Job summary
Be here to make an impact. Be here to be supported. Be here in Kent and Medway.
Be here. For a career you can help define. With a supportive team who will enable you to make a real difference to your patients lives.
In Kent and Medway, we believe in being a voice for those without one. Being a pillar of strength in a diverse and vibrant community. Being someone who doesn't give up on others or themselves.
But we don't just help others, we help you too. We give you the support, space, and time you need to build a portfolio career to be proud of one that matches your ambition. We are by your side through the unique challenges faced by people in our communities. And from day one, you'll have the freedom to shape and influence how our practices are run.
In addition to the variety of GP responsibilities you'd expect, you'll also develop the practice as a learning environment and create new placements for trainees across a variety of professions.
Main duties of the job
What we offer
- Welcome payment of up to £15,000 spread across 13 months for non-fellowship roles (GP attraction offer). If you apply for a fellowship post, this funding will support the training element.
- An experienced GP mentor from
the Kent and Medway mentor bank and further peer mentoring.
- The opportunity to enrol onto the New
to Practice Programme
- Access to the practice organisational
development support programme supplied by chartered Occupational
Psychologists.
- Regular protected learning time
events.
- Access to the Primary Care Network
Community to support local educational activity and career development.
- An enhanced GP appraisal process
including retention and wellbeing support.
- A welcome navigator from the council
who will support you with resettling housing, schools, nurseries etc.
- We have additional coastal fellowship
roles which will see you working on coastal specialisms alongside days in
practice.
- Discussions around Partnerships are welcome.
Living in Kent and Medway
With stunning countryside including two areas of outstanding natural beauty, creative coastal communities, charming villages, historic landmarks and bustling city centres, Kent and Medway offers something for everyone.
Here, you'll find quality housing, excellent schools and a rich variety of culture, arts and sporting activities. The cost of living here is 33% lower than London with excellent, & quick, transport links into the Capital too.
About us
One of the country's largest Integrated Care Boards, we're home to a brand-new medical school training aspiring doctors to deliver leading-edge medicine.
Our communities are as diverse as our landscape areas of coastal and rural beauty, with all the associated challenges.
Join us and, as part of a network of likeminded GPs, you'll help develop new ways of delivering healthcare relevant to our local population.
As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, we support the establishment of Staff Network groups to promote diversity in the workplace. We also provide reasonable adjustments to the interview process for any candidates with a disability.
Our offer is available to GPs who do not hold a current substantive contract with a practice within the Kent & Medway Integrated Care System.
Our offer is for and on behalf of the below practices who will be the end employing organisation.
GP attraction offer
Swale
Chestnuts Surgery, Sheerness Health
Centre, St George's, Grovehurst, The Meads Medical
Practice
Medway
Red Suite Balmoral
Gardens, Court View Surgery, Maritime Health, The Elms Medical
Centre, The Glebe Family
Practice
Thanet
Summerhill, Dashwood, Newington, Bethesda, The Limes
Coastal Fellowships offer
Swale and Thanet
East Cliff, The Grange, The Om, St George's, Vel Surgery
To find out more about our GP Attraction offer and Coastal Fellowship offer, please visit the Be Here: Kent and Medway site and Microsite using the links provided on the right-hand side.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Role 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. Responsibilities will reflect requirements of the NHS GP Contracts,
and as such may be subject to change as services adapt.
Key
Responsibilities
Clinical:
In accordance with the practice
timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to
undertake a variety of duties including surgery face to face, telephone and
online 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 health care workers within the relevant 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.
Completion of medical reports
(including NHS and private services as required)
Other areas
of responsibility:
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 relevant organisation
Contributing to the development of
computer-based patient records
Contributing to the summarising of
patient records and read-coding patient data
Attending training and events
organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
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.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Role 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. Responsibilities will reflect requirements of the NHS GP Contracts,
and as such may be subject to change as services adapt.
Key
Responsibilities
Clinical:
In accordance with the practice
timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to
undertake a variety of duties including surgery face to face, telephone and
online 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 health care workers within the relevant 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.
Completion of medical reports
(including NHS and private services as required)
Other areas
of responsibility:
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 relevant organisation
Contributing to the development of
computer-based patient records
Contributing to the summarising of
patient records and read-coding patient data
Attending training and events
organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
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.
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.
Person Specification
Pre-application questions
Essential
- The following questions will not affect your application to progressing to shortlisting. We are asking these questions to ensure candidates preferences, where indicated, are matched to particular localities or GP practices.
- Would you prefer your application to be initially considered for the GP attraction offer (Medway, Swale and Thanet) or the Coastal Fellowships offer (Swale and Thanet)?
- If your initial preference above is unsuccessful, are you happy for your application to be considered for the alternative offer?
-
- Please confirm your preferred practice locations, where applicable from the below list for the GP attraction offer.
