Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for newly qualified GPs to join our multi-disciplinary teams.
Following the introduction of General Practitioners as an ARRS role as part of the national Primary Care Network DES, we are looking to expand our team by recruiting newly qualified General Practitioners to work alongside our Practices and Primary Care Network additional roles.
We are recruiting on behalf of a Warwickshire North PCN. We are looking for enthusiastic and forward-thinking GPs to join our teams on a fixed term contract for 6 months. Hours of work and rates of pay will be confirmed upon successful recruitment to the role.
You will be required to work at Atherstone Surgery. We always work as a clinical team and provide mutual clinical support amongst colleagues through individual discussions and organised meetings which include shared learning and Significant Event discussions. This is a great opportunity to get to know our practice, providing the successful candidate with varied experience.
Eligibility criteria - CCT date must be within the last 2 years and post holder has not held a substantive post before.
Main duties of the job
Job Summary:
The post-holder will be responsible for managing a caseload of patients presenting with a wide range of health care needs within a primary care setting. Working with clinical and operational colleagues in delivering a safe, high performing, effective, sustainable, innovative person centred medical service
The post-holder will develop good working relationships with
- Patients
- GP colleagues
- Nurses
- Additional Reimbursement roles
- Surgery staff
- Community healthcare staff
- Hospital staff
About us
At Coventry and Rugby GP Alliance, we pride ourselves on
fostering a culture of innovation, growth, and continuous learning. As a member
of our team, youll have the opportunity to work alongside talented
professionals who are committed to delivering excellence and driving positive
change within our industry.
We take pride in offering a robust range of benefits to
support our employees, including
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Annual Leave: Enjoy 27 days of annual
leave for full time employees, in addition to bank holidays.
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Sick Pay: Our enhanced sick pay policy
ensures you are supported during times of illness.
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Pension Scheme: Access to the NHS pension
scheme to secure your financial future.
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Enhanced Maternity Leave: We provide
generous maternity leave to support new parents.
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Paternity Leave: We also offer paternity
leave to allow new fathers to bond with their newborns
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Blue Light Discounts: Take advantage of
exclusive discounts available for our staff. After probation you can make a
expense claim for the price of your blue light discount card and receive full
reimbursement
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Employee Assistance Network: Access support
through our employee advice network for personal and professional challenges
365 days a year
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Internal Awards: We recognise and celebrate the
achievements of our staff through internal awards.
- We are committed to creating a supportive and rewarding work environment for all our employees.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
Responsibilities
- To provide a comprehensive
range of clinical duties at the agreed Surgeries within our Primary Care
Network, which may also include working within our Enhanced Access Service.
- 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
- To
undertake on-call duties as part of the Surgery on-call rota, where agreed.
This may include requesting that patients present at the surgery, telephone
consultations, home visits and triage.
- 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 selfcare. 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 and guidelines, eg prescribing, confidentiality,
data protection, health and safety.
- To
undertake any other duties commensurate with the post holders grade as agreed
with the Lead GP.
- 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 of the Surgery 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 Surgery performance under QOF.
- Attending training and
events organised by the Surgery 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.
Confidentiality
- In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
- Whilst performing the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, surgery staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Surgery as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.
- Information relating to patients, careers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Surgery may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Surgery policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
Health and Safety
- Implement and maintain the standards required for the health, safety and security knowledge and understanding as defined in the MVMG Health and Safety Policy
- Use personal security systems within the workplace according to Surgery guidelines
- Identify and mitigate the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
- Make effective use of training to update knowledge and skills of the team and for your own personal development.
- Use appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
- Report potential & actual risks identified, prepare mitigation and action plans to minimise risk to MVMG, its patients and staff.
Equality and Diversity
- Be a lead in supporting the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, and challenge behaviours that fall below the standards required
- Lead in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Surgery procedures and policies, and current legislation
- Respect the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, careers and colleagues
- Behave in a manner which is welcoming to an individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal and Professional Development
- Provision for Continued Professional Development will be provided on a pro rota basis
- Participate in any training program implemented by MVMG as part of this employment
- Identify personal development and training needs
- Participate in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
- Take responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.
