ARRS Salaried GP

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated andcaring Salaried GP to join our multi-disciplinary practice team for 4-6 sessions per week.

We are a close working and dynamic team who are passionate about developing and delivering excellent quality local services to meet the needs of our patients.

Due to our practice joining a Primary Care Network, we are looking to expand our practice team by seeking to employ a newly qualified Salaried GP under the ARRS scheme. Our team comprises of 4 GP Partners, 4 Salaried GPs, 3 Practice Nurses, 2 HCAs and a supportive and dedicated Administrative Team.

We have a strong culture of learning and staff developmentand will actively support and encourage development in any areas of specialinterest.

Main duties of the job

About you :

• Newly qualified Salaried GP
• Looking to work 4-6 sessions per week
• A desire to work as part of a supportive and enthusiastic team

About us :

• Forward thinking, innovative and high achieving GMS practice with a proactive approach to preventative medicine
• Patient list size of 15,300+ patients.
• We are well-equipped and use the latest technology which enables us to offer a variety of in-house services.
• Our modern pleasant building offers both free parking and disabled access.
• Consistently achieve high QOF standards
• EMIS Web and Docman 10 software
• We provide mentoring and support to newly qualified GPs
• Opportunities to develop areas of specialist interest
• Rated Good by CQC
• We are unable to offer Tier 2 Visa sponsorship

About us

Our mission is to strive for the highest possible standards of quality personal care in which you are treated with dignity, respect and in strict confidence. Principles of equality and non-discrimination, regardless of race, religion, beliefs, gender or sexual orientation, are very important to all of us.

Job responsibilities

KEY BENEFITS:

• Weekly clinical meetings
• Daily protected coffee time
• Defined sessions with no extras
• Full indemnity costs covered by the practice
• NHS pension provided
• 6 weeks holiday and 1 week study leave (pro-rata) plus Bank Holidays

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Clinicalresponsibilities

In accordancewith the agreed Practice timetable, the post-holder will undertake a variety ofduties, including but not limited to:

• Conductingsurgery and telephone consultations, addressing patient queries, and visitingpatients at home.
• Checking,signing, and authorising prescriptions, while managing queries, paperwork, andcorrespondence in a timely manner.
• Makingprofessional, autonomous decisions regarding presenting problems, whetherself-referred or referred by other health care workers.
• Assessing thehealthcare needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed issues.
• Screeningpatients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Developing careplans in consultation with patients, in line with current disease managementprotocols.
• Providingcounselling and health education.
• Recording clearand contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Compiling andissuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions, avoidinghand-written prescriptions whenever possible.
• Prescribing inaccordance with the Practice prescribing formulary or generically, asclinically appropriate.
• Undertakingemergency patient visits during surgery hours, if clinically indicated.
• Participatingin on-call sessions and home visiting sessions as allocated in the practicerota.
• Participating in the practice's Enhanced Access rota on a fair share basis, is a requirement for the role. The practice does Enhanced Access on weekday evenings, and every fourth Saturday.

OtherResponsibilities within the Organisation

• Adhering to allrelevant Practice policies and guidelines, including those related toprescribing, confidentiality, data protection, and health and safety.
• Committing tolifelong learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practices.
• Contributing toevaluation, audit, and clinical standard setting within the organisation.
• Assisting inthe development of computer-based patient records.
• Helping withthe summarisation of patient records and Read-Coding patient data.
• Attendingtraining and events organised by the Practice or other agencies, asappropriate.

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 Experience

• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Experience of continued professional development
• Experience of QOF and clinical audit
• Newly Qualified General Practitioner (with under 2 years from qualification)
• Not previously been substantively employed at a GP Practice
• General understanding of the primary care contract
• Experience of medicines management
• Experience of ICB initiatives

Qualifications

• Qualified GP
• MRCGP
• Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent JCPTGP
• General Practitioner (Certificate of Completion of Training CCT)
• Enhanced DBS check
• Valid UK driving license
• UK work permit (if required)
• Evidence of continued professional development

Knowledge and Skills

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• Effective time management (planning and organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Excellent interpersonal skills ; Problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
• Experience with clinical risk management

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.