Salaried GP, 6-8 Sessions with view to Partnership

Mixed clinical workload with opportunities to develop special interests, teaching, or research involvement

Supportive multidisciplinary team including experienced nursing, administrative, and management staff

Modern, well-equipped practice serving a welcoming and diverse community

To provide leadership as well as a clinical commitment

Provide consultation and appropriate clinical management of patients attending the practice, or to those where a home visit is clinically necessary

Provide one on-call session per week

To keep accurate and legible records of all patient contacts and contribute to electronic data recording and audit as directed by the service.

Job

Summary

The post-holder

will manage and be responsible for a defined caseload of patients 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

In accordance with the Practice

timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to

undertake a variety of duties. These

will include surgery consultations, telephone and video consultations, triaging

patients on the triage list, on-call doctor duties, visiting patients at home, checking,

and signing repeat prescriptions, 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 relevant caseloads and referring to other care providers as

appropriate.

Recording clear and factual consultation

notes to agreed standards.

Collecting data for audit purposes.

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 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.

Contribution

to the Implementation of Services

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.

Work

alongside and with the other GPs, practice nurses, practice manager, reception,

and administration staff.

Work

alongside and with external providers including care home staff, district

nurses and hospital teams.

Contribution to Usual GP Workload

Complete routine daily surgery

Complete

on-call surgeries shared pro rata between all our GPs.

Complete

a pro-rata share of paperwork (after full clinical document management has been

completed by our administration team).

Confidentiality

While

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 thebusiness 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 assist in promoting

and maintaining their own and others health, safetyand security as defined in the Practice

Health & Safety Policy, to include

Using

personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines.

Identifying

the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way

that manages those risks.

Making

effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.

Using

appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and

safe way and free from hazards.

Reporting potential risks identified.

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

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

In addition to

maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study

days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements are met,

the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the

Practice as part of this employment. Such training is 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.

Quality

The post-holder will strive to maintain

Quality within the Practice, and will

Alert

other team members to issues of quality and risk.

We are a supportive, open-minded practice with experienced GP Partners, Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Practice nurses. We have an open door policy so you are never on your own!

We follow the BMA contract with 15 minute appointments, with an example session of 10 face to face appointments, 2 telephone calls and SDL time inbuilt into the weekly timetable.

We are a training practice so we are able to support a newly qualified GP and also welcome experienced GPs.

We have a stable practice population of circa. 10500 patients looked after by a team of 4 partners, 2 salaried GPs, 3 ANPs, 3 practice nurses and 2 HCAs who are all supported by a hard-working and supportive reception and admin team. We are also very fortunate to work in an Integrated Care Centre housing the Community Nursing team, Same Day Emergency Care, Minor Injuries and Outreach Visiting Practitioners.

We have a total triage system where the on call GP will see all requests to the practice and direct them towards an appointment, redirect to appropriate service, or call the patient directly. We all share the on call which is restricted to morning or afternoon session. You are fully supported while on call.

Cardigan is a historic town with a fantastic culture of excellent food, arts, and a strong sense of community. We are rural with a farming community so your short commute may need to take into account cows milking times and tractors on the road. We have surfing, coastal walks and countryside on your doorstep.

Qualifications

Experience