- Medway, Swale and/or Thanet
- No preference
- Chestnuts Surgery - Sittingbourne ME10 4RU -
- https://www.thechestnutsurgery.co.uk/
- Sheerness Health Centre - Sheerness ME12 1UP - https://www.sheernesshealthcentre-drpatel.nhs.uk/
- St George's - Sheerness ME12 1QU St George's Medical Centre https://www.saintgeorgesmedicalcentre.co.uk/
- Grovehurst - Sittingbourne ME10 2ST - https://www.thegrovehurstsurgery.nhs.uk/
- The Meads Medical Practice - Sittingbourne ME10 5AA - https://www.meadsmedical.co.uk/
- Red Suite Balmoral Gardens - Gillingham ME7 4PN - https://churchillclinic.com/
- Court View Surgery https://www.courtviewsurgery.nhs.uk/
- Maritime Health - https://www.maritimehealth.co.uk/
- The Elms Medical Centre - Rochester ME3 9AE https://www.elmsmedicalkent.nhs.uk/
- The Glebe Family Practice https://www.theglebefamilypractice.co.uk/
- Summerhill - Ramsgate CT12 6SU - https://www.summerhillsurgery.co.uk/
- Dashwood - - Ramsgate CT11 9PR - https://www.dashwoodmedicalcentre.co.uk/
- Newington Ramsgate CT12 6EW - https://www.newingtonroadsurgery.co.uk
- Bethesda - Margate CT9 3NR - https://www.bethesdamc.co.uk/
- The Limes - Margate CT9 1QY - https://www.thelimessurgery.nhs.uk/
- Please confirm your preferred practice locations from the below list for the Coastal Fellowships programme.
- Swale and/or Thanet
- No preference
- East Cliff - Ramsgate CT11 8AD - https://www.eastclifframsgate.nhs.uk/
- The Grange - Ramsgate CT11 8AD - https://www.thegrangepracticeramsgate.nhs.uk/
- The Om - Sheerness ME12 1UA http://ommc-ios.nhs.uk/
- St George's - Sheerness ME12 1QU St George's Medical Centre https://www.saintgeorgesmedicalcentre.co.uk/
- Vel Surgery - Sheerness ME12 1UP - https://www.velsurgery.uk/
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in UK General Practice;
- Experience of working with vulnerable groups.
- We are looking for GPs with all levels of experience for development at the relevant organisation
- An understanding of NHS system
- An understanding of Challenges facing NHS
- An understanding of working with vulnerable groups and how to support them.
Qualifications
Essential
- GMC Registered with a licence to practice without any qualifications or limitations
- Qualified General Practitioner
- Registered on the NHS performers list
Person Specification
Pre-application questions
Essential
- The following questions will not affect your application to progressing to shortlisting. We are asking these questions to ensure candidates preferences, where indicated, are matched to particular localities or GP practices.
- Would you prefer your application to be initially considered for the GP attraction offer (Medway, Swale and Thanet) or the Coastal Fellowships offer (Swale and Thanet)?
- If your initial preference above is unsuccessful, are you happy for your application to be considered for the alternative offer?
-
- Please confirm your preferred practice locations, where applicable from the below list for the GP attraction offer.
- Medway, Swale and/or Thanet
- No preference
- Chestnuts Surgery - Sittingbourne ME10 4RU -
- https://www.thechestnutsurgery.co.uk/
- Sheerness Health Centre - Sheerness ME12 1UP - https://www.sheernesshealthcentre-drpatel.nhs.uk/
- St George's - Sheerness ME12 1QU St George's Medical Centre https://www.saintgeorgesmedicalcentre.co.uk/
- Grovehurst - Sittingbourne ME10 2ST - https://www.thegrovehurstsurgery.nhs.uk/
- The Meads Medical Practice - Sittingbourne ME10 5AA - https://www.meadsmedical.co.uk/
- Red Suite Balmoral Gardens - Gillingham ME7 4PN - https://churchillclinic.com/
- Court View Surgery https://www.courtviewsurgery.nhs.uk/
- Maritime Health - https://www.maritimehealth.co.uk/
- The Elms Medical Centre - Rochester ME3 9AE https://www.elmsmedicalkent.nhs.uk/
- The Glebe Family Practice https://www.theglebefamilypractice.co.uk/
- Summerhill - Ramsgate CT12 6SU - https://www.summerhillsurgery.co.uk/
- Dashwood - - Ramsgate CT11 9PR - https://www.dashwoodmedicalcentre.co.uk/
- Newington Ramsgate CT12 6EW - https://www.newingtonroadsurgery.co.uk
- Bethesda - Margate CT9 3NR - https://www.bethesdamc.co.uk/
- The Limes - Margate CT9 1QY - https://www.thelimessurgery.nhs.uk/
- Please confirm your preferred practice locations from the below list for the Coastal Fellowships programme.
- Swale and/or Thanet
- No preference
- East Cliff - Ramsgate CT11 8AD - https://www.eastclifframsgate.nhs.uk/
- The Grange - Ramsgate CT11 8AD - https://www.thegrangepracticeramsgate.nhs.uk/
- The Om - Sheerness ME12 1UA http://ommc-ios.nhs.uk/
- St George's - Sheerness ME12 1QU St George's Medical Centre https://www.saintgeorgesmedicalcentre.co.uk/
- Vel Surgery - Sheerness ME12 1UP - https://www.velsurgery.uk/
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in UK General Practice;
- Experience of working with vulnerable groups.
- We are looking for GPs with all levels of experience for development at the relevant organisation
- An understanding of NHS system
- An understanding of Challenges facing NHS
- An understanding of working with vulnerable groups and how to support them.
Qualifications
Essential
- GMC Registered with a licence to practice without any qualifications or limitations
- Qualified General Practitioner
- Registered on the NHS performers list
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.
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).
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).
