Job summary
An
opportunity is available for a part time salaried GP
Up
to 5 sessions per week (negotiable in line with surgery requirements).
Optional
opportunity of developing in a clinical specialty at West Suffolk Hospital. Also,
possibility to become a partner and can be further discussed at interview
We are looking
for a GP whose main focus will be general practice but we can also support the
right candidate to establish a special interest in hospital medicine, leadership
or research to suit personal or career needs.
Glemsford
Surgery integrated with West Suffolk Foundation Trust (WSFT) to provide
improved healthcare services for patients in and around the village of
Glemsford.
Glemsford
village is within easy reach of Cambridge (30 miles), Ipswich (25 miles), Bury
St Edmunds (12 miles) and Sudbury (6 miles) and the surgery benefits from a
co-located but independently managed pharmacy, enabling clinical and patient
access to in-house help and advice for medication issues.
West Suffolk
Hospital is a friendly and accessible hospital set in a 19-hectare parkland
site on the edge of Bury St Edmunds. It has around 430 beds and serves a
population of around 275,000 within an area of about 600 square miles.
The successful
candidate will be required to be an active member of the GP surgery and help
with leading on aspects in the practice, eg palliative care or dementia. This
can be discussed at interview
Main duties of the job
The
post requires the post-holder to have an excellent understanding of and
identification with the ethos of the Practice and to demonstrate this in their
professional behaviour and dealings with the public. The post holder is directly responsible to the
Practice Manager for all organisation and administration issues and the Clinical
Lead GP for clinical matters.
The
post holder is professionally accountable to the Deputy Medical Director for
Primary and Community Care (WSFT) for clinical issues. They
will manage a caseload, providing personal medical services 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.
Where
possible, the Trust will support a special interest to suit personal and career
needs, or complete additional training to allow the post holder to specialise
in an area of particular interest.
About us
#BeKnown
at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
Were
a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to
more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for,
treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community
settings.
The
West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care
services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery
unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and childrens ward). It has 500+
beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult
and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk
Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing
temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We
do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our
values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we
work and behave as a team.
With
nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation
a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be
the best you can be.
We
promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyone voice counts and you
can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join
us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached full job description and person specifications
Clinical
responsibilities
- Provide a full range of medical services
as defined in the core GMS contract and additional enhanced services or
PCN services where appropriate
- 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, video consultations, 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 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
- Develop care plans for health in
consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease
management protocols
- 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 using SystmOne
- 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
- Undertake other work which is deemed
necessary for patients registered at the Surgery, including but not exhaustive,
medical reports, letters, forms and other medical administration within
core Surgery hours.
- Behave in a
professional and courteous manner to all members of the Practice team,
including GP colleagues, Practice team and members of the WSFT Primary
Care Team.
- In general, the post-holder will be
expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities
associated with a GP working within primary care.
Timetable
This
is an outline timetable for indicative purposes and the detail will be
discussed and agreed with the post holder.
Day Time Activity
Monday to Friday
8.30 – 11.00 Face
to Face clinic appointments
11.00 – 12.00 Admin Work
12.00 –
12.40 Home Visits
12.40 –
13.50 Break
13.50 –
14.30 Home Visits
14.30 –
15.30 Admin Work
15.30 –
18.00 Face to Face clinic appointments
Job
plans will be created based on GP clinical sessions. A session is defined as 4
hours and 10 minute’s periods of duty do not need to be exact multiples of
sessions. For example, short days are permissible as long as the hours are all
counted. An example would be where childcare commitments mean that an employee
may prefer to work short days – perhaps two days from 9 am to 3 pm and one day
from 9 am to 1.40 pm = 4 sessions (16 hours 40 minutes).
Under the new GMS model
salaried GP model contract:
• Full time is 9 sessions or 37.5 hours per week
• The length of a session is therefore 4 hours and 10
minutes
• CPD entitlement is one session per week /4 hours per week
on an annualised basis for full time practitioners and pro rata for part-time
practitioners.
CPD entitlement is one
session per week /4 hours per week on an annualised basis for full time
practitioners and pro rata for part-time practitioners.
Job
plans will be agreed with the post holder and these will be in line with
current arrangements.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached full job description and person specifications
Clinical
responsibilities
- Provide a full range of medical services
as defined in the core GMS contract and additional enhanced services or
PCN services where appropriate
- 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, video consultations, 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 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
- Develop care plans for health in
consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease
management protocols
- 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 using SystmOne
- 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
- Undertake other work which is deemed
necessary for patients registered at the Surgery, including but not exhaustive,
medical reports, letters, forms and other medical administration within
core Surgery hours.
