Job summary
Swadlincote Surgery have an exciting
opportunity for a GP to join the practice on a permanent position.
The opportunity is for 5 sessions per week with one on-call every 2 weeks. Start date would ideally be June 2025.
Swadlincote Surgery is a long established training practice
with a list size of 14,000 patients. The GP role benefits from the support of an experienced clinical and
admin practice team.
We are looking for a dynamic and motivated GP to
join us to support us in continuing to provide an excellent healthcare
experience for all of our patients.
If you have a specialist area of interest please
also include this within your application.
Main duties of the job
Provide a full
range of medical services and additional
enhanced services where appropriate
The post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery &
telephone consultations and queries, home visits, checking &
signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and
correspondence.
To record clear
and contemporaneous computer based consultation notes to agreed standards.
Make 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
Providing
counselling and health education
Collecting data
for audit purposes
Compiling and
issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions
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.
About us
Swadlincote Surgery is committed to providing a supportive
environment for all of our staff, where staff are actively encouraged to
develop and grow. The team benefit from an array of experienced
clinicians, managers and GP partners who are open, supportive and make for a
fantastic team environment.
We are active with the local PCN and are
forward thinking in terms of developing new initiatives to offer enhanced
services to our patients.
The practice is a teaching practice.
If you have a specialist interest we are keen to
encourage development within this area in line with the demands associated with
our practice demographic.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
Provide a full
range of medical services as defined in the core GMS contract and additional
enhanced services where appropriate
In accordance
with the Practice timetable, as agreed, 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
To record clear
and contemporaneous computer based consultation notes to agreed standards using
SystmOne
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)
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.
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
Clinical Responsibilities
Provide a full
range of medical services as defined in the core GMS contract and additional
enhanced services where appropriate
In accordance
with the Practice timetable, as agreed, 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
To record clear
and contemporaneous computer based consultation notes to agreed standards using
SystmOne
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)
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.
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
Experience
Essential
- Good understanding and experience of chronic disease management, and primary prevention and screening services.
- Ability to take responsibility for your own career development, learning and performance and are responsible for ensuring that all your mandatory training is in date.
- Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies and guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.
- Commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in a confidential manner.
Qualifications
Essential
- Fully qualified GP with GMC registration.
- Annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate).
- Be on the NHSE medical performers list.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Good understanding and experience of chronic disease management, and primary prevention and screening services.
- Ability to take responsibility for your own career development, learning and performance and are responsible for ensuring that all your mandatory training is in date.
- Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies and guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.
- Commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in a confidential manner.
Qualifications
Essential
- Fully qualified GP with GMC registration.
- Annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate).
- Be on the NHSE medical performers list.
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).
