Salaried GP

Job summary

The practice currently has an exciting opportunity availablefor a Salaried GP to complement its existing team ofdedicated GPs and staff. You would join afriendly and committed practice team who were winners of the 2017 LincolnshireGP Practice of the Year Award and are currently rated outstanding by CQC.

We have between 4-8 clinical sessions available so are looking for 1 or 2 GPs to cover these clinical sessions and we would be willing to wait for the right candidate.

Main duties of the job

A trained General Practitioner, willing to use the online consultation software,AskMyGP on a daily basis and SystmOne

As we are a teaching practice, provide as part of a team training, teaching and supervision of other healthcare professionals

Home Visits as part of a rota

Ensure own clinical practice is safe andeffective and remains within boundaries of competence and to acknowledgelimitations, arranging referral to other members of the primary and secondaryhealth care team if necessary.

We are not looking to fulfil any areas of specialty. However there will be opportunity in the future to develop.

About us

We are a semi-rural practice situated3 miles north of Lincoln and currently has approximately 12,600 patients. Thereare two sites, with Nettleham being the main site and a branch surgery atCherry Willingham.

We have an extensive multi-disciplinary primary care team comprising of GPs, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Nurses, Healthcare Assistants, Phlebotomists, Clinical Pharmacists, First Contact Physiotherapist and Primary Care Chaplains.

The practice has the following values which are shared byall staff:

Integrity Quality Compassion Respect

The practice prides itself in care to the higheststandard (having regularly gained maximum clinical points in the QualityOutcomes Framework) and is currently rated outstanding by the Care QualityCommission (CQC).

As part of our committed, innovative and friendly practiceteam you will receive a competitive salary and annual leave allowance.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Thepost-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needsin a primary care setting, ensuring the high quality medical services to allpatients in accordance with the practices procedures and protocols.

Willbe part of a multidisciplinary team providing a full range of general medicalservices to patients. In addition to providing primary care services, the postholder will be expected to be involved in liaison with other agencies.

Clinical responsibilities:

In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including face to face consultations, online consultations (using AskMyGP), video consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion Carry out home visits as required 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 Provide Family Planning, contraceptive and ante/post natal care Carry out virtual and face to face medication reviews. Prepare medical reports for insurance companies, employers and other statutory bodies. Maintain appropriate level of communication with other agencies for whom care is being given to the patients for whom the practitioner is responsible. In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Otherresponsibilities within the organisation:

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, 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 improving the efficiency and effectiveness of chronic disease management. Active participation in the management arrangements of the practice. 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. Participate in the teaching, training and supervision of other professionals, GP Registrars, undergraduate students attached to the practice both formally and informally. Assist the practice in maintaining GP training status.

Confidentiality:

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.

Health& Safety:

Thepost-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and managementtheir own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in thepractice health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual,and the practice infection control policy and published procedures. This willinclude (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 ( 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

Equality and diversity:

Thepost-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carersand 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.

Personal/professional development:

Inaddition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any coursesand/or study days necessary to ensure that professional developmentrequirements for PREP are met, the post-holder will participate in any trainingprogramme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such trainingto 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.

Quality:

Thepost-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.

Communication:

The post-holdershould recognize the importance of effective communication within the team andwill 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.

Contribution to the implementation of services:

Thepost-holder will:

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. Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Full registration with GMC Registered on Performers List as a General Practitioner

Experience

Desirable

AskMyGP experience SystmOne experience Clinical supervision or mentoring

Personal Attributes

Essential

Excellent communication skills, both written and oral Organisational skills/ time management Team Player

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