Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: SALARIED GENERAL PRACTITIONER

Hours - UP TO FULL TIME - 2 SESSIONS ON FRIDAYS ARE ESSENTIAL

REPORTS TO: THE PARTNERS (Clinically)

THE BUSINESS MANAGERS (Administratively)

HOURS:

Job summary:

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.

Clinical responsibilities:

In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves 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

Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols

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.

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 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.

Confidentiality:

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.

Health & Safety:

The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management of their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

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

Management and advice relating to infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practice

Active observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed and weaknesses/training needs are identified, 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 correcting 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 (minimum twice annually)

Correct waste and instrument management, including handling, segregation, and container use

Maintenance of sterile environments

Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

Safeguarding:

It is the responsibility of all staff at Faversham Medical Group to;

Safeguard and promote the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.

Ensure their safeguarding adults and safeguarding children training is up to date at the level appropriate to their role.

Ensure the safeguarding policies and procedures in place within the Practice are adhered to during employment.

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 for PREP are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, with such training 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

Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision

Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance

Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs

Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

Communication:

The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

Communicate effectively with other team members

Communicate effectively with patients and carers

Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Contribution to the implementation of services:

The post-holder will:

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.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of partnership working including building relationships and networking Evidence of good personal CPD to demonstrate professional capabilities

Desirable

• Active or recent clinical practice to demonstrate the current challenges in primary care Have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this Experience in Urgent Care

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a diverse range of people
• Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others.
• Ability to work under pressure
• Knowledge of Audit and Research:
• - Data collection
• - Clinical standard setting
• - Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands

Desirable

• Leadership, Managerial, organisational and negotiating skills
• Ability to negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change
• Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
• Experience of managing and motivating others
• Pastoral skills with ability to support individual healthcare workers Understanding of EMIS system Effective use of information and communication technology

Qualifications

Essential

• GP registered with the GMC Listed on the Performers List Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Member of RCGP Specialism in Minor Surgery Other Specialism related to Primary Care

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

Faversham Medical Practice

Address

Newton Place Surgery

Newton Road

Faversham

Kent

ME13 8FH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Demonstrate the ability to work within the Four Pillars of Advanced Practice, (HEE 2017), and the NMC Code of Conduct (2018), and deliver nursing care of the highest standard.
• Be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your work, promoting high standards of clinical care.
• Provide a first point of contact for patients that present with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, making use of skills of history taking, complex clinical decision making to establish diagnosis and management plan.
• Instigate necessary invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests and investigations, interpreting findings where appropriate.
• Prescribe safely, using evidenced based and cost-effective measures as defined by current legislative and professional frameworks within scope of practice, Complete Annual Prescribing Portfolio as part of CPD.

Please see attached Job Description for full details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse MSc in advanced clinical practice or NHS digital badge Non medical independent prescribing qualification V300 or equivalent Teaching and Assessing qualification.
• Non-Medical prescribing qualification
• Full UK Driving Licence (and access to a car)

Desirable

• Evidence of ongoing learning, reflection and professional development Recognised Leadership course

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working collaboratively with other agencies.
• Experience of working with individuals in a Primary care Role
• Experience of managing own time and diary
• Experience of mentoring students
• Experience of autonomous practice

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

Shore Medical PCN

Address

Poole Road Medical Centre

7 Poole Road

Bournemouth

BH2 5QR

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://shoremedical.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical responsibilities:

• In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves 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
• Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
• 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 electronic & computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions
• Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
• 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
• 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
• Read-coding patient data
• Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies

Confidentiality:

• 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.

Health & safety:

The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management of their own and others’ health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy. This will include (but will not be limited to):

• 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
• Management and advice relating to infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practice
• Active observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed and weaknesses/training needs are identified, 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
• Safe management of sharps use, storage and disposal
• 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 correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately
• 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 (minimum twice annually)
• Correct waste and instrument management
• Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

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 people’s 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:

• Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
• Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients’ needs
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

Communication:

The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication team and will strive to:

• Communicate effectively with patients, carers and team members

Recognise people’s needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Medical practitioner whose name is included in the
• General MC Register
• Not subject to suspension under section 41A of the
• Medical Act 1983
• Qualified GP with Certificate of Completion of
• Training (CCT)
• Currently on National Performers List
• Has DBS clearance Has had an annual NHS appraisal where
• applicable
• Has been revalidated as required

