Job summary
We are looking for a Salaried GP to join our team for 5 sessions per week (Wednesday to Friday) to cover a 12
month Maternity Leave starting September 2024.
We offer an attractive salary package including 6 weeks holiday and a weeks study leave, (pro-rata). We also pay medical indemnity.
Main duties of the job
Please see Job Description below for further details of the role.
We do not have personalised patient lists and we operate a
streamlined efficient document workflow.
We actively support and encourage development of interests
in specialised areas.
We are a training practice with 2 of our former Registrars
working as Partners and another as a Salaried GP. An interest in training is an advantage.
About us
Measham Medical Unit is a friendly and supportive GP
practice with a growing list size of over 15,500 patients. We have a large rural catchment area and are
based on the outskirts of North West Leicestershire, providing services to
patients in North West Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire and
Warwickshire. We are a member of the
North West Leicestershire PCN.
We have 6 GP Partners (5.0 w.t.e ) who are supported by an
excellent diverse clinical team comprising of 4 salaried doctors, 2 Clinical Pharmacists,
a Pharmacy Technician, a Paramedic, 2 Physicians Associates, 1 Advanced Nurse
Practitioner, 1 Physiotherapist, 4 Practice Nurses, 4 Health Care Assistants
and a Mental Health Facilitator.
We have a well-established and cohesive Management Team made
up of 7 members, including a dedicated Reception Manager.
We have our own dispensary which dispenses over 11000
prescription items each month. We also operate a dispensary delivery service.
Relationships and communication are very important to us, and to facilitate this we invest the time to meet regularly. The Partners and Salaried GPs meet daily at a morning meeting. Tea breaks here are designed so that clinical and administrative staff take them together.
Our relationships with local practices within our Primary
Care Network are excellent; our Senior Partner is the Clinical Chair of our
local GP federation and Clinical Director of our PCN.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- 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.
- In accordance with the practice rota, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self 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
- Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation
- Assess the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
- Provide management of long-term conditions in line with local and national guidelines and pathways
- In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, develop care plans for health
- Provide counselling and health education
- Admit or discharge patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate
- Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
- Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
- Prescribe in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
- Read and interpret test results ordered by you and other team members, taking appropriate action based on the findings
- Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
- Collect data for audit purposes
- In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Committed to working as part of a team
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Demonstrable commitment to delivering quality and patient
- focussed services
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in Primary Care environment, particularly a
- General Practice Setting
- Record of ongoing Continuous Professional Development
Qualifications
Essential
- Medical Degree
- Current GMC Registration
- Certificate of completion of training
- Inclusion on the GP 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Measham Medical Unit
Address
Measham Medical Unit
High Street
Measham
Swadlincote
Derbyshire
DE12 7HR