Salaried General Practitioner

PARTNER (Clinically) THE PRACTICE & BUSINESS MANAGER (Administratively)HOURS: TBC 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 fashionMaking
professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems,
whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within
the organisationAssessing
the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed
problemsScreening
patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illnessDeveloping
care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with
current practice disease management protocolsProviding
counselling and health educationAdmitting
or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other
care providers as appropriateRecording
clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standardsCollecting
data for audit purposesCompiling
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 appropriateIn
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 safetyA
commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best
practiceContributing
to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisationContributing
to the development of computer-based patient recordsContributing
to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient dataAttending
training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where
appropriate.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
appropriatelyIn 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 confidentialInformation 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:The post-holder will
implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management of 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 guidelinesAwareness of national standards of
infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual /
professional requirements, and good practice guidelinesProviding advice on the correct and safe
management of the specimens process, including collection, labelling,
handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport
arrangementsCorrect 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
othersManaging directly all incidents of
accidental exposureManagement and advice relating to
infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and
implementation of those protocols across the practiceActive 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 processMaking 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 processesMonitoring 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 managerSafe management of sharps use, storage
and disposalMaintenance of own clean working environmentUsing 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 managementActively identifying, reporting, and
correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately
when recognisedKeeping 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 useMaintenance of sterile environmentsDemonstrate due regard for safeguarding
and promoting the welfare of children.Equality and diversity:The post-holder will support the equality,
diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:Acting
in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting
them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies,
and current legislationRespecting
the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleaguesBehaving
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:In addition to maintaining continued
education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to
ensure that professional development requirements for PREP are met, the
post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice
as part of this employment, with such training to include:Participation
in an annual individual performance review, including taking
responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional
developmentTaking
responsibility for own development, learning and performance and
demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar
work.Quality:The post-holder will strive to maintain
quality within the practice, and will:Alert
other team members to issues of quality and riskAssess
own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly
or under supervisionContribute
to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities
and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams
performanceWork
effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needsEffectively
manage own time, workload and munication:The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective
communication within the team and will strive to:Communicate effectively with other team
membersCommunicate effectively with patients
and carersRecognise peoples needs for alternative
methods of communication and respond accordingly.Contribution to the
implementation of services:The post-holder will:Apply
practice policies, standards and guidanceDiscuss
with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines
will affect own workParticipate
in audit where appropriate.General:The above duties are neither exclusive nor
exhaustive and the post holder may be required to take on other duties
appropriate to the role.The Senior Partner
reserves the right to amend this job description in consultation with the post
holder., Job responsibilitiesJOB TITLE: SALARIED
GENERAL PRACTITIONERREPORTS TO: THE SENIOR
PARTNER (Clinically) THE PRACTICE & BUSINESS MANAGER (Administratively)HOURS: TBC 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 fashionMaking
professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems,
whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within
the organisationAssessing
the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed
problemsScreening
patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illnessDeveloping
care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with
current practice disease management protocolsProviding
counselling and health educationAdmitting
or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other
care providers as appropriateRecording
clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standardsCollecting
data for audit purposesCompiling
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 appropriateIn
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 safetyA
commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best
practiceContributing
to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisationContributing
to the development of computer-based patient recordsContributing
to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient dataAttending
training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where
appropriate.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
appropriatelyIn 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 confidentialInformation 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:The post-holder will
implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management of 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 guidelinesAwareness of national standards of
infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual /
professional requirements, and good practice guidelinesProviding advice on the correct and safe
management of the specimens process, including collection, labelling,
handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport
arrangementsCorrect 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
othersManaging directly all incidents of
accidental exposureManagement and advice relating to
infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and
implementation of those protocols across the practiceActive 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 processMaking 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 processesMonitoring 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 managerSafe management of sharps use, storage
and disposalMaintenance of own clean working environmentUsing 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 managementActively identifying, reporting, and
correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately
when recognisedKeeping 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 useMaintenance of sterile environmentsDemonstrate due regard for safeguarding
and promoting the welfare of children.Equality and diversity:The post-holder will support the equality,
diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:Acting
in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting
them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies,
and current legislationRespecting
the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleaguesBehaving
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:In addition to maintaining continued
education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to
ensure that professional development requirements for PREP are met, the
post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice
as part of this employment, with such training to include:Participation
in an annual individual performance review, including taking
responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional
developmentTaking
responsibility for own development, learning and performance and
demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar
work.Quality:The post-holder will strive to maintain
quality within the practice, and will:Alert
other team members to issues of quality and riskAssess
own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly
or under supervisionContribute
to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities
and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams
performanceWork
effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needsEffectively
manage own time, workload and munication:The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective
communication within the team and will strive to:Communicate effectively with other team
membersCommunicate effectively with patients
and carersRecognise peoples needs for alternative
methods of communication and respond accordingly.Contribution to the
implementation of services:The post-holder will:Apply
practice policies, standards and guidanceDiscuss
with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines
will affect own workParticipate
in audit where appropriate.General:The above duties are neither exclusive nor
exhaustive and the post holder may be required to take on other duties

EssentialExperience of working in Primary CareDesirableExperience of working in Primary Care
Person Specification
Experience
EssentialExperience of working in Primary CareDesirableExperience of working in Primary CareDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Job summaryPark Lane Practice Swindon are seeking a forward thinking
innovative GP or GPs to join our practice in an exciting time of working with
Primary Care Network within the Brunel Health Group. We are looking for at
least 6-8 sessions and would consider a combination of GPs to cover these
sessions i.e. 2 GPs undertaking 4 sessions each or any other combination would
happily be considered. This opportunity is being offered on a permanent
basis. We are a friendly, proactive & dynamic practice looking to develop
and explore new opportunities as they present themselves. Current
initiatives the practice are working with are Primary Care Network workforce
team of physiotherapists, clinical pharmacistsMain duties of the jobOur Contract for salaried doctors includes a
defined workload with a fixed number of patient contacts, no extended hours and
minimal paperwork.We are keen to hear from doctors who want to be
part of a happy, positive, family friendly team.The practice welcomes both
newly qualified GPs and those looking to further their career in a
professional, supportive environment.About usThe practice profile is: Registered patients 7400. GP Partner, Salaried GPs, FCP, Nurse Team, Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Pharmacy Tech , GP Assistant .Training Practice
Park Lane Practice TIER 2 registered practice
CQC- Good Feb 2023
QOF- High Achievement
SystmOne Clinical systemFor more information, or to arrange, Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).Employer detailsEmployer namePark Lane PracticeAddress7-9 Park LaneSwindonSN1 5HGUnited KingdomEmployer's websiteEmployer detailsEmployer namePark Lane PracticeAddress7-9 Park LaneSwindonSN1 5HGUnited KingdomEmployer's website