Salaried GP

East of England, East of England

Permanent

£90,000

General Practitioner

Salaried GP

Job summary

Bridgnorth Medical Practice has been established since the 1960s. In 2007 we moved from premises on the High Street into a newly built health centre nearby. We are now sited next to Bridgnorth Community Hospital in the centre of town with easy access to public parking and bus services.

Our premises are also occupied by other community-based services including Community Mental Health, Health Visitors and Community Nurses. There is a Pharmacy based in the building, which is managed commercially by a third party. This is one of three in the town for patients to use, two providing a medication delivery service.

We are a training practice and always receive positive comments from our trainees. Some have gone on to join the practice and become Partners.

We have a mix of nine full and part-time Partners (male and female) and two part-time salaried doctors, working closely with our Urgent Care Team, Nurses, HCAs and Phlebotomists, working across to rural sites with approximately 20,000 patients. The Partners also have a well-established non-clinical team, and we aim to be forward thinking and innovative in our ideas for patient services.

Our team are primarily local people, and many have worked with the Practice for a significant period of time or have a significant amount of experience working in general practice. Members of the team are loyal, hardworking, supportive, and keen to deliver a good service to our patients.

Main duties of the job

In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake 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 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
Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
Undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation
Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records
Contributing to the summarising audit and coding
Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

About us

We are a large team of 60+ staff including 9 Partners (male and female), 2 Salaried GPs, and a mixture of training levels on rotation. Communication is good within the practice and although busy, there are regular opportunities to meet with colleagues throughout the day. We feel it important that everyone works as a team and feels appreciated for there efforts.

If you want to be part of a positive, good humoured and supportive team, in a location with good commuting links, why not submit your CV for consideration.

Job description

Job responsibilities

In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake 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 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
Developing 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
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.
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 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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GMC Registration

Desirable

MRCGP

Experience

Essential

Working with a GP clinical system e.g. EMIS web
Use of Snowmed codes
Clinical audit
Working in a team

Desirable

Care of the elderly
Child health
Working in a training practice and supporting trainees

Knowledge, skills, and personal qualities and attitude

Essential

Good understanding of patient choice
Good interpersonal skills
Good time management
Pleasant and supportive personality
Ability to perform under pressure
Smart appearance
Resourceful
Flexible and adaptable
Available to cover for colleagues on days not worked (occasional)
Current valid driving lincence

Desirable

Good understanding of QOF and GP commissioning
Good understanding of practice management
Good IT skills and use of EMIS and Docman

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.