- Lead and support others with their training and development needs
- Participate in continuing education to maintain a contemporary level of professional knowledge and skill
Quality
- Strive to improve quality within the Surgery
- Assess own performance, ensuring competence, and being accountable for own actions, either directly or under supervision
- Manage team members around issues of quality and risk
- Develop, manage and contribute to the quality assurance process and 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 ensure the best care for the patient, referring to the Executive Manager or Partner as needed.
- Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
- Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly
Contribution to the Implementation of Services
- Maintain and update relevant MVMG policies, standards and guidance to ensure compliance with national and local guidelines.
- Lead discussions with members of the team on how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect their work
- Participate in audits and meetings where appropriate
This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list and may be subject to change from time to time.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
Responsibilities
- To provide a comprehensive
range of clinical duties at the agreed Surgeries within our Primary Care
Network, which may also include working within our Enhanced Access Service.
- 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
- To
undertake on-call duties as part of the Surgery on-call rota, where agreed.
This may include requesting that patients present at the surgery, telephone
consultations, home visits and triage.
- 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 selfcare. 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 and guidelines, eg prescribing, confidentiality,
data protection, health and safety.
- To
undertake any other duties commensurate with the post holders grade as agreed
with the Lead GP.
- 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 of the Surgery 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 Surgery performance under QOF.
- Attending training and
events organised by the Surgery 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.
Confidentiality
- In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
- Whilst performing the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, surgery staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Surgery as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.
- Information relating to patients, careers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Surgery may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Surgery policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
Health and Safety
- Implement and maintain the standards required for the health, safety and security knowledge and understanding as defined in the MVMG Health and Safety Policy
- Use personal security systems within the workplace according to Surgery guidelines
- Identify and mitigate the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
- Make effective use of training to update knowledge and skills of the team and for your own personal development.
- Use appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
- Report potential & actual risks identified, prepare mitigation and action plans to minimise risk to MVMG, its patients and staff.
Equality and Diversity
- Be a lead in supporting the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, and challenge behaviours that fall below the standards required
- Lead in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Surgery procedures and policies, and current legislation
- Respect the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, careers and colleagues
- Behave in a manner which is welcoming to an individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal and Professional Development
- Provision for Continued Professional Development will be provided on a pro rota basis
- Participate in any training program implemented by MVMG as part of this employment
- Identify personal development and training needs
- Participate in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
- Take responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.
- Lead and support others with their training and development needs
- Participate in continuing education to maintain a contemporary level of professional knowledge and skill
Quality
- Strive to improve quality within the Surgery
- Assess own performance, ensuring competence, and being accountable for own actions, either directly or under supervision
- Manage team members around issues of quality and risk
- Develop, manage and contribute to the quality assurance process and 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 ensure the best care for the patient, referring to the Executive Manager or Partner as needed.
- Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
- Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly
Contribution to the Implementation of Services
- Maintain and update relevant MVMG policies, standards and guidance to ensure compliance with national and local guidelines.
- Lead discussions with members of the team on how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect their work
- Participate in audits and meetings where appropriate
This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list and may be subject to change from time to time.
Person Specification
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
Desirable
- MRCGP
- Evidence of other specialist interest /development / training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of NHS general practice
- Experience of using electronic clinical patient records
-
- Evidence of working autonomously and as part of a team
- Experience of undertaking audit in general practice
- Knowledge of current and forthcoming NSFs and their impact on primary care services
- Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance
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 surgery population
- Eligibility for minor surgery, CHS, obstetrics, family planning accreditation
Person Specification
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
Desirable
- MRCGP
- Evidence of other specialist interest /development / training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of NHS general practice
- Experience of using electronic clinical patient records
-
- Evidence of working autonomously and as part of a team
- Experience of undertaking audit in general practice
- Knowledge of current and forthcoming NSFs and their impact on primary care services
- Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance
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 surgery population
- Eligibility for minor surgery, CHS, obstetrics, family planning accreditation
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).
