Job summary
Scarsdale Medical Centre is looking to recruit a reliable, motivated and enthusiastic Salaried GP to join our friendly and supportive team. We are a long established GP training practice in the heart of Central London with an expanding list size of nearly 9000 patients. The practice is situated in purpose built premises.
We are looking for 4 - 7 GP sessions
Situated in purpose built premises, excellent central London location, car parking and near High Street Kensington tube station. System one practice - training provided
Daily prescribing Pharmacists
HCAs and advanced nurse practitioner
Local home visiting team
Social prescriber
Dedicated care team to help with elderly patients
MDT meetings with community teams
High achieving practice QOF/OOHS and CQC rating (good)Strong processes that support safety
Active participation in local PCN and CCG meetings
6 Weeks annual leave, 1 week study leave
Salary commensurate with skills and experience
Main duties of the job
Clinical responsibilities:
- 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, checking and signing repeat prescriptions, dealing with queries, paperwork and
correspondence in a timely fashion
- 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.
About us
FRIENDLY TRAINING PRACTICE IN HIGH STREET KENSINGTON
Join our practice in delivering high quality NHS care from a modern purpose built medical center.
2 partners
4 salaried GPs
Advanced nurse practitioner
2 Clinical pharmacists
Admin/reception team
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: SALARIED GENERAL
PRACTITIONER
REPORTS TO: THE PARTNERS (Clinically)
THE
PRACTICE MANAGER (Administratively)
SESSIONS:
Job summary:
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 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, completing
insurance/medical reports 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 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
- Supervising
trainees
- Attending
training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where
appropriate.
- Taking on roles
& responsibilities within the practice eg clinical lead
- Attending
meetings such as CCG/NLF/Whole Systems
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: SALARIED GENERAL
PRACTITIONER
REPORTS TO: THE PARTNERS (Clinically)
THE
PRACTICE MANAGER (Administratively)
SESSIONS:
Job summary:
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 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, completing
insurance/medical reports 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 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
- Supervising
trainees
- Attending
training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where
appropriate.
- Taking on roles
& responsibilities within the practice eg clinical lead
- Attending
meetings such as CCG/NLF/Whole Systems
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Communication:
- The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:
- Communicate effectively with other team members
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers
- Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
- Personal/professional development:
- In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements for PREP are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:
- Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
- Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work
Desirable
- Quality:
- 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
- Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
- Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
- Effectively manage own time, workload and resources
- Contribution to the implementation of services:
- The post-holder will:
- Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
- Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
- Participate in audit where appropriate.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Communication:
- The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:
- Communicate effectively with other team members
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers
- Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
- Personal/professional development:
- In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements for PREP are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:
- Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
- Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work
Desirable
- Quality:
- 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
- Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
- Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
- Effectively manage own time, workload and resources
- Contribution to the implementation of services:
- The post-holder will:
- Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
- Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
- Participate in audit where appropriate.
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).