Grantham
We are looking for a salaried GP colleague who is passionate about providing high quality care for patients. Previous experience working as a duty doctor would be preferred, and experience of using askmyGP would be useful but not essential. The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients. Responsibilities will reflect requirements of the NHS GP Contracts, and as such may be subject to change as services adapt. Overview of our organisation We have a skilled and experienced team comprising of 3 GP Partners, 7 GPs, 3 Nurse Practitioners, Paramedic Practitioner, Clinical Care Co-ordinating team and an excellent nursing team. We are also supported by Musculoskeletal Practitioners and a Mental Health Practitioner. As well as the existing team we are a training practice for GP speciality trainees and so have GP Registrars working with us from the Lincoln scheme and also host Medical Students from Lincoln Medical School. Alongside our clinical team we have a highly motivated and competent Medicines Management, Reception/ Administration and Dispensary teams. Our GP team is a mix of ages, gender and personalities which adds to the character of our team and practice. We treat all patients and staff with dignity, independence, respect and honesty in an environment that is accessible, safe and friendly. We continually receive excellent feedback from GP speciality trainees, medical students and locums about how friendly our whole practice team is. Our practice area is close to the Notts/Lincs border, near to the A1 and just over an hour away from London by train. We have excellent local grammar and primary/secondary schools. Housing costs in this area are very reasonable! In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery face to face, telephone and online consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion • Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care 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 management 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 consultation notes to agreed standards, • Collecting data for audit purposes, • 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., • Completion of medical reports (including NHS and private services as required) Other responsibilities within the organisation: • Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety, • A commitment to life‑long learning and audit to ensure evidence‑based best practice, • Contributing to 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. 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 outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, 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, 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. The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to): • Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines, • Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines, • Providing advice on the correct and safe management of the specimens process including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements, • Correct personal use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and ensuring correct use of PPE by others, advising on appropriate circumstances for use by clinicians, staff and patients., • Management of the full range of infection control procedures in both routine and extraordinary circumstances (e.g. pandemic or individual infectious circumstances), • Hand hygiene standards for self and others, • Managing directly all incidents of accidental exposure, • Management and advice relating to infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practice, • Active observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed and weaknesses / training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate to the responsible person, • Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process, • Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes, • Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that proper use is made of hand cleansing facilities, wipes etc, and that these are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate to the responsible manager, • Safe management of sharps use, storage and disposal, • Maintenance of own clean working environment, • Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management, • Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised, • Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with responsible managers, • Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum twice annually), • Correct waste and instrument management including handling, segregation, and container use, • Maintenance of sterile environments The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include: • Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation, • Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues, • Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non‑judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights. In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements are met as part of the yearly GP appraisal scheme, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include: • Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development, • 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: • Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk, • Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision, • 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, • Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs, • Effectively manage own time, workload and resources. The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to: • Communicate effectively with other team members, • Communicate effectively with patients and carers, • Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly., • Apply practice policies, standards and guidance, • Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work, • Participate in audit where appropriate, • GMC Registered, not subject to suspension, • Qualified General Practitioner, • Currently on a CCG performers list, • Clear enhanced DBS check, • Evidence of CPD, • DFSRFH & competence in coil and implant insertion, • Work as a GPwER, • Experience of working in UK General Practice, • Experience of duty-dr and on-call day management, • Experience using TPP SystmOne, askmyGP, • Experience as a medical educator, • NHS system, • Challenges facing NHS, • Vulnerable groups and how to support them., • Team player, • Calm under pressure, • Friendly and inclusive, • Commitment to development, • Excellent communication skills, • Strong Microsoft office skills, • Excellent record keeping, • Excellent time management, • Able to work autonomously, • Able to bring fresh ideas, • QOF & Enhanced Services, • GP Networks/Federations, • Leadership skills 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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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