Desirable

• Evidence of further postgraduate educational
• activities in relevant fields
• MRCGP
• DCH
• DRCOG
• RCGP
• Evidence of CPD activities

Experience

Essential

• Recent experience of working in general practice in
• the UK
• Commitment to and experience of working as part
• of a multi-disciplinary and skill mixed team
• environment
• Experience of working to achieve standards within
• the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)

Desirable

• Evidence of independent working in General
• Practice
• Experience of supporting service change
• Evidence of participation in QOF
• Evidence in participation in Audit

Skills and Ability

Essential

• Understand the health and social needs of the local
• patient population
• Commitment to personal and professional
• development
• Commitment to education and training
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Excellent record keeping skills
• Understanding the current issues and challenges
• facing primary care
• Confident in using IT (word/excel/outlook) & clinical
• systems
• Excellent time management
• Good analytical skills

Desirable

• National NHS guidance and structure
• Familiar with the clinical system , SystmOne

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

South Queen Street Medical Centre

Address

South Queen Street Medical Centre

South Queen Street

Leeds

West Yorkshire

LS27 9EW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Salaried GP - We would like to invite you to be part of the Ringmead Team and share our attitude of enjoying our work and maintaining a work-life balance whilst providing high quality care to our community

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GMC

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

Ringmead Medical Practice

Address

Birch Hill Medical Centre

Leppington

Bracknell

Berkshire

RG12 7WW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ringmeadmedicalpractice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job title: Salaried General Practitioner

Employer: The Ridgeway Surgery, Harrow

Contract: 12-month fixed-term employment contract

Hours: Six sessions per week, worked on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

Location: The Ridgeway Surgery and Alexandra Avenue Health and Social Care Centre Accountable to: The GP Partners

Purpose of the role

To provide safe, effective and patient-centred general medical services, working collaboratively with the practices multidisciplinary team. The postholder will assess and manage acute and ongoing health problems, support prevention and health promotion, and contribute to the quality and development of practice services.

The six sessions must be worked on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays to meet the practices clinical cover requirements.

Clinical responsibilities

Undertake face-to-face, telephone and online consultations, using clinical judgement to determine the appropriate consultation method and any need for further assessment. Assess, diagnose and manage patients presenting with acute illness and long-term conditions. Develop management plans with patients, taking account of their preferences, circumstances and clinical needs. Recognise clinical deterioration and arrange urgent assessment or escalation where appropriate. Provide clear safety-netting advice and arrange appropriate follow-up. Undertake home visits where clinically appropriate, in accordance with practice arrangements. Make appropriate referrals and coordinate care with other healthcare professionals and services. Support preventative care, screening, immunisation and health promotion. Prescribe safely and effectively, taking account of current guidance, local formularies and individual patient needs. Support continuity of care and effective handover of outstanding clinical issues. Work within professional competence and seek advice or support when required.

Clinical administration

Maintain accurate, timely and relevant clinical records using the practices electronic clinical system. Review and act on investigation results, clinical correspondence and other information requiring GP input. Complete referrals, prescriptions, reports and other clinical documentation appropriately and promptly. Manage allocated clinical tasks and ensure that outstanding actions are followed up or handed over safely. Use clinical coding appropriately to support patient care, record quality and practice reporting. Follow practice processes for medication reviews, repeat prescribing and monitoring. Maintain confidentiality and handle patient information in accordance with practice policies and applicable requirements.

Teamworking and service delivery

Work collaboratively with GP partners, other GPs, advanced clinical practitioners, pharmacists, nurses, healthcare assistants, care navigators and administrative colleagues. Contribute to clinical meetings, case discussions and effective communication across the team. Provide appropriate clinical advice to colleagues within the scope of the role. Support coordinated care for patients with complex needs and those receiving input from multiple services. Contribute to the effective operation of the practices appointment and access arrangements. Use practice systems and digital tools appropriately, undertaking relevant training. Participate in agreed arrangements for urgent clinical cover during contracted sessions.

