Job summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic and dynamic GP to join our friendly, supportive, and motivated practice team in Putney, South West London.
The GP will work 4-7 sessions with the option to work 1 session remotely.
The clinical working pattern will be 13 x 15 mins appointments AM & PM.
We have 21,200 patients but our catchment area is small and most patients live within walking distance or a short bus/bike ride. Because Wandsworth is such a young borough we don't have as many frail elderly as some parts of the country and this means that we don't have high numbers of home visits. It would be highly unusual to have more than one or two visits per month.
We are strongly supportive of our salaried doctors taking on external facing roles or specialising in an area of clinical interest as a GP with extended role (GPwER). A number of our doctors have done additional post graduate training and then set up services open to patients in the wider locality. One of our GPs is the clinical director of the local PCN and also sits on the board of the GP federation in Wandsworth.
Any GP that joins our team will feel well supported by the broad skill mix offered by the practice multidisciplinary team. These expert staff allows us to keep much more of our treatment and care in-house. It also means that our GPs spend more time on interesting cases and use their expertise.
Main duties of the job
To work 4-7 sessions with option to work 1 session remotely.
13 x 15 mins appointments AM and PM
We operate a triage model. Our care navigators in reception triage the telephone calls and our patient services team triage the online messaging portal. These well trained teams decide which patients need to see a clinician and these patients are booked a face to face appointment. This system means that access is very good and our clinicians can really make a difference with the patients they consult. It also means that our highly skilled salaried doctors are not wasted on telephone triage calls.
Our team of pharmacists do the majority of our prescribing work and medication reviews. We have a GP with a special interest in dermatology and skin surgery. We have a sports medicine doctor who runs a joint injection service and leads the physios who see most of our musculoskeletal cases. We have experienced PAs and a nurse practitioner to see patients with minor ailments and acute mild illness.
About us
Heathbridge Practice is a great group of professionals with a diverse set of skills and talents. We have 12 GPs, 1 Nurse Practitioner, 3 Nurses, 2 Physician Assistants, 3 Pharmacists, 3 Physiotherapists, 1 Social Prescriber, 1 Mental Health Link Worker, 3 HCAs, 1 GP Trainee, 1 Medical Support Worker. We also have a 20 strong team of care navigators and administrators supporting our clinical team. We are a cohesive team working to better the lives of patients in Putney in South West London and we are highly regarded in Wandsworth for high quality patient centred care. We have excellent patient feedback on NHS choices, Google Reviews, Annual GP Survey.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal
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:
- In accordance with the Practice rota, 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
- Making professional, autonomous decisions in
relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from
other healthcare 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal
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:
- In accordance with the Practice rota, 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
- Making professional, autonomous decisions in
relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from
other healthcare 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.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable patient assessment skills
- Demonstrates an in depth knowledge of related medical conditions, treatments and pharmacology
- Experience of supporting doctors in clinical decision making
- Ability to work autonomously within the scope of supervised practice
- Detailed knowledge of maintaining confidentiality and implementing data protection legislation requirements including information governance
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
- Ability to exercise sound judgement when faced with conflicting pressures
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- IT literate
- Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in audit / Quality Improvement projects
- Experience of applying evidence to clinical practice
- Good communication and empathy skills with patients
- Evidence of willingness to participate in a multi-disciplinary team environment to provide and integrated service for patients
- Ability to work as a member of a team, both through communication and sharing workload
- Ability to manage high pressure situations e.g. clinical crisis
- Willingness to work flexibly to deliver clinically effective and cost effective healthcare
- Evidence of continual learning and development
Desirable
- Experience of general practice and or secondary care
- Any desirable or additional specialty specific requirements
- Experience and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of multi-disciplinary students and qualified staff when appropriate
- Critical appraisal skills
- Evidence of knowledge of research methodology
- Understands self - strengths and weaknesses and impact of behaviour on others
- Evidence of innovation
Qualifications
Essential
- Must be a Member of the Faculty of Physician Associates at the RCP, which includes registration on the UK Physician Associate Register (the PA Managed Voluntary Register) until such time that statutory regulation of PAs is achieved
- Current and valid certification or re-certification by the UK Physician Associate National Examination
- Postgraduate Diploma/Master in Physician Associate from an accredited UK University
- Bachelor Degree in Life Science/Biomedical/Nursing or Allied Health Science
- Member of Faculty of Physician Associate Managed Voluntary Register (PAMVR)
- Valid national certification and recertification every six years stipulated by PAMVR
- For USA trained candidates: Current and valid certification with the National Commission on Certification for Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable patient assessment skills
- Demonstrates an in depth knowledge of related medical conditions, treatments and pharmacology
- Experience of supporting doctors in clinical decision making
- Ability to work autonomously within the scope of supervised practice
- Detailed knowledge of maintaining confidentiality and implementing data protection legislation requirements including information governance
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
- Ability to exercise sound judgement when faced with conflicting pressures
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- IT literate
- Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in audit / Quality Improvement projects
- Experience of applying evidence to clinical practice
- Good communication and empathy skills with patients
- Evidence of willingness to participate in a multi-disciplinary team environment to provide and integrated service for patients
- Ability to work as a member of a team, both through communication and sharing workload
- Ability to manage high pressure situations e.g. clinical crisis
- Willingness to work flexibly to deliver clinically effective and cost effective healthcare
- Evidence of continual learning and development
Desirable
- Experience of general practice and or secondary care
- Any desirable or additional specialty specific requirements
- Experience and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of multi-disciplinary students and qualified staff when appropriate
- Critical appraisal skills
- Evidence of knowledge of research methodology
- Understands self - strengths and weaknesses and impact of behaviour on others
- Evidence of innovation
Qualifications
Essential
- Must be a Member of the Faculty of Physician Associates at the RCP, which includes registration on the UK Physician Associate Register (the PA Managed Voluntary Register) until such time that statutory regulation of PAs is achieved
- Current and valid certification or re-certification by the UK Physician Associate National Examination
- Postgraduate Diploma/Master in Physician Associate from an accredited UK University
- Bachelor Degree in Life Science/Biomedical/Nursing or Allied Health Science
- Member of Faculty of Physician Associate Managed Voluntary Register (PAMVR)
- Valid national certification and recertification every six years stipulated by PAMVR
- For USA trained candidates: Current and valid certification with the National Commission on Certification for Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
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).
