We are looking for a salaried GP to join the Practice
offering 4-8 session per week. You will receive approximately six weeks' annual leave, and will be part of the NHS pension scheme.
We offer telephone appointments and face-to-face
where required.
We have recently ben granted licensed sponsor status under the Skilled Worker Immigration route
Platforms used in the Practice include Emis, AccuRX, Docman,
DXS and ERS. The Practice also offer e-consultation for patients.
Ideal candidates need to be committed to delivering high
quality, team based care and have strong attention to details. We are ideally
seeking a GP who can start as soon as possible.
Experienced and newly qualified GPs are welcome to apply as
long as you are approved by the GMC and on the National Performers List.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check including
checks against the barred list will be carried out as part of our recruitment
procedures and also throughout employment. The responsibility for payment of
this lies with the Practice.
It is a requirement that safeguarding training will remain
up to date and the safeguarding policies and procedures in place within the
Practice will be adhered to during employment.
St Georges Medical Centre is committed to equality of
opportunity and compliance under The Equality Act 2012. Please let us know if
you have any reasonable adjustment required to support your application
process.
St Georges Medical Centre is a GMS teaching practice with a
list size of 11,300 on the Isle of Sheppey serving a diverse community. Our
warm and friendly Surgery is led by five GP partners with a diverse
multi-disciplinary team consisting of Nurses, Advanced Nurse Practitioners,
Nurse Associates, Healthcare Assistants and a Phlebotomist. The Practice is
also supported and managed by a strong and experienced Practice Manager, Senior
Team Leaders, Administrators and Receptionists. We are fully registered with
and regulated by the CQC. Our main Surgery is located a few minutes walk from
Sheerness Town Centre, with two branch sites serving the eastern side of the
Island in Leysdown and Eastchurch. We
also have on-site dispensaries at our smaller branch sites.
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, reports and correspondence in a timely manner.
Making professional, autonomous decisions in
relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcare
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
In consultation with patients and in line with
current Practice disease protocols, developing care plans for health
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 notes to the
agreed standards
Collecting data for audit purposes and complying
with QOF requirements
Delivering enhanced services
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
A commitment to life-long learning and audit to
ensure evidence-based best practice
Contributing to the 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
The post-holder will assist in promoting and
maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as define in the
Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:
o
Using personal security systems within the
workplace according to practice guidelines
o
Identifying the risks involved in work
activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
o
Making effective use of training to update
knowledge and skills
o
Using appropriate infection control procedures,
maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
o
Reporting potential risks identified
The post holder will support the equality,
diversity and rights of patients, cares and colleagues to include:
o
Acting in a way that is welcoming to and of the
individual, is non-judgemental and recognises the importance of peoples
circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights, interpreting them in a way that
is consistent with Practice procedures and policies and current legislation
o
Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs
of patients, carers and colleagues
In addition to maintaining continued education
through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that
professional development requirements are met, the post holder will participate
in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of their
employment, such training to include:
o
Participation in an annual individual
performance review, annual GP Appraisal including taking responsibility for
maintain a record of own personal and/or professional development
o
Taking responsibility for own development,
learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who
are undertaking similar work
The post holder will strive to maintain quality
within the Practice, and will:
o
Alert other team members to issues of Clinical Governance issues, quality
and risk; participate in Significant Event Analysis reviews
o
Assess own performance and take accountability
for own actions, either directly or under supervision
o
Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by
reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve
and enhance the teams performance
o
Work effectively with individuals in other
agencies to meet patients needs
o
Effectively manage own time, workload and
resources. The post-holder will also contribute to the overall team-working of
the Practice putting the needs of the Practice first
The post holder should recognise the importance
of effective communication within the team and will strive to:
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Communicate effectively with other team members
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Communicate effectively with patients and carers
o
Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods
of communication and respond accordingly
In the
course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather,
sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so
in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their
privacy and act appropriately.
In
the performance of the duties outline, the post-holder may have access to
confidential information relating to patients and their carer, Practice staff
and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating
to the Practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source
is to be regarded as strictly confidential.
Information
relating to patients, carers, colleagues and other healthcare workers or the
business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in
accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to
confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data. Unauthorised
disclosure of confidential information will result in disciplinary action and
may lead to dismissal.