Salaried GP

The Middlewood Partnership

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Job summary

Join our team and be part of the best general practice can offer – true multi-disciplinary team working; a care model that provides clinical support, role-variety and care integration; opportunities for professional development; a friendly team with a focus on work-life balance; primary care research; the latest innovation and technology; a fantastic location; and great clinical and practice leadership.

Main duties of the job

 We are looking to increase our salaried GP workforce. We believe this opportunity would suit GPs:

· Looking to gain experience of working at the forefront of modern general practice

· Looking to gain experience of working within a well-established and varied multi-disciplinary team

· Keen for development in a supportive and enabling organisation

We require a minimum of a 4-6 session GP but could accommodate more sessions for the right candidate. Ideally, the sessions will be covering a Monday, Wednesday and/or Friday.

We welcome informal discussions and visits to our Practices. Please get in touch with Sheila Williamson our Managing Director if you would like to discuss these opportunities in more detail

A page of useful information regarding the role of Salaried GP at the Middlewood Partnership can be found in the Vacancies section of our website www.middlewoodpartnership.co.uk

About us

The Middlewood Partnership is an innovative practice that forms a single Primary Care Network, providing a solid foundation for place-based care in Eastern Cheshire. Our strong principles of high-quality care, mutual respect and shared values has helped develop a bold and ambitious shared vision for our practice. Our team of 150 staff support and care for 34,000 patients across four locations in three towns in Eastern Cheshire.

Date posted

11 May 2022

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A3049-22-6914

Job locations

Bollington Medical Centre

Wellington Road

Bollington

SK10 5JH


Priorslegh Medical Centre

Park Lane

Poynton

Stockport

Cheshire

SK12 1GP


The Schoolhouse Surgery

2 Buxton Old Road

Disley

Stockport

Cheshire

SK12 2BB


Mcilvride Medical Practice

5 Chester Road

Poynton

Stockport

Cheshire

SK12 1EU


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information

The Middlewood Partnership is an innovative practice that forms a single Primary Care Network, providing a solid foundation for place-based care in Eastern Cheshire. Our strong principles of high-quality care, mutual respect and shared values has helped develop a bold and ambitious shared vision for our practice. Our team of 150 staff support and care for 34,000 patients across four locations in three towns in Eastern Cheshire.

We are now looking to increase our salaried GP sessions. This is a unique opportunity to be part of an innovative, forward thinking general practice that offers GPs opportunities for:

Job variety – We offer opportunities to provide routine general medical care, speciality care in chronic disease management, women’s health, research, education and supervision, care home support, medicines management.

Clinical support – Our clinical model enables team working and clinical support where on a regular basis you are co-located alongside other GPs Physician Associates, Paramedic and Advanced Nurse Practitioner

True multi-disciplinary working - We’ve embraced the opportunity to include new roles in our varied and expanding multi-disciplinary team. We have a well-established team of clinicians including: salaried GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Diabetes Specialist Nurses, Tissue Viability Nurse, Clinical Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians, Physician Associates. Paramedic. Social Prescribers.

Integrated working - We work very closely with our community team and have established a shared visiting service with our district nurses. In addition, we have in place a digital triage process where all clinical requests are triaged by a clinical team based in our Clinical Hub

Professional development – We encourage our salaried GPs to personally and professionally develop. Examples of this are:

o One of our salaried GPs chairs or staff well-being group

o A salaried GP is our prescribing lead

o Recently one of our salaried GPs has been supported to undertake training to run women’s health clinics

Education and training – We are a training practice for GP registrars as well as having regular medical students. In addition, we offer regular placements for PA students. We currently have a GP fellow for 12 months who is focusing on education.

Research – We are a level 3 NIHR site and regularly run research studies that are relevant and beneficial to our patients. One of our salaried GPs joined us following a 12-month research fellowship and is now working very closely with our Research Lead Partner.

Shaping the future of general practice - contributing to the development of new ways of working within a primary care organisation.

Well-being – General Practice can be a challenging environment to work in at present. We aim for job plans to have variety to support well-being. We have a staff well-being group who are active in running events and supporting our teams.

The post-holder will be an important member of our clinical team and will provide high quality General Medical Services including dealing 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:

  • Undertake a variety of duties including face to face consultations, telephone and online consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion
  • If required support the Middlewood Prescribing Team with medication queries

When required supporting the Middlewood Clinical Hub which facilitates digital triage of all clinical queries.

  • 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 and social well-being
  • 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)
  • 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:

  • 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
  • Maintain patients’ clinical records in line with the practice patient record system.
  • Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
  • Attend team meetings and other meetings as may be necessary

To work within a team setting, with flexibility and due care for all members of staff.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information

The Middlewood Partnership is an innovative practice that forms a single Primary Care Network, providing a solid foundation for place-based care in Eastern Cheshire. Our strong principles of high-quality care, mutual respect and shared values has helped develop a bold and ambitious shared vision for our practice. Our team of 150 staff support and care for 34,000 patients across four locations in three towns in Eastern Cheshire.

