Job summary
As a General Practitioner (GP) within our practice, you will be at the forefront of providing primary healthcare services, embodying our commitment to delivering personalised and comprehensive care to our community. Whilst your core responsibilities are outlined below, we value adaptability and the willingness to contribute to various aspects of patient care and practice development as needs arise.
This position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the health and wellbeing of our community, providing a rewarding and fulfilling career path for dedicated and skilled General Practitioners.
Those looking for a position under the GP retainer scheme will be considered.
Applicants who require certificate of sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
Clinical Excellence: Conduct thorough clinical examinations to accurately assess, diagnose, and manage patient conditions. Your expertise will be pivotal in ensuring high-quality care and outcomes for our patients.
Patient Consultations: Provide compassionate and effective consultations both within the surgery and through home visits, ensuring accessibility and continuity of care for all patients, including those who are housebound.
Holistic Patient Care: Monitor ongoing conditions and overall wellbeing of patients, adopting a proactive approach to health maintenance and disease prevention.
Specialised Procedures: Perform minor surgical procedures as necessary, equipped with the latest techniques and knowledge to ensure safety and effectiveness.
Collaborative Practice: Work within multidisciplinary teams, including midwives, pharmacists, health visitors, psychiatrists, and other healthcare professionals, to deliver a coordinated and comprehensive care experience.
Practice Management and Administration: Engage in essential practice management and administrative duties, contributing to the smooth operation and continuous improvement of our services.
About us
This is an opportunity to join a circa 17,000 patientPractice which currently operates over three sites in Treorchy and Treherbert within the North Rhondda Cluster. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team that includes GP Partners, Salaried GPs, Mental Health Practitioner, Pharmacists and Physiotherapists. The Practice is committed to multi-disciplinary team working in its delivery of healthcare to the community.
The practice is a training establishment for GP registrars and Foundation Pharmacists and has close links with HEIW and CTMUHB. Participation in Clinical Practice Meetings would be encouraged the MDT regularly meets to discuss shared learning, audits, prescribing advice, significant event analysis and quality improvement processes and practice. The professional development of individuals is recognised and championed including opportunities to extend scope of practice or progress a specialist interest in an area.
You will be fully supported by our GPs & practice management team and as a patient-focused practice, in-turn you will be asked to deliver the highest quality service to our patients and our practice community.
6 GP Partners and 6 salaried GPs
2 x Clinical Pharmacists; 1 Advanced Mental Health Practitioner
3 Nurses, 4 Healthcare support workers
Direct access to Physiotherapy, MIND counselling & Wellbeing coordinator
Dedicated & experienced Care Navigation & Administrative team
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Salaried General Practitioner, you will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality primary care services, with a range of responsibilities tailored to meet the dynamic needs of our patients and practice. While the core duties are outlined below, flexibility and a willingness to adapt to varying workload and staffing levels are essential.
Clinical Responsibilities:
Consultations: Engage in surgery consultations, telephone consultations, and patient queries as per the practice timetable. This includes home visits, managing repeat prescriptions, and addressing patient queries and paperwork efficiently.
Decision-Making: Make professional, autonomous decisions for presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred by other healthcare workers.
Patient Assessment: Assess healthcare needs for patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems, screening for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
Care Planning: Develop care plans in consultation with patients, aligning with current practice disease management protocols.
Health Education and Counselling: Provide counselling and health education, tailoring advice and support to patient needs.
Patient Management: Manage patient admission and discharge from the caseload, referring to other care providers as appropriate.
Documentation: Maintain clear, contemporaneous consultation notes and collect data for audit purposes, adhering to QOF requirements and delivering enhanced services.
Prescriptions: Issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions, prescribing in accordance with the practice formulary and clinical appropriateness.
Other Responsibilities within the Organisation:
Policy Compliance: Ensure awareness and compliance with all practice policies and guidelines, including prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health & safety and duty of candour.
Continuous Learning: Demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning, audit, and evidence-based practice. Contribute to clinical standard setting and the development of computer-based patient records.
Record Management: Contribute to patient record summarising and Read-Coding of patient data. Attend relevant training and events to maintain and enhance professional development.
Practice Responsibilities:
Clinical Standards and Audit: Contribute to clinical standard setting and audits, ensuring data is recorded promptly and accurately in patient records systems.
Health and Safety: Maintain responsibility for personal health and safety, as well as that of others, adhering to practice health and safety policies and procedures.
Professional Development: Develop a training plan in conjunction with practice objectives, participating fully in training and development opportunities provided by the practice.
Training & Development: Participate fully in training and development activities and engage with strategies to enhance clinical, leadership and administrative skills, in alignment with practice business objectives.
This role demands a proactive, dedicated approach to patient care, with a strong emphasis on quality, safety, and continuous improvement.
OUR VALUES
We put our patients at the HEART of everything we do.
Harmony
Working in harmony with our colleagues, community and external healthcare professionals we will create a vision of healthcare for the future. Working harmoniously, we will create a multidisciplinary health care model to provide quality healthcare for each patient at the right time.
Excellence
We will always welcome open and honest feedback so that we can strive for excellence. Excellence will be achieved through continuous learning and developing innovative solutions to improve healthcare for our community. We will invest time to provide ongoing training and support to not only our colleagues but GPs of the future.
Accountability
This means more than simply just doing our job, it forms our obligation to make things better, to pursue excellence and the vision for our practice. Being accountable means we are answerable for our actions and the actions of our team. It helps drive our commitment to the quality and improvement of services and care.
Respect
Respect is a guiding value for all colleagues at Forest View, it makes the foundation for every interaction. We will respect and appreciate each persons need or point of view recognising them as individuals and we will always take the time to understand and support them.
Teamwork
We understand that the success of our practice is inevitably tied to others and our performance as a team is defined by every person. We commit to keeping our colleagues safe and looking after their well-being. We will always welcome partnerships that enhance and benefit the community we serve.
Person Specification
Aptitude
Essential
- Polite and confident
- Flexible approach and cooperative
- Motivated
- Forward thinker
- High levels of integrity and loyalty
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
Qualifications
Essential
- Full registration with General Medical Council and listed on GP register
- Listed on Wales Medical Performers List
- Right to work in the United Kingdom
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
- Experience within the NHS and/or Primary Care
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
GP Practice in Wales
Address
Forest View Medical Centre
Abergorki Industrial Estate
Treorchy
Mid Glamorgan
CF42 6DL