Safeguarding and professional responsibilities

Recognise and respond appropriately to safeguarding concerns involving children and adults. Follow local safeguarding pathways and practice procedures, documenting concerns and actions clearly. Maintain professional registration, appropriate indemnity arrangements and eligibility to practise as a GP. Work in accordance with GMC professional standards and relevant clinical guidance. Maintain appropriate professional boundaries and respect patients dignity, autonomy and individual needs. Promote equality and respond sensitively to patients from different backgrounds. Raise concerns about patient safety or professional practice through appropriate channels. Follow practice policies relating to infection prevention, health and safety, confidentiality and information governance.

Quality improvement and clinical governance

Participate in clinical audit and quality improvement relevant to the role and practice priorities. Contribute to significant event reviews and learning from complaints, incidents and patient feedback. Support the delivery of evidence-based care and agreed clinical standards. Contribute to improvements in access, prescribing, long-term condition management and coordination of care. Engage constructively with changes to services and working arrangements. Support the practice in maintaining the quality and safety of its services.

Learning and development

Maintain continuing professional development and engage with appraisal and revalidation requirements. Complete mandatory training relevant to the role. Identify learning needs and discuss development opportunities with the practice. Contribute to teaching and supervision where agreed and appropriate to experience, competence and any required accreditation. Share relevant learning with colleagues.

Fixed-term nature of the appointment

This is a 12-month fixed-term appointment while the practice reviews its longer-term clinical staffing requirements. The review will take account of anticipated neighbourhood service developments, premises plans and the practices financial position.

The outcome will inform whether future clinical provision involves salaried GP roles, partnership or a different level of clinical capacity. Extension of this contract or a permanent salaried appointment cannot be guaranteed. Any proposal concerning renewal or the ending of employment will be considered in accordance with the contract and applicable employment law.

General

This job description outlines the main responsibilities of the post. Duties may be reviewed by discussion to reflect service developments and practice needs, while remaining appropriate to the role, professional competence and contracted hours.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Primary medical qualification recognised by the GMC.
• MRCGP
• Full GMC registration with a licence to practise.
• Inclusion on the GMC GP Register by the agreed start date.
• Certificate of Completion of Training in General Practice, or equivalent recognised route to GP registration, by the agreed start date.
• Inclusion on the NHS England Medical Performers List, or eligibility for inclusion by the agreed start date.

Desirable

• Additional qualifications relevant to general practice, such as womens health, sexual and reproductive health, child health or medical education.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in UK general practice, including experience gained during GP specialty training.
• Experience of assessing and managing acute presentations and long-term conditions.
• Experience of safe prescribing, reviewing investigation results and making appropriate referrals.
• Experience of working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience of maintaining accurate electronic clinical records and managing clinical administration.
• Experience of telephone and online consultations.
• Experience of recognising and responding to safeguarding concerns.

Desirable

• Experience of working as a qualified GP in an NHS general practice.
• Experience of using EMIS Web.
• Experience of clinical audit or quality improvement.
• Experience of teaching or supervising healthcare professionals or students.
• Experience of contributing to service development or improving patient access.

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

The Ridgeway Surgery

Address

The Ridgeway Surgery

71 Imperial Drive

Harrow

Middlesex

HA2 7DU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://ridgeway-surgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB TITLE: Salaried General Practitioner

REPORTS TO: The Partners (Clinically)

The Practice Manager (Administratively)

Job summary:

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.

Clinical responsibilities:

In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves 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
• Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
• 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.

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 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.

Confidentiality:

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.

Health & safety:

The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management of their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

• 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
• Management and advice relating to infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practice
• Active observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed and weaknesses/training needs are identified, 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 correcting 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 (minimum twice annually)
• Correct waste and instrument management, including handling, segregation, and container use
• Maintenance of sterile environments
• Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

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, with such training 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

Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision

Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance

Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs

Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

Communication:

The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

• Communicate effectively with other team members
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers
• Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Contribution to the implementation of services:

The post-holder will:

Apply practice policies, standards and guidance & strive to achieve QOF standards where appropriate

• Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
• Participate in audit where appropriate.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GMC registration with no restrictions Fully qualified GP Member of a defence union Currently on a performers list

Desirable

• Highly motivated, enthusiastic, dedicated and reliable GP who is friendly, caring and professional. Strong clinical skills with an evidence based approach to patient care. Ability to manage workload, time and patient related administration effectively. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Good interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate with multi disciplinary teams.

Experience

Desirable

• Experience of working in a GP practice.

