Job description

Job responsibilities

Guiseley and Yeadon Medical Practice is a friendly, forward-thinking training practice serving a diverse local community across our two sites. Were proud of our supportive, team-based culture and our focus on providing safe, high-quality, and accessible care.

Led by our Clinical Lead, Dr Helen Lawton, we have a well-established multidisciplinary team that includes GPs, nurses, HCAs, pharmacists, a physician associate, and experienced administrative staff. The practice uses SystmOne and Accurx to deliver efficient, patient-centred care through a total triage model.

The Role

We're looking for a committed and enthusiastic GP to join us for 4 sessions per week, including one half-day of on-call each week as part of our shared rota. This role does include working on a Friday as well one other day (Tuesday or Thursday)

You'll be supported by a collaborative clinical and administrative team, with opportunities to contribute to teaching, quality improvement, and wider practice development.

Key Details

• 4 sessions per week

• One half-day on-call per week (shared rota)

• SystmOne clinical system and Accurx total triage

• Mix of in-person and phone consultations

• Support from experienced clinicians and administrators

• Opportunities to engage in teaching and quality improvement projects

We Offer

• Competitive sessional rate

• Indemnity covered

• NHS Pension

• Structured induction

• A genuinely supportive working environment

Essential Requirements

• GMC registration and licence to practise

• Inclusion on the NHS Performers List

• Eligibility to work in the UK

Desirable

• Experience using SystmOne and Accurx

• Interest in teaching, leadership, or service development

How to Apply Please apply via NHS Jobs with your CV and a short covering statement explaining your interest and availability.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Primary Medical Qualification (e.g. MBChB, MBBS or equivalent) recognised by the General Medical Council (GMC).
• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice.
• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Practice (or equivalent if trained abroad).
• Inclusion on the NHS England Medical Performers List (or eligibility to join before start date).
• Right to work in the UK.
• Evidence of up-to-date revalidation and appraisal (if already practising).
• Enhanced DBS check (Disclosure and Barring Service).

Desirable

• Experience using SystmOne and Accurx.
• Postgraduate qualifications such as MRCGP (Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners).
• Experience in teaching or supervising students/trainees.
• Additional clinical interests or specialist skills (e.g. dermatology, minor surgery, womens' health, mental health).
• Leadership, quality improvement, or research experience.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This 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 convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Aire Valley Surgery

Address

Yeadon Health Centre

South View Road

Yeadon

Leeds

LS197PS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.airevalleysurgery.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Areas of Responsibility

Clinical

1. Work autonomously as a Senior Nurse within the practice, managing patients and delivering individualised direct patient care.

2. Direct responsibility for assessment, examination, investigation, and diagnosis of patients within the agreed scope of your role. The clinical scope of your role will be reviewed at appraisal on an annual basis, based on the Core Capabilities Framework.

3. Appropriately treat patients, resulting in the safe management and appropriate referral of patients. This includes the management of patients with long term conditions and complex care.

4. Receive referrals via a variety of sources, including from the doctor team, nursing colleagues and to manage your caseload and clinical priorities according to agreed protocols and working practices

5. Participate in multidisciplinary meetings, safety huddles, patient reviews and team meetings

6. Undertake a variety of clinical skills and provide treatment/ advice as per your agreed scope of practice, using agreed protocols of clinical practice and professional guidelines. This service may be provided within an urgent care primary care setting, or routine primary care setting, including in the community or home care settings.

7. Within scope of practice and clinical competence request and / or undertake diagnostic procedures and clinical investigations related to plans of care

8. Utilise scope of practice to undertake Non-Medical Prescribing role and provide advice on medicine management issues associated with the patient specialty group. Work within Guiseley and Yeadon Medical Practice's policy for Medicines Management

9. Utilise your advanced knowledge and skills relating to the speciality of primary care to provide specialist primary care advice to other members of the multidisciplinary team on the basis of patient assessment.

10. Provide a seamless, high-quality service from assessment through to diagnosis, treatment, and review, referring to other specialists in the community or secondary care as required. Provide guidance to staff, patients and their families and carers on pathway navigation

11. Lead in the development and updating of referral guidelines and policies for the service.

12. Use highly developed communication skills to effectively communicate with colleagues, patients, and their relatives/carers, making reports and liaising as required with medical staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team both verbally and in writing.

