Job summary
Selden Medical
Centre require an additional General Practitioner for 6 sessions a week (am and
pm sessions, Monday, Tuesday & Friday)
This GP practice
serves 8,500+ patients. We are looking for a proactive and highly motivated
professional to become part of our friendly and committed team.
The successful
applicant will be encouraged to take an active role in the leadership and
development of the practice, incorporating all the aspects of being a GP.
The individual
should enjoy working as part of a supportive team, possess good communication
skills and have good general IT skills. Experience of using the clinical system
EMIS is desirable but not essential.
Flexibility,
compassion and a positive approach is essential for this position.
The Surgerys GPs,
Practice Nurses, HCAs, Practice Manager, Pharmacists, Reception team and
Administrative staff will support you.
Main duties of the job
Duties will
include:
Delivery of a high standard of primary care to our patients (via
telephone, video and face to face consultations)
Effective management of patient's long term conditions
Processing of administration including referrals, prescription requests
and other associated tasks
Work collaboratively, accepting an equal share of the practice workload
Contribute to the successful implementation of continuous improvements,
development and quality initiatives within the practice
Attend and contribute to clinical meetings and other practice meetings
Support the partners in achieving strategic aims, including enhancing
income and reducing expenditure of the practice
About us
We are a hard working, friendly and supportive Practice that puts patient care first. Working within a highly motivated Practice team we aim to deliver high quality patient care meeting the needs of our practice population.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Clinical Responsibilities
- The post-holder will practice in accordance with accepted good medical practice and the various clinical policies of Selden Medical Centre .
- The post-holder will work to an agreed timetable and make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations and visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions, mainly online prescriptions, and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
- The post holder will make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation or external organisations.
- The post holder will assess the health needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems, screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
- The post holder will contribute to QOF requirements and recording data appropriately to achieve other practice quality markers.
- The post holder, in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, develop care plans for health related illnesses.
- The post holder will record clear consultation notes to agreed standards.
- The post holder will collect data for audit purposes and contribute to the Practice audit programme.
- The post holder will prescribe in accordance with the accepted prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
- The post holder will take responsibility for some aspects of the clinical work within the team, for example: coordinating aspects of governance, QOF, enhanced services, CPD and keeping clinical protocols up to date.
- In general the post holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care, as set by Royal College of General Practitioners, General Medical council, all other Royal colleges and councils applicable to the staff within the practice, Department of Health and all other regulatory and standard setting organisations. This includes appraisal and revalidation.
- The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will alert other team members to issues of quality and risk, assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.
- The post holder will work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs and effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
- The post holder will contribute to the teams approach which ensures that referrals are made for patients to see other medical service providers, ensuring that adequate information is given to personnel to whom the patient has been referred for proper assessment to be made.
Other Responsibilities
- Be supportive of any complaints policy and procedure to ensure proper investigation and appropriate follow-up action in the event of a complaining being made about any aspect of the service provided or any personal provider of the service
- Equality and Diversity: The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, and behave in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Clinical Responsibilities
- The post-holder will practice in accordance with accepted good medical practice and the various clinical policies of Selden Medical Centre .
- The post-holder will work to an agreed timetable and make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations and visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions, mainly online prescriptions, and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
- The post holder will make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation or external organisations.
- The post holder will assess the health needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems, screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
- The post holder will contribute to QOF requirements and recording data appropriately to achieve other practice quality markers.
- The post holder, in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, develop care plans for health related illnesses.
- The post holder will record clear consultation notes to agreed standards.
- The post holder will collect data for audit purposes and contribute to the Practice audit programme.
- The post holder will prescribe in accordance with the accepted prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
- The post holder will take responsibility for some aspects of the clinical work within the team, for example: coordinating aspects of governance, QOF, enhanced services, CPD and keeping clinical protocols up to date.
- In general the post holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care, as set by Royal College of General Practitioners, General Medical council, all other Royal colleges and councils applicable to the staff within the practice, Department of Health and all other regulatory and standard setting organisations. This includes appraisal and revalidation.
- The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will alert other team members to issues of quality and risk, assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.
- The post holder will work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs and effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
- The post holder will contribute to the teams approach which ensures that referrals are made for patients to see other medical service providers, ensuring that adequate information is given to personnel to whom the patient has been referred for proper assessment to be made.
Other Responsibilities
- Be supportive of any complaints policy and procedure to ensure proper investigation and appropriate follow-up action in the event of a complaining being made about any aspect of the service provided or any personal provider of the service
- Equality and Diversity: The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, and behave in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Medical Degree
- Current GMC registration with license to practice
- Inclusion on the GP register
- Experience of working in a Primary Care Environment
Desirable
- Experience with EMIS Web clinical system
Experience
Essential
- Working in the primary care setting
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Medical Degree
- Current GMC registration with license to practice
- Inclusion on the GP register
- Experience of working in a Primary Care Environment
Desirable
- Experience with EMIS Web clinical system
Experience
Essential
- Working in the primary care setting
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).