Salaried GPNHS

Job summary

Are you wanting to join a stable GP Training Practice that's well liked by its patients?

Do you need flexibility in your start and finish times, including leaving early for the school/nursery pick-up?

Do you want to work in an area of low deprivation in a quintessential Wiltshire market-town?

If any or all of these are yes, think about enquiring about this role further.

The Avenue Surgery are looking to expand our current GP team by welcoming a new salaried GP, who can work 6 sessions per week.

Your role

6 sessions per week

Very manageable workload of:

11 patients per session, 15-minute appointments

3 continuity slots (GP-book-only), 7.5-minute appointments

List-holding to promote continuity and getting to know your patients

Total triage approach with two GPs managing triage together in the morning and one in the afternoon

Opportunities to take on additional responsibilities for a higher salary

Special interests encouraged and can evidence supporting existing clinicians.

The benefits

6 weeks annual leave

1 week study leave (pro rata)

BMA model contract

NHS pension

Indemnity fees covered by Practice

Main duties of the job

Maximise the effective use of current clinical computer systems. Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to an agreed standard.

To take part in areas including clinical auditing and data collection.

Contribute to QOF & IIF requirements and recording data appropriately.

Attend team meetings and other clinical meetings as necessary.

In general, the post holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working with primary care, as set by Royal College of General Practitioners, General Medical Council, all other Royal Colleges and Councils applicable to the staff within the Practice, Department of Health, ICB, CQC, and all other regulatory and standard setting organisations.

Job description

JOB TITLE: Salaried GP

REPORTS TO: Managing Partner/ Practice Manager

HOURS: 6 8 sessions per week

Job summary:

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.

Clinical responsibilities:

• In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties, including surgery 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
• 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
• Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
• 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.

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.

NOTE: This job description was accurate at the time of its compilation. However, changes are frequent in general practice and post-holders are expected to be flexible and to agree to reasonable changes from time to time once these have been discussed with the post holder.

About us

The Avenue Surgery is a non-dispensing, training practice, caring for circ.18500 patients in and around the semi-rural town of Warminster, Wiltshire which is within an easy commute to the cities of Bath and Salisbury.

The practice is led by 7 GP partners and 4 salaried GP's supported by a hard working team of both clinical and administration staff including a specialist Living well team who support our most vulnerable and older community.

A strong prescribing team lead by a pharmacist and a pharmacist, pharmacy technicians and 3 prescription clerks.

The team are very committed to the surgery vision to provide a service that works with, and for, the community to meet the widest range of care, health promotion and education for our patients and staff members.

We are a friendly, dedicated team with the determination to provide high quality clinical care for our patients.

The surgery is committed to reducing the GP workload through investing in automation for reports and recalls, para medics who conduct the majority of home visits and GP assistants who minimise time consuming paper flow.

For an informal visit, please contact Kate Lindsay via email at [email protected]