Salaried GP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job responsibilities

Key areas and responsibilities:

Clinical

1. To provide the full range of Medical Services based on patient needs where appropriate, including Maternity Services, Contraceptive Services, Child Health Surveillance Services, Chronic Disease Management, and Minor Surgery, in accordance with practice opening times.

2. To participate in providing a range of services in line with local and national enhanced services including minor surgery, choose and book, and other Practice based services on an elective basis such as Dermatoscopy, Coil clinics and joint injections.

3. To provide on call services as necessary in conjunction with other colleagues during the surgery opening hours

4. To provide developmental support in improving systems and organisation of care where appropriate and agreed with the practice

5. To participate in clinical audit and take responsibility for specific QOF clinical areas as agreed with the Lead GP.

6. To undertake administrative duties, including the generation and signing of prescriptions, review of hospital letters, pathology results and private medical work, including the completion of medical reports etc

Communication

1. Be able to effectively communicate at all levels of the organisation: to a variety of health professionals, users and carers, independent and voluntary sector to provide the best outcomes for users of the services.

2. Provide interface between Hospital and primary, community and social settings, participate where appropriate in clinical meetings relating to patient care and outcomes

3. Be able to keep accurate contemporaneous documentation, both written and computerized (EMIS).

4. To complete Insurance, DSS and other reports relating to patients primarily under your care

Educator

1. Participate in the teaching of other professionals and undergraduate students attached to the practices both formally and informally, users and carers in relation to their health and wellbeing.

2. Be responsible for maintaining professional development and participating in further education as required for this role and in accordance with a personal education plan.

3. To participate in NHS GP appraisal.

Researcher

1. Critically evaluate and interpret evidence based research findings from diverse sources making informed judgments about their implications for changing and/or developing clinical practice

2. Continually evaluate and audit the quality and effectiveness of the practice of self and others, selecting and applying a wide range of valid and reliable approaches and methods that are appropriate to needs and context

3. Identify gaps in evidence and/or practice knowledge and participate in their resolution through primary research

Leadership

1. Work collaboratively and in partnership with other practitioners to offer appropriate advice to all professions on care practices, delivery, and service development

2. Be a mentor for other professions, where appropriate

Clinical Governance

1. To participate and operate within the clinical governance framework for the organisation at all times, incorporating service users and carers, audit, guidelines and risk management

2. To actively participate in the practice, becoming familiar with and abiding by its plans, policies and procedures.

3. To comply with health and safety policies within the organisation, to report any accidents or untoward incidents occurring whilst on duty in accordance with One Medicare policy

Working hours

4 sessions worked over Thursdays and Fridays. Thursday afternoons to be an on-call session.

A part-time practitioner shall be remunerated on a pro rata basis to a full-time practitioners salary.

Additional working hours

The practice may agree with a practitioner that he or she should undertake work in addition to their contracted hours in accordance with their contract and in line with Working Time Directives

The additional(s) shall be remunerated on a pro rata basis to a full-time practitioners salary.

Practice meetings

The practitioner is required to attend and participate in regular practice meetings including those relating to clinical governance issues within normal working hours.

The practitioner is also required to participate in and operate clinical governance methods and systems approved by the practice, e.g. medical audit or quality assurance initiatives.

Medical Registration

The practitioner is required to effect and maintain full registration with the General Medical Council and maintain inclusion on the appropriate Performers List. The practitioner is also required to provide written proof and evidence of such registration.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• - Eligible to Practice independently as a GP in the UK
• - Full GMC Registration with GP Registration
• - Entry onto the medical performers list
• - Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check
• - UK Driving Licence

Desirable

• - Continued Professional Development
• - Palliative Care
• - Implants/Contraception
• - MRCGP
• - EMIS Web clinical system
• - exp using telemedicine systems
• - Clinical Audits/Reporting

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

Dr Carmel Morris and Partners

Address

Finney Lane

Cheadle

Heald Green

Cheshire

SK8 3JD

Employer's website

https://www.healdgreenhealthcentre.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)