Salaried GP/ GP Partner

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Purpose of the Role:

We have an exciting opportunity for a GP to join our team and to work in an innovative practice in Norwich with the option to work across two sites, to support the five GP Partners and three salaried GPs to manage a busy and interesting clinical caseload. We are about to implement change with the exciting introduction of Footfall. The appointee will also have the opportunity to mould the role, take part in teaching, leading on key disease areas 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:

You will support the practice by:

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 and emergencies, telephone consultations and queries, triaging, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, patient test results, patient medical reports and examinations (e.g. Insurance Companies) on behalf of the Practice, referral letters paperwork and correspondence in a timely manner;

Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation;

Recording clear and contemporaneous I.T. based 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 locally agreed or national guidelines.

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:

Teaching and training of doctors and nurses;

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety, annual QOF Assessment of the Practice.

A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice;

Keep a portfolio;

Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation;

Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records;

Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

Meet all tight timescales/deadlines for audits and written returns to ensure that the Practice meets quality standards and receives the designated funding (e.g. Quarterly Enhanced Services returns, annual QOF audit etc.)

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.

Health & Safety:

The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy, the practice Health & Safety Manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines;

Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines;

Providing advice on the correct and safe management of the specimens process including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements;

Correct personal use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and ensuring correct use of PPE by others, advising on appropriate circumstances for use by clinicians, staff and patients;

Management of the full range of infection control procedures in both routine and extraordinary circumstances (e.g. pandemic or individual infectious circumstances) ;

Hand hygiene standards for self and others;

Managing directly all incidents of accidental exposure;

Management and advice relating to infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practice;

Active observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed and weaknesses / training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate to the responsible person;

Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process;

Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes;

Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that proper use is made of hand cleansing facilities, wipes etc, and that these are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate to the responsible manager;

Safe management of sharps use, storage and disposal;

Maintenance of own clean working environment;

Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management;

Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised;

Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with responsible managers ;

Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually);

Correct waste and instrument management including handling, segregation, and container use;

Maintenance of sterile environments.

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 recognizes 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 for Appraisal and revalidation are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Full qualified GP with GMC registration
• Evidence of annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate)
• General practice (Vocational Training Scheme) trained
• On/eligible to be on a medical performers list
• Enhanced CRB check or willing to undertake
• UK work permit (if required, although interest in tier 2 sponsorships)

Desirable

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work as part of a mult-disciplinary team
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Understanding of the pressures faced by GPs and Healthcare teams
• Willingness to contribute to and participate in peer support group
• Full UK driving licence and use of car
• Ability to work in highly confidential environment
• Ability to stay calm in a crisis
• Strong levels of IT proficiency and familiarity with SystemOne Clinical System
• 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
• Ability to draft cogent, error-free letters and reports in a timely manner

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Trinity and Bowthorpe Medical Practice

Address

Wendene

Norwich

NR5 9HA

Employer's website

https://www.trinityandbowthorpe.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)