13. Use professional judgement to act as an advocate for patients to ensure a patient focused approach to the delivery of care. Support and enable patients and carers to make informed decisions relating to their treatment and management. Escalate any concerns via the practice management/nursing / professional structures/partnership as required

14. Report and raise concerns related to Safeguarding, accessing advice and support as required. Be conversant with Practice policies for safeguarding including the assessment of mental Capacity, and consideration of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) and the application of the principles of Prevent (counter terrorism awareness)

15. Ensure effective and accurate verbal or written handover of patients between healthcare professionals.

16. Ensure that high standards of all documentation are maintained, with accurate, complete and up-to-date information regarding patient care are kept in accordance with Practice and professional standards.

17. Monitor the quality and standard of care provided by all members of the team and all staff in clinical areas. Identifying any skills or training gaps and escalating to the practice manager and partnership or addressing them if within your own team.

18. Undertake training to develop further advanced clinical practice roles required by the practice to provide a high standard of patient care.

20. Practice within the scope of professional registration

Professional Leadership & Management

1. Provide highly visible and accessible professional leadership and demonstrate expert knowledge and standards of clinical practice in primary care

2. Promote interdisciplinary team and collaborative working practices

3. Meet regularly with team members as a team and on an individual basis as required to support their personal and professional development

4. Promote team working, build rapport and collaborative working practices within the multidisciplinary clinical and management team. Liaise with non-clinical personnel across the organisation and professional groups. Ensuring effective communication and interpersonal skills.

5. Act as a clinical role model demonstrating high standards of advanced clinical practice and provide support or advice to other staff when necessary

6. Lead and support the development of the role according to changing patients needs, service requirements and evidence base practice.

7. Lead and actively participate in practice/local projects, quality initiatives and statutory accreditation processes. This will include the setting and monitoring of clinical standards of care

8. Ensure that all resources are managed in an efficient and cost-effective manner to achieve maximum effect for patients and staff.

9. Adhere to all relevant practice and local policies and procedures and to ensure that they are correctly implemented.

10. Lead in the implementation of multidisciplinary service objectives that reflect practice strategies for patient care.

11. Demonstrate effective leadership skills, supporting the senior management team and partnership in service development and lead as delegated on the implementation of any of these changes.

12. Monitor standards and maintain high quality care. Report any clinical incidents via the practices electronic reporting system for significant events and escalate issues promptly and appropriately

13. Utilise the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills when dealing with complex, sensitive or emergency situations.

14. Maintain an awareness of professional and ethical issues to ensure care is delivered in a professional timely and courteous manner by all members of the team, respecting the different spiritual and cultural backgrounds of colleagues, patients, and relatives.

15. Escalate any concerns or complaints promptly

16. Participate in the recruitment and selection of staff.

17. Responsibility for completing or delegating the preparation and daily review of staff duty rotas, ensuring that the team provides most effective service provision.

18. Accountable for own practice, always acting within the Professional Code of Professional Conduct

19. Maintain a working knowledge of local and national professional policy and strategy.

20. Attend and when required chair multidisciplinary meetings as a representative of the service. Ensure minutes and agreed actions are communicated to stakeholders according to agreed timescales

21. Clinical leadership of practice immunisation programmes. Working in collaboration with the practice manager, partnership, and local teams to ensure safe delivery of all immunisations.

Reports/searches training

1. To provide clinical leadership for cervical cytology in the practice and to ensure our process are safe and effective. Review policy

Education & Training

1. Act as an expert educational resource for clinical staff, patients, and carers by providing formal and informal education. Promote and develop a positive learning environment throughout the Practice.

2. Act as mentor/ assessor to staff members and students as required, providing educational advice and support. Ensure staff can access appropriate training support and guidance

3. Students - Lead and actively participate in the delivery of educational programmes for all grades of nursing, medical and allied health professional staff, in collaboration with the partnership team and leadership team.

4. Provide support and guidance to all levels of practice staff in their clinical role.

5. Ensure that pre and post registration students receive appropriate learning experience whilst allocated to the practice.

