Salaried GP

East of England, East of England

Permanent

Depends on experience

General Practitioner

Salaried GP

Job summary

We are looking to expand our clinical team which has created an exciting opportunity for the addition of a Salaried GP.

We have a patient population of around 12,100 patients and cover a demographically diverse population.

At its core, our Salaried GP's work as a member of the Practice team and provide a critical role in delivering appointments and access to our registered population. We are an innovative and forward-thinking Practice, open to making improvements and constantly reviewing the needs of our patient population to ensure we are meeting expectation with a multi-skilled healthcare professional team to support with this.

Whether you are looking for your next step into a salaried GP role. some stability from a period of locum working and or are an experienced GP simply looking for change with an opportunity to challenge yourself in a different environment, we would encourage you to get in touch!

Main duties of the job

Our Salaried GP could expect to be issued a workplan upon joining the Practice of which would consist of appointment lists which would include a combination of face to face, telephone, video consultations, home visits and in time online consultations. We have a current on call rota which is shared across the GP Partners and Salaried GPs. We would look for the Salaried GP to have a list holding mentality, offering continuity and ongoing case management alongside associated administrative workloads including management of results, meds management and all other associated patient admin.

As a Practice that is very keen on education and development, we would be looking for support to the many medical student placements and allocations that we take and are keen to look to develop the training practice aspects of our Practice over time of which there is opportunity to be part of we also welcome applications from any GPs that currently educational / clinical supervisors presently.

You would work closely and be supported by our GP Partners, Salaried GPs, Clinical Pharmacist, Practice Nurses, Physician Associates, alongside our Primary Care Network colleagues of Clinical Pharmacists, Mental Health Practitioner, First Contact Physio, Social, Health & Wellbeing Practitioners, and Care Home Teams. In addition to this you would have regular contact and engagement with the various non-clinical teams across the Practice.

About us

Parcliffe Medical Centre is an innovative and forward-thinking Practice led by our Partnership (5 GPs).

In purpose-built premises inside St Annes Health Centre, with a current patient population of around 12,100 patients.

Located in the seaside town of St Annes along the Fylde Coast, we are minutes away from the sea front, with direct links to the M55 & M6.

We are a friendly, professional, caring team who are passionate about providing safe and effective care to our patient population. Our excellent multi-skilled Clinical Team comprises of 8 GPs (Partner & Salaried), Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Pharmacist, Physicians Associate, Practice Nurses & Healthcare Assistants.

Supporting our Partnership, clinical team and the patient journey through the Practice, our team also includes our Management Team, Receptionists, Patient Advisors, Workflow Administrators, Medical Secretaries and Medicines Management Team.

Alongside offering the standard contractual requirements of General Medical Services in Primary Care, we do in addition have enhanced bespoke services to our patients in Minor Surgery, Microsuction and are also one of the Covid Vaccination sites within our Primary Care Network.

Parcliffe Medical Centre is a consistently high performer in relation to its contractual obligations including QOF and Quality Contract services.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities

Commitment to high quality, safe care that supports clinical continuity for those patients and clinical circumstances where required.
Mixed-media (Face to Face, Telephone, Video, Online) sessions for patient contact covering both same day and planned care as required.
Carry out home visits for both same day / planned care for patients.
Manage pathology results for tests generated through patient contacts, with a shared responsibility in the absence of other colleagues.
Manage and action medication requests including answering queries, authorisation of medication, with a shared responsibility in the absence of other colleagues. Generic prescribing adhering to local and national guidance.
Manage clinical administration as directed through the Practices workflow systems for items generated through patient contacts, with a shared responsibility in the absence of other colleagues.
Participate in the on-call rota and duties of the role, a shared responsibility and allocation with other GP colleagues.
Provide guidance and support to other members of the practice team including Clinical Pharmacist, Practice Nurses, Healthcare Assistants, Physician Associates, Medical Placements, and non-clinical colleagues as needed.
Quality improvement and audit work where there is an identified need.
Attention to detail by use of appropriate coding, note keeping and flagging of any system issues as they arise.
Manage and raise safeguarding concerns in line with practices processes and in liaison with the Safeguarding Lead
Effective management of long-term conditions
Commitment to self-learning and instil an ethos of continuous development and improvement.
Supporting the training of medical students / observational work placements from all clinical and non-clinical disciplines
Support the Partnership in achieving the strategic aims of the practice, making recommendations to enhance services / changes to improve quality of care or service delivery.
Support and participate in any areas of prescribing incentive workloads and workstreams.
Support and participate local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care.
Participate in review of significant and near miss events applying a structured approach.
Support and participate in the practices approach to infection control and prevention in line with systems, policies, and direction of the IPC lead for the practice.
Consider taking lead approaches in areas were considered appropriate and or of interest in agreement with the partnership.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in UK General Practice
Experience of working with vulnerable groups
Experience of working with diverse demographics and populations
Experience in the management of long-term conditions / continued complex care

Desirable

Experience of using General Practice IT systems e.g EMIS Web, Docman, AccuRx
Clinical Supervisor experience for trainees / medical placements
Being the named GP for a list of patients

Qualifications

Essential

GMC Registered
Qualified General Practitioner (MRCGP or equivalent)
Currently on a performers list
Clear enhanced DBS check

Desirable

Evidence of CPD
GP Trainer

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Team player
Calm under pressure
Friendly and inclusive
Commitment to development
Excellent communication skills
Strong IT skills
Excellent recording keeping skills.
Excellent time management
Able to work autonomously.
Self-motivated.

Desirable

Leadership skills
Able to bring fresh ideas
Innovative / quality improvement though processes
Flexibility over hob role and responsibility as things evolve

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.