Cogges Surgery

GP - Salaried

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Job summary

Cogges Surgery have an excellent opportunity for a GP looking to work in a vibrant and friendly Practice in Witney, West Oxfordshire.

We are looking for a General Practitioner to complement our existing team working up to six sessions per week. We welcome applications from those looking for flexible permanent and fixed term contracts.

Main duties of the job

  • Mixture of face-to-face or telephone patient appointments per session
  • Flexible session start and finish times
  • Minimal home visits due to our PCN home visiting service
  • Weekly clinical (Nurses, ANP, GPs) team meeting

About us

Cogges Surgery is located on the outskirts of Witney, a thriving market town in West Oxfordshire providing healthcare to an increasing patient population, currently ca. 8500.

Our dedicated and experienced team comprises seven GPs, three of whom are Partners, Practice Nurses, Health Care Assistants and a Clinical Pharmacist all supported by our invaluable reception and administration team. We support the training and development of our whole team and we are also a GP training practice. Our patient feedback is excellent, and we are rated Good by CQC in all domains.

As a surgery we encourage a good work/life balance and are happy to explore flexible working patterns on both a full and part time basis. We have recently renovated out staff kitchen/rest area as well as refreshing our consulting rooms, and provide complimentary fruit as well as regular staff lunches.

We are an EMIS Web practice and use Docman and AccuRx. We regularly review how we can minimise non-essential workflow to our clinical staff and are supported by the Primary Care Visiting Service to minimise the requirement for additional home visits by GPs.

Details

Date posted

14 June 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

A1762-24-0003

Job locations

12 Cogges Hill Road

Witney

Oxfordshire

OX28 3FS


Job description

Job responsibilities

The post-holder will be required to undertake a variety of duties including face to face and telephone consultations, visiting patients at home where required, duty sessions, dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion. To include the designated share of workflow and pathology reports.

  • 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
  • Engaging with activities such as the QOF, LES/DES and other additional work essential for providing a full service for patients
  • 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) and the CCG 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 practice:

    • Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety, CQC
    • 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 housekeeping and updating of computer-based patient records.
    • To comply with the Practice IT policy
    • Contributing to read-coding patient data
    • Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post-holder will be required to undertake a variety of duties including face to face and telephone consultations, visiting patients at home where required, duty sessions, dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion. To include the designated share of workflow and pathology reports.

  • 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
  • Engaging with activities such as the QOF, LES/DES and other additional work essential for providing a full service for patients
  • 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) and the CCG 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 practice:

    • Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety, CQC
    • 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 housekeeping and updating of computer-based patient records.
    • To comply with the Practice IT policy
    • Contributing to read-coding patient data
    • Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Ability to manage and prioritise workload.

Qualifications

Essential

  • GP registered with GMC

Desirable

  • GP Trainer
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Ability to manage and prioritise workload.

Qualifications

Essential

  • GP registered with GMC

Desirable

  • GP Trainer

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Cogges Surgery

Address

12 Cogges Hill Road

Witney

Oxfordshire

OX28 3FS


Employer's website

https://www.coggesgpsurgery.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Cogges Surgery

Address

12 Cogges Hill Road

Witney

Oxfordshire

OX28 3FS


Employer's website

https://www.coggesgpsurgery.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Practice Manager

bobicb-ox.cogges.manager@nhs.net

01993700505

Details

Date posted

14 June 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

A1762-24-0003

Job locations

12 Cogges Hill Road

Witney

Oxfordshire

OX28 3FS


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