6. Participate in provision and identification of in-service training need for all nursing team staff.

7. Participate in education and practice development, liaising with practice, local and national educational leads to ensure educational objectives are delivered

8. Recognise the limits of own professional practice and competence, undertake further training and academic qualifications as required to maintain own specialist knowledge

9. Take responsibility for ensuring personal and completion of any statutory or mandatory training as required for. Informing line manager if there is any deviance from training attendance

10. Participate in the annual appraisal process, delegating duties to team members as appropriate, to ensure all staff within the team have personal development plans which support revalidation

11. Maintain links with local higher education institutions and participate in in the delivery of new and established advanced and nursing practice programmes as required.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Supervision, teaching and coaching of staff
• Multi-professional problem solving in teams
• Strategy and policy development
• Experience of managing and leading a broad range of staff
• Budget management experience
• Experience of improving quality for patients, staff and service
• Experience of working with a wide range of stakeholders

Other

Essential

• Proven ability to analyse complex problems and to develop and successfully implement practical and workable solutions to address them.
• Ability to think and plan tactically and creatively, and to prioritise work programs in the face of competing demands;
• A strong sense of personal and team accountability coupled to a clear understanding of the boundaries around delegated authority;
• Ability to collaborate constructively with internal and external partners to create the conditions for successful partnership working;
• A good understanding of the changing NHS environment.
• Financial Management.

Desirable

• Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships;

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualifications
• and/or Knowledge
• Registered nurse
• A good knowledge of, and experience in, general practice, primary and community care
• Track record of significant continuous professional and management development
• Leadership training or equivalent experience
• Up to date in all current issues related to professional nursing practice and health service management
• Understanding of the emerging integrated care system arrangements and the implications for general practice
• A good working knowledge and interest in new models to strengthen and improve primary care and ideas on how to implement these for the development locally
• An understanding of the key priorities within QoF and NHS Long Term Plan
• An understanding of population health and population health management
• Knowledge of local health issues within own PCN
• Knowledge of staff management processes
• Post-graduate management qualification
• Application form and pre-employment checks

Desirable

• Post-graduate management qualification

Aptitude and Abilities

Essential

• Assertive and confident in approach
• An interest in leadership within primary care and the wider health and social care system
• Ability to think and plan tactically and creatively
• Ability to develop and maintain constructive relationships with all professional disciplines
• Ability to analyse complex clinical issues/problems, identify necessary action and make recommendations and follow these through
• Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role
• Ability to prioritise
• Advanced decision-making skills
• Sound political judgement and thorough understanding of working with complex policy and diverse interest groups;
• Successful project management
• Workforce planning / role redesign

Desirable

• Successful project management
• Workforce planning / role redesign

Values

Essential

• Excellent inter-personal and communication skills with good listening skills;
• High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude;
• Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role.
• Demonstrates enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge

Desirable

• Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships;

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This 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 convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Aire Valley Surgery

Address

Guiseley and Yeadon Medical Practice

Yeadon Health Centre

17 South View Road

Yeadon

LS19 7PS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.airevalleysurgery.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

You could be involved in most aspects of patient care including:

• obtaining blood samples
• electrocardiograms(ECGs)
• minor and complex wound management including leg ulcers
• travel health advice and vaccinations
• child immunisations and advice
• family planning & womens health including cervical smears
• mens health screening
• sexual health services
• smoking cessation
• screening and helping patients to manage long term conditions
• COVID and Flu vaccinations, Shingles, Pertussis and Pneumonia vaccines

General practice nurses may also have direct supervision of healthcare assistants at the practice.

You must be a qualified and registered adult, child, mental health or learning disability nurse to work in general practice. Youll also either need to undertake further training and education or be willing to after being appointed.

Youll need to be highly organised, flexible and able to prioritise effectively will be vital.You'll also be highly observant, able to assess patients and take responsibility for determining the best course of action.As with all nursing roles, communication skills,problem solving and good judgement are crucial.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• You must be a qualified and registered adult, child, mental health or learning disability nurse to work in general practice.
• You'll also either need to undertake further training and education or be willing to after being appointed.
• As a band 6 Nurse, you will be required to have undertaken further specialist training in Diabetes Management, Asthma, COPD, Cardiovascular or be working towards achieving all of these advanced qualifications

Experience

Essential

• Several Years experience of working in a GP practice as a Practice Nurse
• Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients

Other

Essential

• Ability to provide quality care
• Good interpersonal and communication skills

Desirable

• Basic IT skills
• Awareness of blood-borne viruses

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This 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 convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Aire Valley Surgery

Address

Yeadon Health Centre

17 South View Road

Yeadon

Yeadon

LS19 7PS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.airevalleysurgery.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)