Job summary
The Mill Medical Practice is a
friendly, highly regarded practice based in Godalming, Surrey. We are looking
for a salaried doctor to join our supportive team for 4-8 sessions we are
very happy to be flexible for the right candidate.
Main duties of the job
As a team player you will work closely with the practices multi-disciplinary team to deliver high quality patient focused care to our patient population.
- Full GMC registration required
- Applications would be welcomed from newly qualified as well as experienced GPs.
- Clean driving licence and use of vehicle for patient visits is essential
- Knowledge of using EmisWeb is desirable
Salary is dependent on qualifications and skills.
About us
We are a successful, training practice with eight partners, and five salaried doctors. We are extremely proud of our excellent administrative, nursing and health care assistant support. The practice has a longstanding ethos of supporting all medical staff irrespective of their role.
In addition we are an active member of our PCN, along with four other surgeries. We currently host a paramedic, first contact physiotherapist, GPIhms, pharmacist and pharmacy technician. We provide high quality clinical care to over 16,000 patients, rating outstanding in our last CQC inspection. We use EMIS Web, Docman, Lexacom and EPS.
The practice is located in purpose built premises on the outskirts of Godalming, which we moved to fourteen years ago. We offer a wide range of enhanced services including minor surgery, contraception and anticoagulation. Frailty is a particular area of interest for the practice.
The practice has many external clinical commitments. We offer regular sessions for The Meath Epilepsy Charity, Broadwater Lodge, Eastlake, Signature, Jubilee House, La Verna, Charterhouse and Priorsfield Schools. In addition we provide two clinical sessions at Milford Hospital offering support to the discharge to assess and urgent community response teams.
We warmly encourage informal visits, which can be arranged by contacting the Practice Managers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
Consultations
- Routine and emergency
- Each session = 16 appointments, 2 telephone calls, 1 visit
- The working day runs from 08.30 18.30
- Monday one visit, but mandatory attendance at the lunchtime meeting
- Home visits - expectation of 1 visit per session worked
- Equitable share with other Doctors
- Covering partners
- Cover at external sites (local private schools, care/nursing/residential homes)
- Equitable share of workload when a member of the Clinical Team is away
- Share of cover for doctors when they are on leave
- On call duties when requested by the partnership
Prescribing
- Checking and signing repeat prescriptions
- Prescribing within locally agreed guidelines
- Dealing with workflow queries, blood results, prescriptions, medical reports and examinations, referral letters (NHS and private) and correspondence(Docman) by the end of the working week
- Taking an equitable share of the queries and workload from the wider MDT team
- Making professional autonomous decisions with either self-referred patients or those referred by another member of the MDT team
- Recording and making contemporaneous I.T. based consultation notes to agreed standards
Management & Administration
- Work alongside the clinical team to achieve QOF targets
- Participate in weekly MDT meetings on a Monday lunchtime (12.30 14.00) to include:
- Gold Standard Framework with District Nurses and Community Matron
- Children at Risk with Health Visitors
- Clinical topics
- Audit presentations
- Significant event analysis
- Participate in clinical audit
- Teaching and training
- Medical Students
- Doctors in training
- Assist practice to maintain GP Training status
- To comply with Confidentiality, Data-protection (under Data Protection Act 1998), Health and Safety (Health and Safety at Work Act 1974)
- Commitment to ongoing learning and evidence-based practice
- Attending training where appropriate for the role (eg. CPR and Anaphylaxis)
- Any work that is funded under a LES payment is undertaken in such a way to ensure that the practice will be remunerated
- Communicate effectively with patients, staff, partners and external organisations
- Ensure high quality in all areas of work and will follow all practice based guidance where appropriate
- Will take own responsibility for successful annual appraisal and revalidation
Flexibility
This job description is intended to provide a broad outline of the main responsibilities only. The post holder will need to be flexible in developing the role in initial and ongoing discussions with the designated manager.
