Salaried General Practitioner

To perform as an autonomous general practitioner working

independently and with other health care professionals to assess, diagnose and

treat the conditions of patients attending within a primary care setting, both

in practice and on home visits.

Provide expert professional advice to patients, carers and

colleagues and ensure the maintenance of clinical excellence. To be

professionally accountable and responsible for all elements of clinical

practice in accordance with the GMC code of conduct ensuring the safety of

patients and quality of their care is primary.

The post holder will need to have full access to a car to

enable full geographical working across Stockport East and South PCN and work

flexibly to meet the needs of the PCN.

Collecting data for audit purposes.

the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of

duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries,

visiting patients at home, checking and signing/authorising repeat

prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a

timely fashion.

relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other

health care workers within the organisation

undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems

early signs of illness

current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health

notes to agreed standards

and repeat prescriptions

prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate

patients during surgery time in an emergency if clinically indicated.

hours enhanced service.

home visiting sessions per week as allocated.

programmes

competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the GMC.

policies/guidelines, including prescribing, confidentiality, data protection,

security, health and safety policies.

prompt delivery of administrative tasks.

manage own workload and resources in a manner that maintains and promotes

quality.

take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.

improvement initiative, including Significant Event Analysis and the review of

patient complaints.

development of the Practice/PCN local and national standards / targets e.g.

Quality and Outcomes Framework, IIF.

procedures to ensure high quality care , service delivery and minimise risk.

the health professional and managerial and administrative staff of the Practice

to ensure the smooth running of the practice.

the wide multi-disciplinary team, including ICB, hospitals, community services

and other agencies (such as local authority, social services and voluntary

agencies) in order to assure appropriate care is provided for the Practice

population.

patients and carers, recognising their needs for alternative methods of

communication.

communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to

treatment.

often unpleasant or sensitive messages to patients and families.

appropriate.

responsible team member, supporting partners and other members of the practice

team in a flexible manner.

and demonstrate compliance with practice vision, values and behaviours.

within the organisation and identify how this may develop over time.

effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making

suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance.

and utilisation of referral mechanisms are in place to meet patient need.

the practice/PCN management team.

accurate SNOMED coding in order to ensure easy and accurate information

retrieval for monitoring and auditing purposes.

requirements of confidentiality, including the Data Protection and the Freedom

of Information Act and to refer on any queries as appropriate.

computer tasks as the main non-verbal internal method of communication and use

of the intranet and the internet as the main source of internal and external

information.

and achievement of the PCN strategy and goals.

the practice online services to patients (eg online medical viewer), along with

involvement of practice online consultation system.

with all relevant policies / guidelines.

the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is

consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current legislation.

needs and beliefs of patients, carers visitors and colleagues. They must be

treated equally, irrespective of gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual

orientation religion etc Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the

individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings

priorities and rights.

referral criteria regarding the protection of children and vulnerable adults.

Follow the guidance and policies and take action in an appropriate manner.

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.

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.

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.

& Safety

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining

their own and others health, security and safety as defined in each Practice

workplace according to Practice guidelines.

and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.

maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.

In addition to maintaining continued education through

attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary the post-holder will

participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of

review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own

personal and/or professional development.

learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who

are undertaking similar work.

Stockport East and South PCN is a dynamic, forward thinking PCN who are passionate

about developing and delivering excellent quality local services to meet the

needs of our patients.

We are a high achieving PCN performing well across the

board with consistently positive friends and family feedback, leading in covid

and flu vaccinations and managing prescribing targets well when compared with

Stockport as a locality and Greater Manchester as an ICB.

We are 8 GP Practices in Stockport East and South PCN. We

have a weighted list size of approximately 60,000 patients between the 8 GP

practices. Our practices look after patients from Hazel Grove to High Lane,

Marple, Romiley and Woodley.

Our 8 practices are

Qualifications

Essential: - Qualified GP; - MRCGP; - Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent JCPTGP; - General Practitioner (Certificate of Completion of Training CCT)

Skills

Desirable: - Strong IT skills

Experience

Desirable: - Experience of clinical audit

Eligibility

Desirable: - Experience of ICB initiatives