Knowledge and skills

Essential

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

Desirable

• Basic IT skills

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

Cirencester Health Group

Address

1 St. Peters Road

Cirencester

Gloucestershire

GL7 1RF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://cirencesterhealthgroup.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation
• Assess the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
• Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
• In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, develop care plans for health
• Provide counselling and health education
• Admit or discharge patients to and from the caseload referring to other care providers as appropriate
• Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
• Collect data for audit purposes
• Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
• Prescribe in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
• Contribute to the attainment of all quality indicators (QOF) and any local or national initiative that the practice takes part in
• Complete insurance and other medical reports as required
• Generally, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all normal clinical duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
• On Medical Performers List
• Current Enhanced DBS Check
• UK Driving Licence (if appropriate to post)
• UK Work Permit (if required)
• Appropriate current Medical Indemnity cover
• Current CPR Certificate
• Safeguarding Training to national level required
• Evidence of continued professional development

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

New Horizons Medical Partnership

Address

Forest Gate Surgery

1 Hazel Farm Road

Totton, Southampton

Hampshire

SO40 8WU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Riverside Surgery welcomes applications for a Salaried GP to cover 5 sessions. This is a permanent position.

We are looking for a committed Doctor with excellent communication and teamworking skills to integrate into our practice of around 8600 patients.

We are looking for 5 sessions across 3 days of the week. One of these days is an on-call/duty doctor day, where you would be responsible for practice visits. Face-to-face appointments are 15 minutes and are triaged by you through a combination of e-consult and telephone triage. We try and accommodate flexible start/finish times to fit around life.

We are involved with Foundation year two placements and ST1 3 GPs.

The modern premises are located in Rock Ferry. We cover a wide practice area, which means that our patients have differing socio-economic profiles and widely differing health care needs.

Our team is made up of 2 Clinical Partners, 1 Business Partner, 4 Salaried GPs, 1 Advanced Nurse Practitioner, 2 Practice Nurses, 2 HCAs, and 12 Admin Staff.

The practice meets regularly and prides itself on having a friendly, relaxed, and supportive working environment for everyone involved. We encourage all staff to develop professionally and support this through in-house learning and external courses.

About the Practice

Riverside Surgery is a well-established practice in the heart of Rock Ferry

Patient List Size - 8600

CQC Good across all areas

High QOF achievement

Clinical System Emis

Forward thinking and actively engaged with our Neighbourhood PCN

Our team is built on the principles of providing friendly, caring, and compassionate healthcare to all

Person Specification

Driving Licence

Essential

• The applicant must hold a Full Clean Driving Licence and have access to a vehicle for home visits.

Experience

Essential

• Skills and Competencies
• Clinical knowledge of acute and chronic conditions
• Strong communication and empathy
• Problem-solving and adaptability
• Professionalism and teamwork
• knowledge of working in General Practice and an excellent understanding of EMIS, DOCMAN, PATCHs etc

Qualifications

Essential

• Examinations and Certification
• MRCGP You must pass the Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) exams, which assess clinical knowledge, skills, and professional competencies
• GMC Registration After completing training and passing the MRCGP, you can apply for inclusion on the GP Register with the GMC, which grants a full license to practice as a GP in the NHS
• Any applicants must be fit to practice in the UK without any exclusions

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

Riverside Surgery

Address

525 New Chester Road

Rock Ferry

Birkenhead

CH42 2AG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Perioperative Practitioner - Scrub General/Orthopaedics | Theatres | Manchester |37.5 hours a week | Permanent | Outstanding CQC rating Spire

Manchester Hospital is looking for enthusiastic and experienced Theatre Practitioners to join our expanding theatre team.

We have opportunities available for practitioners with experience across General Surgery and/or Orthopaedic Scrub, supporting a varied and dynamic caseload within our state-of-the-art hospital.

As part of our highly skilled theatre team, you will work alongside experienced consultants delivering exceptional patient care across a range of specialties. Whether your background is primarily in Orthopaedics, General Surgery, or a combination of both, we'd love to hear from you.

Spire Manchester Hospital is a £65m state-of-the-art healthcare facility offering you the opportunity to work across a wide variety of specialisms. You will be able to develop your clinical skills in a modern and progressive environment. The Manchester team currently consists of over 800 colleagues, and we are rapidly expanding as we increase the scope of services we provide across our experienced and dynamic teams.

