Salaried GP with view to partnership

We welcome applications from GPs who share our values and are looking for a long-term opportunity within a supportive practice.

Working arrangements

Role

Salaried GP with a view to partnership

Sessions

Six sessions per week

Working

days: Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday

Contract

One-year fixed-term contract

Future opportunity

Progression to partnership, subject to successful reviews at 6 and 12 months and mutual

agreement.

The

post-holder will manage a patient caseload and deal with a wide range of health

needs, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary

patients.

support the 4 GP partners in the Practice to manage a busy, interesting

clinical caseload. The appointee will also have the opportunity to take part in

leading on key disease areas (monitoring trends in treatment, staff training

and prescribing) and assist in developing appropriate healthcare services for a

diverse suburban patient list; including Directed Enhanced Services

commissioning, patient participation and health promotion.

The following are the

core responsibilities of the Salaried GP in delivering health services

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,

referrals and correspondence in a timely manner.

Making

professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether

self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the Practice.

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.

Ensuring

that all work carried out which carries a private fee is properly recouped and

accounted for; e.g. Medical Reports, Insurance reports, Private letters to

third Parties etc.

In

general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties

and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

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.

to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the Practice.

to the development of computer-based patient records.

to the summarising of patient records and accurate Read-Coding of patient data.

training and events organised by the Practice or other agencies, where

appropriate.

The above list serves to illustrate the scope

and responsibilities of the post and is not intended to be an exhaustive list

of duties.

You will be expected to perform different tasks

as necessitated by the development of this role as the practice develops, and

the overall business objectives of the practice change.

Responsible to

At Stoneham Lane Surgery, we pride ourselves on putting patient care and

staff wellbeing at the heart of everything we do. We believe in working

collaboratively, supporting one another and creating a positive environment in

which both our patients and our team can thrive. We currently have 7500

patients.

Our established team consists of four GP partners, three Advanced Nurse

Practitioners, two practice nurses and two GP assistants, supported by a

fantastic administrative team

who play an essential role in the smooth running of the practice. We also

work closely with our PCN (Southampton Central PCN) and the additional

supporting roles this provides.

We value the contribution every member of the team makes and recognise

that delivering excellent patient care is a shared responsibility.

Qualifications

Desirable: - SystmOne knowledge desirable but not essential