Salaried GP

We are looking for an enthusiasticand committed GP to join the GP partners and our team.

The Practice has a total of 5.75 WTEs GPs & 1.25 WTE ANPs

• High QOF achievement
• CQC rating : GOOD
• SystmOne Practice

We have adaptedour administration team to respond to the modern NHS, with the staff helping tofilter/read letters, and prescribing clerks helping to reduce medication taskspassed to doctors.

The CCG hasimplemented a Home Visiting Service which has reduced the visiting workload.

Main duties of the job The post-holder will practice in accordance with accepted goodmedical practice and the various clinical policies of the Service, to include:

In accordance with the session rota,as agreed, the post-holder will be available to undertake a variety of dutiesincluding surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visitingpatients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with tasks,queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion

Making professional, autonomousdecisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referredfrom other health care workers within the organisation or externalorganisations

Admitting and discharging patients toand from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate

Recordingclear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards

Prescribing in accordance with theaccepted prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate

About us Over recent years, we have attracted several newly qualified GPs, andso have evolved into a team that provides a supportive working and educationalenvironment with one sessionper week (adjusted pro-rata) ring fenced for CPD.

New Ollerton is in a semi-rural location on the edge of SherwoodForest, North Nottinghamshire. (Sherwood Center Parcs lies just outside thepractice area.) Good road links offer excellent accessibility to Nottingham,Sheffield, Lincoln and the Peak District.

We are willing toconsider full time or part time applications as part of a win-win package and weare willing to wait for the right candidate. The position is for a fixed term but will be reviewed after one year for potentialpermanent position.

Informal visits are welcome.

Job responsibilities Accountableto: Practice Manager and the Partnership

Hours: up to 10 sessions per week available

JobSummary:

Middleton Lodge provides GMS services to our population of 13,000patients in New Ollerton, a semi-rural location on the edge of Sherwood Forest,North Nottinghamshire.

Overrecent years, we have attracted several newly qualified GPs, and so haveevolved into a young team that provides a supportive working and educationalenvironment.

ThePractice has a total of 5.75 WTEs GPs and 1.25 WTE ANPs.

Aspart of our contract, we are open 5 days a week, from 8am to 6pm. We serve arelatively mixed population in New Ollerton and surrounding villages.

Weare also a high-achieving QOF practice, closely involved in local GP-ledcommissioning, with mostly paperless administration utilising SystmOne clinicalsystem.

Weare looking for a GP who is motivated, independent, and interested in providinghigh quality clinical services to our patients.

KeyClinical Responsibilities:

Thepost-holder will practice in accordance with accepted good medical practice andthe various clinical policies of the Service, to include:

Inaccordance with the session rota, as agreed, the post-holder will be availableto undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephoneconsultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signingrepeat prescriptions and dealing with tasks, queries, paperwork andcorrespondence in a timely fashion

Makingprofessional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whetherself-referred or referred from other health care workers within theorganisation or external organisations

Assessingthe health needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems

Screeningpatients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness

Contributingto QOF requirements and recording data appropriately

Inconsultation with patients and in line with current practice disease managementprotocols, developing care plans for health related illnesses

Admittingand discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other careproviders as appropriate

Recordingclear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards

Collectingdata for audit purposes and contributing to the Practice audit programme asrequired

Compilingand issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions

Prescribingin accordance with the accepted prescribing formulary whenever this isclinically appropriate

Takea lead role in some aspects of the clinical work within the team, for example:co-ordinating aspects of governance, QOF, enhanced services, CPD and keepingclinical protocols up to date

Ingeneral the post holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties andresponsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care, as set byRoyal College of General Practitioners, General Medical Council, all otherRoyal colleges and councils applicable to the staff within the practice,Department of Health, NHS England, PCO and all other regulatory and standardsetting organisations.

Quality:

Thepost-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

Alertother team members to issues of quality and risk

Assessown performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly orunder supervision

Contributeto the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities andmaking suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance andservice expansion

Workeffectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs

Effectivelymanage own time, workload and resources

Prescribesafe and effective medicines management conforming to best practice

Workeffectively so as not to exceed the Practice prescribing budget as set annuallyby the PCO

Contributeto the teams approach which ensures that referrals are made for patients to seeother medical service providers, ensuring that adequate information is given topersonnel to whom the patient has been referred for proper assessment to bemade

Besupportive of any complaints policy and procedure to ensure properinvestigation and appropriate follow-up action in the event of a complainingbeing made about any aspect of the service provided or any personal provider ofthe service

OtherResponsibilities within the Organisation:

Contributingto service development and implementation of contract

Awarenessof and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines/procedures, e.g.prescribing, child protection, confidentiality, information governance, healthand safety, discipline

Acommitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based bestpractice

Contributingto individual case discussions at clinical meetings and bring examples of casesfor group discussion

Contributingto the organisational development of the Practice by contributing to thedevelopment of ideas, strategies and policies which will promote efficiency andwell-being of the practice

Contributingto evaluation /audit and clinical standard setting with the organisation

Contributingto the development of computer-based patient records

Contributingto the summarising of patient records and Read-coding patient data

Attendingtraining events organised by the practice and other agencies, where appropriate

Attendingteam meetings and other meetings as may be necessary

Confidentiality:

Inthe course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us togather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters.They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respecttheir privacy and act appropriately

Inthe performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holdermay have access to confidential information relating to patients and theircarers, practice staff and other healthcare workers.

Theymay also have access to information relating to the practice as a businessorganisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictlyconfidential

Informationrelating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or thebusiness of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons inaccordance with the practice policies and procedures relating toconfidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Healthand Safety:

Thepost-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and othershealth and safety and security as defined in the practices Health and SafetyPolicy, to include:

Usingpersonal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines

Identifyingthe risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a waythat manages those risks

Makingeffective use of training to update knowledge and skills

Usingappropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy andsafe way and free from hazards

Equalityand Diversity:

Thepost-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carersand colleagues, to include:

Actingin a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights . click apply for full job details