Duties and responsibilities

• Provide high-quality scrub support across a range of surgical procedures.
• Support General Surgery and Orthopaedic lists, including major joint replacements where appropriate.
• Assist in assessing, planning and delivering individualised patient care.
• Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to ensure outstanding patient outcomes.
• Maintain high standards of patient safety, infection prevention and clinical governance.
• Contribute to service improvements and the ongoing development of theatre practices.

Who we're looking for:

• Registered Nurse (NMC) or Operating Department Practitioner (HCPC).
• Previous Scrub experience within a theatre environment.
• Experience in General Surgery and/or Orthopaedics.
• Experience supporting elective surgical procedures.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• A positive, patient-focused approach with excellent communication skills.

Benefits

We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Free parking

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward. Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue.

From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatients, day cases and outpatient care.

For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Sarah Whittaker at

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (NMC) or Operating Department Practitioner (HCPC).

Experience

Essential

• Previous Scrub experience within a theatre environment.
• Experience in General Surgery and/or Orthopaedics.
• Experience supporting elective surgical procedures.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• A positive, patient-focused approach with excellent communication skills.

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

Spire Healthcare Ltd

Address

170 Barlow Moor Rd, Manchester M20 2AF

Manchester

M20 2AF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.spirehealthcare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation
• Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
• Cover all the clinical management of the patients in surgery as appropriate including initiating investigations, reviewing results, making referrals to secondary care or to other providers as appropriate
• Develop care and treatment plans in consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols as well wider guidance such as that from NICE
• Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
• Check, read and interpret pathological results for patients
• Ensure appropriate follow up of patients
• Record clear and contemporaneous computerised consultation notes to agreed standards
• Ensure that practice clinical database is updated promptly and accurately with information relating to patient records, as required for clinical accuracy and for practice recording requirements under QOF and enhanced services.
• Appropriate use of read codes.
• Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions avoiding hand-written prescriptions.
• Prescribe appropriately and in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary, NICE guidance and Good Prescribing Practice (as defined by British National Formulary guidance)
• Work with and provide support for other members of the primary health care team.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website
• The applicant must be a qualified GP with full GMC registration licence to practice, on a performers list and have a UK drivers licence Newly qualified GP (no more than 2 years qualified) with no previous substantive post
• 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.

Desirable

• Understanding of policy developments related to the delivery of primary care services including General Practice, the GMS contract, Clinical Governance, Network Contract DES, and Quality & Outcomes Framework Knowledge of the health needs of the surgery population Eligibility for minor surgery, CHS, obstetrics, family planning accreditation

Experience

Essential

• Experience with using EMIS
• Experience of NHS general practice
• Experience of using electronic clinical patient records
• Experience of medicines management
• Experience of CCG initiatives
• Experience of QOF and clinical audit
• Experience of working in a primary care environment

Desirable

• Understanding of policy developments related to the delivery of primary care services including General Practice, the GMS contract, Clinical Governance

Qualifications

Essential

• Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website
• The applicant must be a qualified GP with full GMC registration licence to practice, on a performers list and have a UK drivers licence Newly qualified GP (no more than 2 years qualified) with no previous substantive post
• 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.

Desirable

• Understanding of policy developments related to the delivery of primary care services including General Practice, the GMS contract, Clinical Governance, Network Contract DES, and Quality & Outcomes Framework Knowledge of the health needs of the surgery population Eligibility for minor surgery, CHS, obstetrics, family planning accreditation

UK Registration

Essential

• Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

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

Northumberland House Surgery

Address

Hume Street

Kidderminster

Worcestershire

DY11 6SF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.northumberlandhousesurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

In line with the agreed practice timetable, the successful candidate will work as part of our supportive clinical team, providing high-quality, patient-centred care.

