Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to welcome a Salaried GP to join our experienced and supportive practice for 4- 6 sessions per week (this is negotiable for the right candidate).
Our purpose-built practice is situated in the picturesque market town of Corsham on the edge of the Cotswolds, with easy access to the M4 and 9 miles from the City of Bath. We pride ourselves on providing high quality, patient-centred care with a strong team-working ethos.
We offer dedicated weekly admin time to each GP.
You will be supported by an experienced and dedicated Leadership and admin team.
We are a training practice with two educational supervisors.
The Practice benefits from a number of PCN staff that currently includes, First Contact Physiotherapists, a Clinical Pharmacy team and a developing Living Well Team that consists of Social Prescribers, Physician Associates who liaise with experienced Care Coordinators. Additional therapy roles are due to join our PCN over the next 12 months.
Practice information on request.
For an informal discussion please contact Rhonda Ward Practice Manager on 01249717029.
Please note that early closure of this job ad may occur if a suitable applicant applies.
Main duties of the job
GMS training Practice with 11,600
patients
TPP/SystmOne
6 GP Partners, 3 Salaried GPs and 2 Retainer GP
Allocated weekly admin time
Experienced nursing and paramedic team
Daily morning coffee meeting for all Clinical Staff
Full admin support
Owned premises
Medical defence fees paid for salaried
GPs
Active participation in local Primary
Care Network
Close links with the Community Team
Regular In house CPD sessions
About us
An exciting opportunity has arisen to welcome a permanent salaried GP to our primary care team. We are looking to recruit an experienced GP to work alongside our existing clinical team who carry out a mixture of home visits, telephone consultations and face to face surgery sessions.
We are a friendly, supportive, hardworking and innovative team who enjoy working together.
We have an excellent clinical skills mix of GPs and highly trained nurses who are supported by our leadership and administration team.
Duty Doctors are accessible throughout the day to offer advice and support.
We have regular Practice, clinical and CPD meetings that offer information, guidance and support to all staff in the team.
The successful candidate will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history, clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment to the evaluation of care.
You will demonstrate safe clinical decision making and expert care working collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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 and as agreed with the successful candidate, the post-holder will make
him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery
consultations, telephone consultations and queries, 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 professionals 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 health and 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.
- Undertake
pro-rata extended hour commitment.
Other
Responsibilities within the Organisation:
- Awareness of
and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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 and as agreed with the successful candidate, the post-holder will make
him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery
consultations, telephone consultations and queries, 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 professionals 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 health and 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.
- Undertake
pro-rata extended hour commitment.
Other
Responsibilities within the Organisation:
- Awareness of
and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g.
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.
Person Specification
Knowledge, Skills and Personal Qualities
Essential
- 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 PREP 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 from other agencies to meet patient 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
Knowledge, Skills and Personal Qualities
Essential
- 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 PREP 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 from other agencies to meet patient 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.
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).
