Salaried GP - newly qualified or experienced

Job summary

Lakenheath Surgery is a small, friendly, semi-rural, part dispensing, effective and well-organised GMS practice with currently 5500 registered patients. This partner owned GMS (General Medical Services) practice has a stable list size and works through partnership and collaboration to provide patients with joined-up solutions which meet the needs of its semi-rural demographics.

We are now looking to recruit a salaried GP for 4 to 6 sessions per week, with a view to offering a future partnership for experienced applicants. We are open to the level of experience and can discuss at interview our competitive salary and extremely flexible working pattern, to meet our needs and your requirements.

There is an empathetic management style described as GP traditional, non-hierarchical, informal, flexible and functional with a strong sense of community, and it is very important to the partners that this is maintained and developed. Whilst being clinically driven, the practice also performs well financially and presents as a strongly democratic, happy and balanced team with good communication between the clinical team, partners and administration teams.

We have recently transitioned to a triage system that is designed to enable GPs to have improved oversight of both acute and routine appointments. Home visits are very few and as a small practice we know our patients very well.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to support and care for a diverse patient group.

Main duties of the job

• Undertaking a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork, reports and correspondence in a timely fashion;
• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting medical problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcare workers within the organisation;
• Assessing the healthcare needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems;
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness;
• Developing care plans for health inconsultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols;
• Providing health education;
• Recording clear consultation notes to agreed standards;
• Collecting data for audit purposes and complying with QOF requirements;
• Delivering enhanced services;
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.

Our successful candidate will be a collaborative colleague or partner, working in a friendly environment where good communication skills are both important and valued.

About us

Lakenheath Surgery provides patient services from its current location in the High Street, Lakenheath. The premises, a former residential dwelling was re-designed purposefully into the well-equipped GP practice we see today and is partner owned. There is also ample on site, disabled and street parking.

The practice is a dispensing practice, dispensing medication to a third of its registered population which are local families with a predominance of patients over the age of 55 and many are whole generation families.

Committed to high quality care, the practice has consistently high Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) achievement. The practice is also invested and committed to education and personal development of all of its staff. Falling within the boundary of Suffolk & North East Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB), the practice is registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the latest inspection being December 2018; and the report issued in January 2019 rated the practice as Good across all KLOEs (Key lines of Enquiry). The practice has a clear vision to deliver high quality care, with core values which were developed by the whole health care team, each doctor being responsible for all aspects of general practice, ensuring good communication, compassion and continuity of care. To arrange a practice visit or for an informal conversation please contact the practice manager on sally.batchelder@nhs.net or 01842 771 323.