Job summary
Are you a newly qualified GP (within the last two years, without a substantive post) looking for an exciting and supportive role to launch your career?
The role will suit a forward-thinking, innovative and enthusiastic person who is able to work collaboratively across the team. If you are adaptable, self-motivated and organised, possessing the necessary qualities and skills for this post we look forward to hearing from you.
6-8 sessions per week but this can be negotiable. You will be based at Yarnspinners Primary Health Care Centre but will be expected to work across the PCN geography (Nelson & Brierfield).
Main duties of the job
The main duties of this role are outlined below:
To undertake duties governed by the contract and Direct and Local Enhanced Services including:
- Face to face and telephone consultations
- Patient Home visits and Nursing Home visits
- Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team
- Checking and signing repeat prescriptions
- Administration - dealing with queries, patient test results, referral letters NHS/private, task, emails and other paperwork and correspondence in a timely manner
- Cover all the clinical management of the patients in surgery as appropriate including initiating investigations, reviewing results, making referrals to secondary care or to other providers as appropriate
- Develop care and treatment plans in consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols as well as wider guidance such as that from NICE
About us
Pendle West PCN is made up of seven GP practices within Nelson and Brierfield and covers a local population of circa 50,000. The PCN has a strong commitment to leading and developing change in the local healthcare community. We have a vision for healthcare that is sustainable, high quality and offers excellent patient and staff experience. Our services are designed to reflect the needs of the population they serve, and promote lifestyle health and wellbeing. We offer development and training supported by a full complement of experienced clinical support staff, non-clinical support staff and management.
Primary care networks build on the core of current primary care services and enable greater provision of proactive, personalised, coordinated and more integrated health and social care. We are committed to working together to improve the health and wellbeing of local people.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities:
- To provide a comprehensive range of clinical duties at the agreed Surgeries within the Primary Care Network.
- To undertake surgery consultations, home visits where necessary, and telephone queries from patients and health care professionals.
- Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation
- Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate
- Work with patients in order to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments. Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side-effects, and interactions
- Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
- Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles and apply principles of self-care. Support and manage health needs of patients presenting for family planning or sexual health consultations
- Assess, identify, and refer patients presenting with mental health needs in accordance with national and local guidelines.
- 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
- 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).
Other Responsibilities:
- Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Surgery policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.
- To undertake any other duties commensurate with the post holders grade as agreed with the Clinical Director.
- To attend and contribute to regular administration and clinical meetings whether formal or informal. This may involve adjustments to workload to allow attendance.
- To keep up to date with current and forthcoming National Service Frameworks and NICE guidance and their impact on primary care services
- To contribute to the clinical governance agenda and to fully participate in the reporting of incidents as per Practice policy
- 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, contributing to the maximum performance under QOF.
- Attending training and events organised by the PCN or other agencies, where appropriate.
Communication
- Able to confidentially utilise a full range of communication methods to disseminate information to large numbers of people
- Able to confidently adapt communication style and content to reflect different type of people when making contact.
- Ability to receive highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information and process appropriately; and where needed translate this information into a delivery message or plan for the wider team.
- Lead in positivity and effective working relationships with commissioners, other health care providers and other key health care providers and other key partners to support an integrated approach to high quality patient care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities:
- To provide a comprehensive range of clinical duties at the agreed Surgeries within the Primary Care Network.
- To undertake surgery consultations, home visits where necessary, and telephone queries from patients and health care professionals.
- Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation
- Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate
- Work with patients in order to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments. Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side-effects, and interactions
- Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
- Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles and apply principles of self-care. Support and manage health needs of patients presenting for family planning or sexual health consultations
- Assess, identify, and refer patients presenting with mental health needs in accordance with national and local guidelines.
- 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
- 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).
Other Responsibilities:
- Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Surgery policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.
- To undertake any other duties commensurate with the post holders grade as agreed with the Clinical Director.
- To attend and contribute to regular administration and clinical meetings whether formal or informal. This may involve adjustments to workload to allow attendance.
- To keep up to date with current and forthcoming National Service Frameworks and NICE guidance and their impact on primary care services
- To contribute to the clinical governance agenda and to fully participate in the reporting of incidents as per Practice policy
- 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, contributing to the maximum performance under QOF.
- Attending training and events organised by the PCN or other agencies, where appropriate.
Communication
- Able to confidentially utilise a full range of communication methods to disseminate information to large numbers of people
- Able to confidently adapt communication style and content to reflect different type of people when making contact.
- Ability to receive highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information and process appropriately; and where needed translate this information into a delivery message or plan for the wider team.
- Lead in positivity and effective working relationships with commissioners, other health care providers and other key health care providers and other key partners to support an integrated approach to high quality patient care.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of NHS general practice
- Experience of using electronic clinical patient records
- Experience of medicines management
- Experience of CCG initiatives
- Experience of QOF and clinical audit
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
Desirable
- Understanding of policy developments related to the delivery of primary care services including General Practice, the GMS contract, Clinical Governance, Network Contract DES, and Quality & Outcomes Framework
- Knowledge of the health needs of the PCN population
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Outstanding level of clinical knowledge and skills commensurate with that of an experienced GP
- Polite and confident
- Flexible and cooperative
- Motivated, forward thinker
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
- High levels of integrity and loyalty
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
- Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
- Effectively utilises resources
- Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration with a licence to practise and entry on the GP Register (Certificate of completion date must be within 2 years and not having held a substantive post before)
- Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Practice/Certificate Confirming Eligibility for General Practice Registration (CEGPR), or equivalent
- Included on a Medical Performers List or eligible
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of NHS general practice
- Experience of using electronic clinical patient records
- Experience of medicines management
- Experience of CCG initiatives
- Experience of QOF and clinical audit
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
Desirable
- Understanding of policy developments related to the delivery of primary care services including General Practice, the GMS contract, Clinical Governance, Network Contract DES, and Quality & Outcomes Framework
- Knowledge of the health needs of the PCN population
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Outstanding level of clinical knowledge and skills commensurate with that of an experienced GP
- Polite and confident
- Flexible and cooperative
- Motivated, forward thinker
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
- High levels of integrity and loyalty
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
- Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
- Effectively utilises resources
- Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration with a licence to practise and entry on the GP Register (Certificate of completion date must be within 2 years and not having held a substantive post before)
- Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Practice/Certificate Confirming Eligibility for General Practice Registration (CEGPR), or equivalent
- Included on a Medical Performers List or eligible
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
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).