Annual leave 30 days pro-rata
Study leave 4 sessions pro-rata
1 session for appraisal preparation
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
Consultations
- Routine and emergency
- Each session = 16 appointments, 2 telephone calls, 1 visit
- The working day runs from 08.30 18.30
- Monday one visit, but mandatory attendance at the lunchtime meeting
- Home visits - expectation of 1 visit per session worked
- Equitable share with other Doctors
- Covering partners
- Cover at external sites (local private schools, care/nursing/residential homes)
- Equitable share of workload when a member of the Clinical Team is away
- Share of cover for doctors when they are on leave
- On call duties when requested by the partnership
Prescribing
- Checking and signing repeat prescriptions
- Prescribing within locally agreed guidelines
- Dealing with workflow queries, blood results, prescriptions, medical reports and examinations, referral letters (NHS and private) and correspondence(Docman) by the end of the working week
- Taking an equitable share of the queries and workload from the wider MDT team
- Making professional autonomous decisions with either self-referred patients or those referred by another member of the MDT team
- Recording and making contemporaneous I.T. based consultation notes to agreed standards
Management & Administration
- Work alongside the clinical team to achieve QOF targets
- Participate in weekly MDT meetings on a Monday lunchtime (12.30 14.00) to include:
- Gold Standard Framework with District Nurses and Community Matron
- Children at Risk with Health Visitors
- Clinical topics
- Audit presentations
- Significant event analysis
- Participate in clinical audit
- Teaching and training
- Medical Students
- Doctors in training
- Assist practice to maintain GP Training status
- To comply with Confidentiality, Data-protection (under Data Protection Act 1998), Health and Safety (Health and Safety at Work Act 1974)
- Commitment to ongoing learning and evidence-based practice
- Attending training where appropriate for the role (eg. CPR and Anaphylaxis)
- Any work that is funded under a LES payment is undertaken in such a way to ensure that the practice will be remunerated
- Communicate effectively with patients, staff, partners and external organisations
- Ensure high quality in all areas of work and will follow all practice based guidance where appropriate
- Will take own responsibility for successful annual appraisal and revalidation
Flexibility
This job description is intended to provide a broad outline of the main responsibilities only. The post holder will need to be flexible in developing the role in initial and ongoing discussions with the designated manager.
Annual leave 30 days pro-rata
Study leave 4 sessions pro-rata
1 session for appraisal preparation
Person Specification
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Ability to provide high quality patient focused care
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to work with limited supervision
- Current registration with the GMC
- Appropriate representation with a recognised medical defence organisation
- Current DBS certificate
- Up to date CPR & Anaphylaxis training
- Current and full driving licence
- Strong levels of I.T. proficiency and familiarity with primary care clinical systems (the Practice uses EMIS Web)
- Proven ability to handle a busy and varied primary care case load
- Proven ability to offer support within a clinical team and share learning points in Practice meetings
- A good understanding of GMS contracting requirements and the operation of the Quality Outcomes Framework process(QOF and QMAS)
Desirable
- MRCGP
- DCH/DFFP/DRCOG
- Training experience (FY2 trainer/GP trainer)
- General Practice experience
- Experience of running a Nursing Home list
- Familiarity with EMIS Web
- LARC fitting
- Recent Safeguarding Children/ Adults training
Qualifications
Essential
- A vocationally trained and accredited GP, preferably with MRCGP
- Initiative, creativity and motivation
- A strong team spirit
- A good working knowledge in national primary care strategies and ideas on how to implement these
- Ability to put the needs of the Practice and Team ahead of individual needs at periods of increased workloads (QOF assessment, flu campaigns, pandemics, sickness absences)
- Respond in a flexible way to fluctuations in workload
Person Specification
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Ability to provide high quality patient focused care
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to work with limited supervision
- Current registration with the GMC
- Appropriate representation with a recognised medical defence organisation
- Current DBS certificate
- Up to date CPR & Anaphylaxis training
- Current and full driving licence
- Strong levels of I.T. proficiency and familiarity with primary care clinical systems (the Practice uses EMIS Web)
- Proven ability to handle a busy and varied primary care case load
- Proven ability to offer support within a clinical team and share learning points in Practice meetings
- A good understanding of GMS contracting requirements and the operation of the Quality Outcomes Framework process(QOF and QMAS)
Desirable
- MRCGP
- DCH/DFFP/DRCOG
- Training experience (FY2 trainer/GP trainer)
- General Practice experience
- Experience of running a Nursing Home list
- Familiarity with EMIS Web
- LARC fitting
- Recent Safeguarding Children/ Adults training
Qualifications
Essential
- A vocationally trained and accredited GP, preferably with MRCGP
- Initiative, creativity and motivation
- A strong team spirit
- A good working knowledge in national primary care strategies and ideas on how to implement these
- Ability to put the needs of the Practice and Team ahead of individual needs at periods of increased workloads (QOF assessment, flu campaigns, pandemics, sickness absences)
- Respond in a flexible way to fluctuations in workload
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).
Additional information
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).
