Job summary
- 6-8 sessions
- 100% Parity drawings
- NHS Pension, 10 weeks annual leave plus 10 statutory holidays per-annum pro-rated
- Flexible working hours
We are offering a great opportunity for an experienced GP and established educational supervisor to join are friendly, committed team at Headlands in Kettering.
One of the current GP Partners at Lakeside Healthcare Headlands Surgery is moving to a full-time role as our Medical Director which means we are now looking for a new member to join our Partners at Headlands.
Main duties of the job
The GP Partner will be responsible for delivering the full range of primary care services as part of the practice, ensuring the highest standards of care for the differing needs of our patient population. The GP Partner will work closely with the practices multi-disciplinary team of other GPs, nurses and non-clinical staff to provide a high quality and accessible service to patients.
About us
Kettering is in a popular market town in Northamptonshire with excellent travel connections and Headlands looks after around 10,000 patients from the town and its surrounding villages.
Headlands is part of Lakeside Healthcare, which is a large GP partnership, of around 60 partners across eight practices. This scale allows us to be locally led by our local GP partners whilst having the operational support of a central team as well as resilience and financial stability.
Here is what you can expect working at Lakeside Healthcare Headlands Surgery;
- Team of nurses and healthcare assistants supporting and delivering mental health, chronic disease and treatment room services.
- Friendly team of 4 Partners, meaning support is always available.
- Long established training practice, providing opportunities for career development.
- Established pharmacist team supporting medication reviews, chronic disease and clinical correspondence.
- Large multi-disciplinary team including Social Prescribers Link Workers and Safeguarding specialists.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Lakeside Healthcare is a new type of NHS general practice which builds upon and celebrates all that is great about traditional primary care services. We are local surgeries run by doctors, nurses and associated staff who know their patients and care deeply about the quality of health provided in their communities. We build upon this by investing in people, facilities and equipment to provide services that are more accessible, more convenient and more diverse within the local community. We work for our patients.
Purpose of Role
Working alongside a solid team of Clinicians and be a part of a wider team of partners across the partnership, complimented by a superb multidisciplinary team which includes:
- Team of nurses and healthcare
assistants supporting and delivering mental health, chronic disease and
treatment room services.
- Friendly team of 4 Partners, meaning
support is always available.
- Long established training practice,
providing opportunities for career development.
- Established pharmacist team supporting
medication reviews, chronic disease and clinical correspondence.
- Large multi-disciplinary team
including Social Prescribers Link Workers and Safeguarding specialists.
Dimensions
Key to the role is the need to work closely with stakeholders across the business and be a trusted and credible partner to managers and the executive team, providing them with the necessary and consistent support and guidance to engage and develop their people and providing pragmatic solutions to complex issues.
Responsibilities
Clinical responsibilities:
- In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves 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, referrals 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.
- 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 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. EPS is now implemented at the Practice).
- Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
- In general, the Partner will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
- Complete care plans required for local enhanced services.
- 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 accurate Read-Coding of patient data.
- Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
Other responsibilities
- Flexibility and adaptability, with the ability to manage change and adapt as required and the ability to remain calm under pressure and deal effectively with conflicting priorities.
- A proven ability to lead IT projects, with strong organisational skills and the ability to independently drive projects to completion, giving due attention to deadlines and quality.
- Initiative and a pragmatic approach, with the ability to interpret data and make sound business focused recommendations in relation to IT issues.
- Comfortable with being challenged and equally able to challenge the status quo, with appropriate consideration of stakeholder interests.
- Professionalism and diplomacy, with top quality interpersonal skills and an ability to handle matters with the appropriate level of sensitivity and empathy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Lakeside Healthcare is a new type of NHS general practice which builds upon and celebrates all that is great about traditional primary care services. We are local surgeries run by doctors, nurses and associated staff who know their patients and care deeply about the quality of health provided in their communities. We build upon this by investing in people, facilities and equipment to provide services that are more accessible, more convenient and more diverse within the local community. We work for our patients.
Purpose of Role
Working alongside a solid team of Clinicians and be a part of a wider team of partners across the partnership, complimented by a superb multidisciplinary team which includes:
- Team of nurses and healthcare
assistants supporting and delivering mental health, chronic disease and
treatment room services.
- Friendly team of 4 Partners, meaning
support is always available.
- Long established training practice,
providing opportunities for career development.
- Established pharmacist team supporting
medication reviews, chronic disease and clinical correspondence.
- Large multi-disciplinary team
including Social Prescribers Link Workers and Safeguarding specialists.
Dimensions
Key to the role is the need to work closely with stakeholders across the business and be a trusted and credible partner to managers and the executive team, providing them with the necessary and consistent support and guidance to engage and develop their people and providing pragmatic solutions to complex issues.
Responsibilities
Clinical responsibilities:
- In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves 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, referrals 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.
- 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 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. EPS is now implemented at the Practice).
- Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
- In general, the Partner will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
- Complete care plans required for local enhanced services.
- 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 accurate Read-Coding of patient data.
- Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
Other responsibilities
- Flexibility and adaptability, with the ability to manage change and adapt as required and the ability to remain calm under pressure and deal effectively with conflicting priorities.
- A proven ability to lead IT projects, with strong organisational skills and the ability to independently drive projects to completion, giving due attention to deadlines and quality.
- Initiative and a pragmatic approach, with the ability to interpret data and make sound business focused recommendations in relation to IT issues.
- Comfortable with being challenged and equally able to challenge the status quo, with appropriate consideration of stakeholder interests.
- Professionalism and diplomacy, with top quality interpersonal skills and an ability to handle matters with the appropriate level of sensitivity and empathy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
- Eligible to work in general practise in the NHS.
- Willing to successfully complete appropriate training for appraisal and remain up to date with the developing GP Appraisal, relicensing, and revalidation agenda.
- To manage sensitive information in a tactful way.
- To be able to demonstrate ongoing personal and practice development.
- Excellent communication skills including verbal, written, face to face and active listening skills.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
- Eligible to work in general practise in the NHS.
- Willing to successfully complete appropriate training for appraisal and remain up to date with the developing GP Appraisal, relicensing, and revalidation agenda.
- To manage sensitive information in a tactful way.
- To be able to demonstrate ongoing personal and practice development.
- Excellent communication skills including verbal, written, face to face and active listening skills.
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).
