Job summary
Temple Fortune Medical Group is looking to recruit an enthusiastic, committed and forward-thinking GP for 2 sessions per week to work at the Care Home (Hammerson House).
We are a training practice with a well-established multi-disciplinary team, well organised, forward thinking & innovative with an approximate list size of 8500 patients.
We are passionate about providing safe and effective care to all. We believe in being inclusive, diverse and courageous. We use innovation and technology where appropriate to enhance access to our services.
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will perform the normal duties of a GP, be committed to providing high-quality evidence-based medicine to our patients at the Care home.
- Competitive salary based on the BMA model.
- Our clinics are based on a mix of telephone and face-to-face, with the patient choice being our main focus.
- We have a highly trained clinical support team who navigate our patients to the appropriate clinicians and services.
- The post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties some including
- Face to Face consultations
- Telephone consultations
- Home Visits/ Providing the Practice Duty Doctor role
- EPS
- Dealing with queries
- Lab results
- Reviewing Docman/Clinical Letters (after workflow optimisation has filtered)
- Recording clear and contemporaneous I.T. based consultation notes to the agreed practice standards, including read coding
- Conducting and supporting the practice with audits
About us
We are a well-established GMS practice set in leafy Temple Fortune, close to Hampstead Heath and Hampstead Garden Suburb. We deliver high quality care to our 8,500 patients in a friendly and supportive environment and are high QOF achievers.
We have weekly clinical meetings to share knowledge and keep up to date, with support for ongoing professional development. The team consists of 2 Partners and 6 Salaried GPs, 2 Nurses, 1 pharmacist, 1 pharmacy assistants, 2 phlebotomists, 1 FCP, 1 social prescriber and a supportive administration team led by an experienced practice manager.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/herself available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, triage calls, triage visits, checking and signing of repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork, and correspondence in a timely fashion.
- Respond to medical problems presented by temporary residents as required.
- Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organization.
- 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.
- To assist in the establishment of appropriate systems to manage common chronic medical conditions.
- Completion of clinically related administrative and non-clinical duties needed for the delivery of the service.
- Providing counselling and health education.
- Refer patients for further opinions and interventions according to Practice protocols.
- Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
- Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions wherever possible).
- Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate.
- Participate in training plans of medical students as required.
- In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
- Maintaining, monitoring, and updating computer database and management of medical records and practice audits
- · Ensure that the practice clinical database is updated promptly and accurately with information relating to patient records, as required for clinical accuracy and for practice recording requirements under QOF and Enhanced Services.
- Participating in the collection and collation of statistics for the preparation of practice reports, performance monitoring and audits
- Participating in the auditing of practice activity.
- PRACTICE ORGANISATION:
- Process and action incoming patient and hospital correspondence
- Attendance at in-house meetings, significant event audit meetings and others as deemed necessary
- Ensure that the practice complaints system is always adhered to
- · Awareness and compliance with all relevant guidelines e.g. data protection, confidentiality and health and safety
- · Maintain current CPR and anaphylaxis certification
- CONFIDENTIALITY:
- While 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 organization. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
- Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorized persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
- Health & Safety:
- The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others’ health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy to include.
- Providing information regarding immune consent about Hepatitis B status.
- Identifying the risk involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.
- Using appropriate infection control procedures, particularly those relating to needle stick injuries, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.
- Ensuring that all accidents or dangerous accidents are reported and investigated and follow-up action is taken where necessary.
- EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY:
- The post-holder will support the quality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues to include.
- Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of people’s rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with 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-judgemental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities, and rights
Job description
Job responsibilities
- In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/herself available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, triage calls, triage visits, checking and signing of repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork, and correspondence in a timely fashion.
- Respond to medical problems presented by temporary residents as required.
- Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organization.
- 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.
- To assist in the establishment of appropriate systems to manage common chronic medical conditions.
- Completion of clinically related administrative and non-clinical duties needed for the delivery of the service.
- Providing counselling and health education.
- Refer patients for further opinions and interventions according to Practice protocols.
- Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
- Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions wherever possible).
- Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate.
- Participate in training plans of medical students as required.
- In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
- Maintaining, monitoring, and updating computer database and management of medical records and practice audits
- · Ensure that the practice clinical database is updated promptly and accurately with information relating to patient records, as required for clinical accuracy and for practice recording requirements under QOF and Enhanced Services.
- Participating in the collection and collation of statistics for the preparation of practice reports, performance monitoring and audits
- Participating in the auditing of practice activity.
- PRACTICE ORGANISATION:
- Process and action incoming patient and hospital correspondence
- Attendance at in-house meetings, significant event audit meetings and others as deemed necessary
- Ensure that the practice complaints system is always adhered to
- · Awareness and compliance with all relevant guidelines e.g. data protection, confidentiality and health and safety
- · Maintain current CPR and anaphylaxis certification
- CONFIDENTIALITY:
- While 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 organization. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
- Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorized persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
- Health & Safety:
- The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others’ health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy to include.
- Providing information regarding immune consent about Hepatitis B status.
- Identifying the risk involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.
- Using appropriate infection control procedures, particularly those relating to needle stick injuries, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.
- Ensuring that all accidents or dangerous accidents are reported and investigated and follow-up action is taken where necessary.
- EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY:
- The post-holder will support the quality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues to include.
- Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of people’s rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with 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-judgemental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities, and rights
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GMC Registration
- Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent JCPTGP
- General Practitioner (Certificate of Completion of Training CCT)
- National Performers List registration
- MRCGP
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
- Understanding of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) clinical audit
- Experience in medicines management
- Experience in CCG initiatives
- Willing to develop an interest in a specific area.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Competent IT Skills
Desirable
- Positive attitude, self-motivated and able to motivate others
- Commit to empowering and developing staff to optimise individual and team potential.
- Self-awareness.
- Clear commitment to delivering quality and patient-focused services.
- Patient-focused.
- Able to work as part of a team, promote a good team spirit and optimise the Practice potential
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GMC Registration
- Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent JCPTGP
- General Practitioner (Certificate of Completion of Training CCT)
- National Performers List registration
- MRCGP
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
- Understanding of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) clinical audit
- Experience in medicines management
- Experience in CCG initiatives
- Willing to develop an interest in a specific area.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Competent IT Skills
Desirable
- Positive attitude, self-motivated and able to motivate others
- Commit to empowering and developing staff to optimise individual and team potential.
- Self-awareness.
- Clear commitment to delivering quality and patient-focused services.
- Patient-focused.
- Able to work as part of a team, promote a good team spirit and optimise the Practice potential
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).
