for example, pregnancy or older age. This is the group of patients where continuity of care can have the greatest impact on patient outcomes and the practice will be striving to achieve this. The GP here will work alongside the nursing team delivering chronic health management, with their own appointment schedule but also supporting the nursing team where appropriate. The GP will be involved in liaising with PCN health professionals, community and secondary health regarding patient care.

- Tier 3 represents the most complex patients, these patients maybe palliative, represent safeguarding risks or be going through a time of crisis which is impacting on their health. Care home patients will be included in this Tier and the GP will be expected to support the MDT teams and meetings to plan these patients care. These patients are likely to require the GP at times to perform home visits where remote consults are not appropriate.

- Administrative duties such as issuing of prescriptions, checking pathology results, tasks and incoming letters/documents for the practice will be performed in dedicated working time in the appointment schedule or a dedicated session as part of the rota.

- The GP with appropriate training may also be asked to participate and hold Group Consultations.

- The GP will also be expected to attend the daily team huddles.

In performing the duties above the GP will be expected to:

- In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery, telephone, video, home and care home consultations.

- Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible), checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork, reports and correspondence in a timely fashion.

- Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate

- 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.

- Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.

- Collecting data for audit purposes and complying with QOF requirements.

- Delivering enhanced services.

Person Specification

Personal Skills and Qualities

Essential

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English, both written and verbally.
• -Good organisational skills
• -Time management skills
• -Able to work under pressure
• -Working on own initiative
• -IT skills (including word processing and database work) as relevant to General Practice
• -Committed to quality and patient satisfaction
• -Committed to equal opportunities
• -Team worker
• -Committed to working as part of a multidisciplinary, multi-agency primary care team
• -Openness to explore alternative working practices

Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent medical degree
• -Full registration with GMC
• -Certification of Completion of Training MRCGP (JCPTGP/PMETB)
• -Inclusion on Performers List
• -Evidence of a commitment to on-going personal & professional development

Desirable

• GP trainer

Experience

Essential

• Experience of providing primary care in and out of hours

Desirable

• Experience of working in primary care in an area with significant health problems
• Development of areas of clinical expertise
• Experience of audit and improving care for patients

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

East Park Medical Centre

Address

5-7 East Park Road

Leeds

LS9 9JD

Employer's website

https://www.eastparkmedicalcentre.com/ (Opens in a new tab)