The role will include a variety of clinical duties, including:

• Face-to-face surgery consultations
• Telephone and video consultations
• Responding to patient queries and clinical advice requests
• Undertaking home visits where clinically appropriate
• Making timely referrals to secondary care and community services
• Participating in clinical meetings, multidisciplinary discussions, and practice development activities
• Working collaboratively with the wider practice team to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate care

The successful candidate will be supported by an experienced and well-organised team, enabling them to focus on delivering excellent clinical care while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• - valid GMC number
• - experience from working in the general practice setting

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

Vauxhall Surgery

Address

8 Jonathan Street

London

SE11 5NH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://vauxhallsurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties, including surgery consultations, telephone and video consultations and queries, home visits, referrals in a timely fashion, participating in clinincal meetings

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Post graduate qualification in General Practice MRCGP/MRCP
• Full registration with GMC

Experience

Essential

• EMIS Web

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

Daleham Gardens Surgery

Address

Daleham Gardens Surgery

5 Daleham Gardens

London

NW3 5BY

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.dalehamgardensmedical.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

In line with the agreed practice timetable, the successful candidate will work as part of our supportive clinical team, providing high-quality, patient-centred care.

The role will include a variety of clinical duties, including:

• Face-to-face surgery consultations
• Telephone and video consultations
• Responding to patient queries and clinical advice requests
• Undertaking home visits where clinically appropriate
• Making timely referrals to secondary care and community services
• Participating in clinical meetings, multidisciplinary discussions, and practice development activities
• Working collaboratively with the wider practice team to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate care

The successful candidate will be supported by an experienced and well-organised team, enabling them to focus on delivering excellent clinical care while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• - valid GMC number
• - experience from working in the general practice setting

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in primary care

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

Gray's Inn Medical Practice

Address

Grays Inn Medical Practice

77 Gray's Inn Road

London

WC1X 8TS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://graysinnmedical.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Duties of the Job

Clinical Duties:

• Undertake clinic sessions: typically, 4 hours 10 minutes per session.
• Record all patient contact accurately on the clinical system.
• Complete referral letters in a timely manner.
• Review laboratory results
• Review hospital letters, and discharge summaries as needed.
• Conduct medication reviews, manage EPS repeat prescriptions, and address medication queries along side signing repeat prescriptions.
• Undertake home visits as required.
• Provide telephone advice to patients as well face to face.
• Support clinical and administrative staff with clinical queries on-site.
• Participate in the duty doctor system within the team.

Quality and Governance:

• Work with the surgery to maintain and improve Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) targets, Locally Commissioned Services (LCSs), Local Improvement Schemes (LIS), Directed Enhanced Services (DESs), and PCN initiatives.
• Participate in clinical audits to meet practice needs.
• Attend practice training, meetings, and CPD sessions as required.
• Be encouraged to develop and use skills to improve patient care and record appropriately for appraisals and CPD.
• Take on a lead role in a particular clinical or service area (e.g. safeguarding, PCN, diabetes, elderly care, QOF etc), providing guidance, developing protocols, and supporting colleagues in that specialty.

Other Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date patient records in accordance with professional standards.
• Ensure compliance with safeguarding, infection control, health & safety, and data protection policies.
• Collaborate effectively with colleagues, including nurses, administrative staff, and allied health professionals.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of practice systems, processes, and patient care pathways.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent medical degree.
• Full GMC registration with a license to practice in the UK.
• Completion of GP training or equivalent 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

Irchester Surgery

Address

School Road

Irchester

Northamptonshire

NN29 7AW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.irchestersurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

SALARIED GP JOB DESCRIPTION

ADDINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

We are a GP practice based in New Barnet with 9600 patients. There are 3 partners and 3 salaried GPs.

Responsible to: Partners

Days of Work: to be decided

Hours of Work: up to 6 sessions a week

Location: Addington Medical Centre, 46 Station Road, New Barnet, EN5 1QH

Role Summary: The post-holder will provide general medical services managing 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

Probation Period: 6 months

Contract type: permeant

Notice Period: 6 weeks

Annual Leave: 6 weeks pro rota

Study Leave: one week pro rota

Main purpose of the role: To support the GP partners, to manage the clinical caseload. The appointee will also have the opportunity to take part in leading on key disease areas, assist in developing appropriate healthcare services for a diverse, patient list and teaching and training.

Clinical responsibilities:

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 and emergencies, telephone consultations and queries, triaging, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, patient test results, patient medical reports and examinations (e.g. Insurance Companies) on behalf of the Practice, referral letters NHS/private, paperwork 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 organisation;

Recording clear and contemporaneous I.T. based consultation notes to agreed standards;

Collecting data for audit purposes;

Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions

Prescribing in accordance with locally agreed or national guidelines.

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 with the Practice:

Teaching and training of doctors and nurses;

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety, annual QOF Assessment of the Practice.

