Job summary
Eastwood Group Practice have an exciting opportunity available for either a Salaried GP or GPs wanting to offer weekly sessional cover on a locum basis, to join our multi-disciplinary team to help us maintain and develop outstanding primary care services for our patients.
Main duties of the job
We are ideally looking for any GPs willing to provide 2-8 clinical sessions per week, to specifically include a Friday - and also ideally a Monday, if possible - However days and times are all open to negotiation with any interested GPs. We are prepared to offer flexible start/finish times, including options to explore term time contracts to suit the needs of any GPs with children of school age.
About us
The practice provides an annual study leave allowance aligned to the BMA model contract. We hold regular practice meetings which include sharing of ideas and feedback from all members of the team, safeguarding, and significant events.
We are supported by a full complement of Nurses and HCAs and in addition, the clinical staff employed via our PCN (SS9 PCN), including First contact Physiotherapist, urgent care home visiting ECPS, Clinical Pharmacists, Aligned mental health workers and Social Prescribers.
SS9 (along with Benfleet PCN) are also one of the first PCNS in Mid and South Essex to have already adopted the PACT (PCN Aligned Community Teams) way of working So as to more efficiently connect and collaborate with our aligned partners in care- across social care, community nursing teams, Palliative care, mental health and dementia teams to help us transform toward more efficient dynamic connected neighbourhood models of care. We have an aligned employed PACT clinical lead matron with care coordinator to help assist us in coordinating management of adults with complex multi-agency needs. The model is already demonstrating reductions on avoidable repeated urgent care crisis demand upon practices and the wider system alike, along with benefits reported by patients and their families
CQC rating: Good
For further information please contact: Practice Manager: Angela Ince Tel: 01702 511288 Email: practice.manager@f81128.nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are a friendly, well organised and forward-thinking practice in the well sought-after seaside town of Leigh-on-Sea. Staff welfare and patient care are at the core of our ethos. The Practice has a list size of circa just under 15,500 and is split over three-purpose built and very recently refurbished modern sites closely located to each other in the Eastwood Leigh on sea area- Each site is within a 2-3, minute drive of each other.
The role will consist of the appropriate mix of face to face and telephone consultations, although we are keen to embrace the advantages of the new ways of working that we have developed recently, including video and online consultations where appropriate for patients. Patients can currently be offered a face-to-face or virtual consult depending on their needs and preferences and are offered an appropriate appointment with either the appropriate ARRS professional or GP as required.
The on-call duty doctor deals with all urgent matters on the day and which may include triaging of any urgent home visits that may arise and allocating to the dedicated SS9 ECP paramedic resource or other services such as community Urgent Care Response Teams, as appropriate.
The duties of the post holder are to provide a full range of general medical services (this may or may not include providing 1 day of duty doctor cover either once a week or once a fortnight and/or one extended late evening session, either once a week or once a fortnight). We are willing to offer flexible hours to doctors in terms of their desired start and finish times- Plus, where possible, flexibility on any day that they may be covering a late evening session to permit them to start at midday or later if preferable.
You will also be encouraged to utilise and develop any skills for the improvement of services to patients, child health surveillance, family planning, training, etc., and the Practice encourages active engagement in developing and delivering new services. This will be subject to presentation of the appropriate certificates and update of relevant courses.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are a friendly, well organised and forward-thinking practice in the well sought-after seaside town of Leigh-on-Sea. Staff welfare and patient care are at the core of our ethos. The Practice has a list size of circa just under 15,500 and is split over three-purpose built and very recently refurbished modern sites closely located to each other in the Eastwood Leigh on sea area- Each site is within a 2-3, minute drive of each other.
The role will consist of the appropriate mix of face to face and telephone consultations, although we are keen to embrace the advantages of the new ways of working that we have developed recently, including video and online consultations where appropriate for patients. Patients can currently be offered a face-to-face or virtual consult depending on their needs and preferences and are offered an appropriate appointment with either the appropriate ARRS professional or GP as required.
The on-call duty doctor deals with all urgent matters on the day and which may include triaging of any urgent home visits that may arise and allocating to the dedicated SS9 ECP paramedic resource or other services such as community Urgent Care Response Teams, as appropriate.
The duties of the post holder are to provide a full range of general medical services (this may or may not include providing 1 day of duty doctor cover either once a week or once a fortnight and/or one extended late evening session, either once a week or once a fortnight). We are willing to offer flexible hours to doctors in terms of their desired start and finish times- Plus, where possible, flexibility on any day that they may be covering a late evening session to permit them to start at midday or later if preferable.
You will also be encouraged to utilise and develop any skills for the improvement of services to patients, child health surveillance, family planning, training, etc., and the Practice encourages active engagement in developing and delivering new services. This will be subject to presentation of the appropriate certificates and update of relevant courses.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- We are looking for someone who is motivated with a commitment to:
- Delivering a high standard of patient-centred care,
- Continuity of care
- Primary prevention and health improvement
- Addressing health inequalities
- Patient empowerment
- Patient advocate
- Experience should include:
- Chronic disease management
- Primary prevention & screening services
- Clinical Governance
- Delivery of QOF targets Self-audit and reflection
- Computer literacy
- Aptitude and abilities:
- Organised and efficient in record keeping and completion of paperwork
- Time management being able to prioritise work and work under pressure
- Willingness to share and collaborate across entire primary health team
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams
- Ability to work flexibly
- Ability to recognise own limitations and act upon them appropriately
- Willingness to learn new skills and to problem solve on a daily basis
- An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
- Ability to work within the changing structures of the NHS and work to the requirements of other regulatory bodies
- Excellent communicator
- Qualifications:
- On GMC GP Register
- On Medical Performers List
- Annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate)
- UK work permit (if required)
Desirable
- A desire to contribute to the overall development of the practice would be highly valued and welcomed
- Ability to input to strategic and practice development requirements
- Ability to challenge traditional models of working and to suggest improvements for change in a positive and inclusive manner
- Working knowledge of SystmOne
- Adaptability to change
- Service Development
- MRCGP
- Evidence of continued professional development
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- We are looking for someone who is motivated with a commitment to:
- Delivering a high standard of patient-centred care,
- Continuity of care
- Primary prevention and health improvement
- Addressing health inequalities
- Patient empowerment
- Patient advocate
- Experience should include:
- Chronic disease management
- Primary prevention & screening services
- Clinical Governance
- Delivery of QOF targets Self-audit and reflection
- Computer literacy
- Aptitude and abilities:
- Organised and efficient in record keeping and completion of paperwork
- Time management being able to prioritise work and work under pressure
- Willingness to share and collaborate across entire primary health team
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams
- Ability to work flexibly
- Ability to recognise own limitations and act upon them appropriately
- Willingness to learn new skills and to problem solve on a daily basis
- An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
- Ability to work within the changing structures of the NHS and work to the requirements of other regulatory bodies
- Excellent communicator
- Qualifications:
- On GMC GP Register
- On Medical Performers List
- Annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate)
- UK work permit (if required)
Desirable
- A desire to contribute to the overall development of the practice would be highly valued and welcomed
- Ability to input to strategic and practice development requirements
- Ability to challenge traditional models of working and to suggest improvements for change in a positive and inclusive manner
- Working knowledge of SystmOne
- Adaptability to change
- Service Development
- MRCGP
- Evidence of continued 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).