- Behave in a
professional and courteous manner to all members of the Practice team,
including GP colleagues, Practice team and members of the WSFT Primary
Care Team.
- In general, the post-holder will be
expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities
associated with a GP working within primary care.
Timetable
This
is an outline timetable for indicative purposes and the detail will be
discussed and agreed with the post holder.
Day Time Activity
Monday to Friday
8.30 – 11.00 Face
to Face clinic appointments
11.00 – 12.00 Admin Work
12.00 –
12.40 Home Visits
12.40 –
13.50 Break
13.50 –
14.30 Home Visits
14.30 –
15.30 Admin Work
15.30 –
18.00 Face to Face clinic appointments
Job
plans will be created based on GP clinical sessions. A session is defined as 4
hours and 10 minute’s periods of duty do not need to be exact multiples of
sessions. For example, short days are permissible as long as the hours are all
counted. An example would be where childcare commitments mean that an employee
may prefer to work short days – perhaps two days from 9 am to 3 pm and one day
from 9 am to 1.40 pm = 4 sessions (16 hours 40 minutes).
Under the new GMS model
salaried GP model contract:
• Full time is 9 sessions or 37.5 hours per week
• The length of a session is therefore 4 hours and 10
minutes
• CPD entitlement is one session per week /4 hours per week
on an annualised basis for full time practitioners and pro rata for part-time
practitioners.
CPD entitlement is one
session per week /4 hours per week on an annualised basis for full time
practitioners and pro rata for part-time practitioners.
Job
plans will be agreed with the post holder and these will be in line with
current arrangements.
Person Specification
Research
Desirable
Personal
Essential
- 1. Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
- 2. Potential to cope with stressful situations and remain calm
- 3. Punctual, reliable and flexible with an understanding of need to provide cover in times of colleagues absence
- 4. Good organisational and time management skills
- 5. Understanding, acceptance and adherence for the need to keep strict confidentiality
- 6. Decisive, confident working style with the ability to deal with competing priorities
- 7. Commitment to continuing professional development
Skills / knowledge
Essential
- 1. Ability to stay calm in stressful situations
- 2. Ability to work on own initiative and part of a multi-disciplinary team
- 3. Ability to use own judgement, resources and common sense
- 4. Understanding the importance of evidence-based practice and clinical effectiveness
- 5. Understanding of Clinical Governance and quality issues in health policy
- 6. Ability to make high quality, clear, concise and contemporaneous medical notes using electronic system
- Assessment: Interview and references
Desirable
- Ability to advocate for clinical standards
Qualifications
Essential
- 1. NHSE GP Performers List
- 2. Full GMC Registration, MBChB or equivalent
- 3. UK permit or right to work in the United Kingdom
- 4. Expressions of interest are also welcomed from candidates who are due to receive CCT and be on Performers list within the next 3 months.
- 5. Full UK driving licence and use of car
- Assessment: Application form
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- 1. GP Vocational or additional experience in general practice.
- 2. Four or more years as qualified GP
- Assessment: Interview and references
Desirable
- Experience in use of SystmOne
Person Specification
Research
Desirable
Personal
Essential
- 1. Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
- 2. Potential to cope with stressful situations and remain calm
- 3. Punctual, reliable and flexible with an understanding of need to provide cover in times of colleagues absence
- 4. Good organisational and time management skills
- 5. Understanding, acceptance and adherence for the need to keep strict confidentiality
- 6. Decisive, confident working style with the ability to deal with competing priorities
- 7. Commitment to continuing professional development
Skills / knowledge
Essential
- 1. Ability to stay calm in stressful situations
- 2. Ability to work on own initiative and part of a multi-disciplinary team
- 3. Ability to use own judgement, resources and common sense
- 4. Understanding the importance of evidence-based practice and clinical effectiveness
- 5. Understanding of Clinical Governance and quality issues in health policy
- 6. Ability to make high quality, clear, concise and contemporaneous medical notes using electronic system
- Assessment: Interview and references
Desirable
- Ability to advocate for clinical standards
Qualifications
Essential
- 1. NHSE GP Performers List
- 2. Full GMC Registration, MBChB or equivalent
- 3. UK permit or right to work in the United Kingdom
- 4. Expressions of interest are also welcomed from candidates who are due to receive CCT and be on Performers list within the next 3 months.
- 5. Full UK driving licence and use of car
- Assessment: Application form
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- 1. GP Vocational or additional experience in general practice.
- 2. Four or more years as qualified GP
- Assessment: Interview and references
Desirable
- Experience in use of SystmOne
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