We are now looking to increase our salaried GP sessions. This is a unique opportunity to be part of an innovative, forward thinking general practice that offers GPs opportunities for:

Job variety – We offer opportunities to provide routine general medical care, speciality care in chronic disease management, women’s health, research, education and supervision, care home support, medicines management.

Clinical support – Our clinical model enables team working and clinical support where on a regular basis you are co-located alongside other GPs Physician Associates, Paramedic and Advanced Nurse Practitioner

True multi-disciplinary working - We’ve embraced the opportunity to include new roles in our varied and expanding multi-disciplinary team. We have a well-established team of clinicians including: salaried GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Diabetes Specialist Nurses, Tissue Viability Nurse, Clinical Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians, Physician Associates. Paramedic. Social Prescribers.

Integrated working - We work very closely with our community team and have established a shared visiting service with our district nurses. In addition, we have in place a digital triage process where all clinical requests are triaged by a clinical team based in our Clinical Hub

Professional development – We encourage our salaried GPs to personally and professionally develop. Examples of this are:

o One of our salaried GPs chairs or staff well-being group

o A salaried GP is our prescribing lead

o Recently one of our salaried GPs has been supported to undertake training to run women’s health clinics

Education and training – We are a training practice for GP registrars as well as having regular medical students. In addition, we offer regular placements for PA students. We currently have a GP fellow for 12 months who is focusing on education.

Research – We are a level 3 NIHR site and regularly run research studies that are relevant and beneficial to our patients. One of our salaried GPs joined us following a 12-month research fellowship and is now working very closely with our Research Lead Partner.

Shaping the future of general practice - contributing to the development of new ways of working within a primary care organisation.

Well-being – General Practice can be a challenging environment to work in at present. We aim for job plans to have variety to support well-being. We have a staff well-being group who are active in running events and supporting our teams.

The post-holder will be an important member of our clinical team and will provide high quality General Medical Services including dealing 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:

  • Undertake a variety of duties including face to face consultations, telephone and online consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion
  • If required support the Middlewood Prescribing Team with medication queries

When required supporting the Middlewood Clinical Hub which facilitates digital triage of all clinical queries.

  • 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 and social well-being
  • 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)
  • 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:

  • 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
  • Maintain patients’ clinical records in line with the practice patient record system.
  • Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
  • Attend team meetings and other meetings as may be necessary

To work within a team setting, with flexibility and due care for all members of staff.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GMC Registration
  • Evidence of professional indemnity
  • Evidence of continuous professional development
  • MRCGP
  • Evidence of up to date statutory and mandatory training

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • IT Proficient (ideally EMIS)
  • Good understanding of the organisation of General Practice & current developments in Primary Care

Desirable

  • Broad knowledge of NHS system
  • Capacity to develop a special interest in an area of clinical need
  • Ability to take a clinical lead on an agreed area within practice

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Enjoy working and contributing to a team
  • Innovative, motivated and proactive
  • Evidence of a patient focussed approach to practice
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Proven ability to organise time effectively, delegating & prioritising appropriately
  • Demonstrates knowledge of & practical application of evidence based practice
  • Able to work in a busy environment

Personal circumstances

Essential

  • Ability to drive and holds a full UK driving license to enable travel across all practice bases within the Middlewood Practice area

Experience

Desirable

  • Experience of working in UK General Practice for a minimum of 1 year, post training
  • Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
  • Desire to develop an area of clinical/ management interest with Personal Development Plan
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GMC Registration
  • Evidence of professional indemnity
  • Evidence of continuous professional development
  • MRCGP
  • Evidence of up to date statutory and mandatory training

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • IT Proficient (ideally EMIS)
  • Good understanding of the organisation of General Practice & current developments in Primary Care

Desirable

  • Broad knowledge of NHS system
  • Capacity to develop a special interest in an area of clinical need
  • Ability to take a clinical lead on an agreed area within practice

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Enjoy working and contributing to a team
  • Innovative, motivated and proactive
  • Evidence of a patient focussed approach to practice
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Proven ability to organise time effectively, delegating & prioritising appropriately
  • Demonstrates knowledge of & practical application of evidence based practice
  • Able to work in a busy environment

Personal circumstances

Essential

  • Ability to drive and holds a full UK driving license to enable travel across all practice bases within the Middlewood Practice area

Experience

Desirable

  • Experience of working in UK General Practice for a minimum of 1 year, post training
  • Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
  • Desire to develop an area of clinical/ management interest with Personal Development Plan

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

The Middlewood Partnership

Address

Bollington Medical Centre

Wellington Road

Bollington

SK10 5JH


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

The Middlewood Partnership

Address

Bollington Medical Centre

Wellington Road

Bollington

SK10 5JH


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Managing Director

Sheila Williamson

sheila.williamson6@nhs.net

07966330312

Date posted

11 May 2022

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A3049-22-6914

Job locations

Bollington Medical Centre

Wellington Road

Bollington

SK10 5JH


Priorslegh Medical Centre

Park Lane

Poynton

Stockport

Cheshire

SK12 1GP


The Schoolhouse Surgery

2 Buxton Old Road

Disley

Stockport

Cheshire

SK12 2BB


Mcilvride Medical Practice

5 Chester Road

Poynton

Stockport

Cheshire

SK12 1EU


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