Job responsibilities
THE GOODINGE GROUP PRACTICE
ISLINGTON
LONDON N7
https://www.goodingegrouppractice.com/
Salaried
Doctor 4- 6 sessions
We are seeking an
enthusiastic GP with excellent clinical and communication skills to work with
our friendly multi-disciplinary team and to contribute to further development
of services for our patients.
- We are dedicated to delivering
high quality care to a diverse urban population
- We make special efforts to
provide continuity of care with our multidisciplinary team including
Doctors, a Medicine management team clinical pharmacist and pharmacy
technician, Practice nurses and HCAs as well as administrative and reception
teams, on which we believe patient-centred care depends
- We care about our staff and
offer mentoring and weekly team meetings.
- We are an established training practice,
value education and hold regular medical student placements.
- Innovative management of
results and correspondence being developed reducing administrative burden
on all clinicians
- We want to support quality
improvement, clinical leadership and your special interests
We are offering a competitive package.
Protected administration time.
Strong emphasis on continuity of care, facilitated
by our usual doctor system in which each GP takes ownership for their list of
patients (including routine care, correspondence and prescribing)
BMA contract and paid medical defence
subscriptions.
The successful candidate would need to be available
to work on Tuesday in order to attend practice teaching and team meetings.
Informal visits to the practice are
welcome.
For further inquiries,
arrange visits or submit your application, please contact our practice manager Kate
Ivens by email on kate.ivens@nhs.net or by phone on 020 7619 6699.
Goodinge Group Practice Profile
Background
The Goodinge Group Practice is a long-established GP
practice situated in the north London borough of Islington, a five minute walk
from Caledonian Road tube station on the Piccadilly line and a 10 minute walk
from Kentish Town tube station on the northern line. The practice is located in a two-storey
purpose-built health centre, which is owned by The Whittington Hospital and
also provides a base for community staff, such as district nurses and health
visitors.
There are approximately 12,000 patients registered
with the Goodinge Practice.
The Practice is a member of the NCL Clinical
Commissioning Group (CCG) and of the Islington GP Federation, which is a GP
provider organisation, which means that the practice is well informed about
developments in the local health economy.
The
Practice Philosophy
The Goodinge Group Practice puts patient care at the
heart of what it does and maintains the values of teamwork, professionalism and
compassion in providing traditional family medicine to the local
community. The practice is a GP training
practice with two GP trainers. We also provide supervision and training for
clinical and non-clinical staff members.
The Partnership are keen to develop the practice and
innovate to meet the growing challenges of the NHS. We have a medicines
management team and structured administrative team. The practice is also part of the organisation
WISH, which provides GPs to the UCC at the Whittington and works closely with
the Islington Federation.
The practice aspires to provide high standards of
medical care within the resources available and the
most recent CQC (Care Quality Commission) inspection was an overall rating of Good.
The
practice achieves high targets in QOF (Quality and Outcomes Framework) and
participates in most national and local enhanced services.
The Patients
The practices patients reflect the changing
demographics of the area which continues to undergo regeneration though remains
a population of mixed socio-economic status and ethnicities. Patient
satisfaction is good and the practice scores well on the national GP survey and
above average in many areas (https://www.gp-patient.co.uk/report?practicecode=F83008).
There is an active Patient Participation Group (PPG)
which meets regularly.
The practice
is open from 8.00am-6.30pm from Monday to Friday and are offering patient choice for face to face and telephone
appointments, as well as triage of online requests to the most appropriate team.
We run Saturday morning telephone clinics only from 9.00am to 1.00pm.
We
have developed the new website for online administrative requests and self-care
advice and certain long term condition management forms as well as online
contraception forms. https://www.goodingegrouppractice.com/
Services
to Patients
In
addition to general medical services, the following services are provided on
site:
Anticoagulation
Asthma Nurse clinics
Child health and immunisation services
Contraception including LARC
COPD Nurse Clinics
Icope
Diabetic Nurse clinics
Phlebotomy
Smoking cessation
Travel vaccinations and advice
Cervical smears
Wound care including leg ulcers
The GP Partners
There
is a partnership of five GPs:
- Dr
Sarah Humphery
- Dr
Cressida Amiel
- Dr Meera
Dodhia
- Dr
Sabina Ilyas
- Dr
Radhika Shah
The
partners have different clinical interests both inside and outside the
practice.
The Staff
Currently
there are five salaried GPs who are employed to work with the GP partners, as
well as GP trainees. There is also one part time practice nurse, two full-time
healthcare assistant one full time clinical
pharmacists and one full time pharmacy technician. We
continue to develop the team to create a
planned care team.
The
team are loyal and hard working. Morale amongst the staff is high and there is
good team-working in the practice. We hold regular social events.
The
Premises
The premises are owned and maintained by The
Whittington Hospital and leased to the practice. The health centre is shared with
community NHS staff and the practices reception directs patients accordingly.
There are 9 clinical rooms and 3 treatment rooms on the ground floor, with a
reception area, back office, the practice business managers office, a large
waiting area and a staff kitchen. Stairs
lead to the first floor where the practices administration department is
located and a shared meeting/training/rest room. There is no car park to the health centre but
there are a few car parking spaces outside the building for GPs use.
