Salaried GP

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Salaried GP for up to 6 sessions. We are family friendly and happy to discuss flexible arrangements. We are supportive of the fellowship scheme and can offer mentorship. We are keen to support any outside interest along with generous CPD time.

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.

In accordance with the Practice

timetable, as agreed, 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

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.

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.

In general the post-holder will be

expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated

with a GP working within primary care.

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.

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.

The post-holder will implement and lead

on a full range of promotion and management their own and others health and

safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety

Policy and the practice Infection Control policy. This will include (but will

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

(e.g. pandemic or individual infectious circumstances).

Hand hygiene standards for self and others.

Managing directly all incidents of

accidental exposure.

Active observation of current working

practices across the practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness and

related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed, 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.

Correct waste and instrument management

including handling, segregation, and container use.

Maintenance of sterile environments.

The post-holder will support the equality,

diversity and rights of patients, carers and 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.

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

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,

The team consists of 4 GP Partners, 4 Salaried GPs and a nursing team of 8.

We have excellent links with the Upper Calder Valley PCN and engage with the ARRS roles, including, First Contact Physiotherapists, Visiting clinicians, Team of Pharmacist, Social Prescribers, Care Co-ordinators, and an Ageing Well Team. We are truly an MDT.

Qualifications

Essential: - MRCGP