A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice;

Keep a portfolio;

Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation;

Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records;

Attending training, Practice Meetings and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

Confidentiality

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.

Health & Safety

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and 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;

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 to include:

Participation in an annual individual performance review, annual GP Appraisal 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 Clinical Governance issues, quality and risk; participate in Significant Event Analysis reviews

Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision;

Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance;

Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs;

Effectively manage own time, workload and resources. He/she will also contribute to the overall team-working of the Practice putting the needs of the Practice first.

Communication

The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

Communicate effectively with other team members;

Communicate effectively with patients and carers;

Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Contribution to the planning and implementation of services

The post-holder will:

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 with the Partners and Management Team to achieve standards of quality, performance standards, budgets and targets without compromising levels of patient healthcare.

Contribute towards the development and implementation of new standards, policies and procedures that are/will be required of GP Practices now and in the future .

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Post graduate qualification in General Practice MRCGP/MRCP
• Full registration with GMC

Desirable

• EMIS Web

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

Addington Medical Centre

Address

46 Station Road

New Barnet

Barnet

Hertfordshire

EN5 1QH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://addingtonmedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide NHS general medical services to registered and temporary patients on the Practice list.

In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health.

To assist in the establishment of appropriate systems to manage common chronic medical conditions.

Completion of clinically related administrative and non-clinical duties needed for the delivery of service.

Refer patients for further opinions and interventions according to Practice protocols.

CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

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.

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.

Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols.

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.

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.

Maintaining, monitoring, and updating computer database and management of medical records and practice audits:

Ensure that practice clinical database is updated promptly and accurately with information relating to patient records, as required for clinical accuracy and for practice recording requirements under QOF and Enhanced Services.

Appropriate use of read codes.

Participating in the collection and collation of statistics towards the preparation of practice reports, performance monitoring and audits.

Participating in the auditing of practice activity.

Practice organisation:

Process and action incoming patient and hospital correspondence

Attendance at in-house meetings, significant event audit meetings and others as deemed necessary

Ensure that the practice complaints system is adhered to at all times

Awareness and compliance with all relevant guidelines e.g. data protection, confidentiality and health and safety

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GMC Registration

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

Highcliffe Medical Centre

Address

248 Lymington Road

Highcliffe

Christchurch

Dorset

BH23 5ET

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.highcliffemedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post-holder will provide high-quality, patient-centred General Medical Services in accordance with the GMS contract. The role includes the management of acute and chronic conditions, preventative care, and health promotion, while working as part of a multidisciplinary primary care team to deliver safe and effective services to the practice population.

Main Duties of the Post

Provide General Medical Services in line with the GMS contract

Undertake face-to-face, telephone, and online consultations

Diagnose and manage patients presenting with acute and chronic conditions

Prescribe safely and appropriately in accordance with local and national guidelines

Process and action laboratory results, correspondence, and referrals

Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records

Participate in practice meetings, audits, clinical governance, and quality improvement activities

Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to support service delivery

Contribute to the teaching, training, and supervision of GP registrars, students, and other learners where appropriate

Professional Responsibilities

Maintain full registration with the General Medical Council and inclusion on the GP Performers List

Work in accordance with the principles of Good Medical Practice

Participate in annual appraisal and revalidation

Ensure compliance with safeguarding, infection control, and health and safety procedures

Working Relationships

The post-holder will work closely with GP Partners, salaried GPs, nursing staff, allied health professionals, and administrative teams to support the delivery of high-quality patient care.

Confidentiality

The post-holder must maintain strict confidentiality in line with GDPR and NHS Wales policies.

Equality and Diversity

The post-holder will support the practices commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Good understanding and experience of chronic disease management, and primary prevention and screening services.
• Ability to take responsibility for your own career development, learning and performance and are responsible for ensuring that all your mandatory training is in date.
• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies and guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.
• Commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in a confidential manner.

Qualifications

Essential

• Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
• Annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate)
• Be on the NHSE medical performers list

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

Broseley Medical Practice

Address

Bridgnorth Road

Broseley

Shropshire

TF12 5EL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.broseleymedicalpractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Applicants are expected to present clear and relevant evidence of the competencies and responsibilities detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, together with a demonstrated commitment to the Trusts values of Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration or Registered Health Professional (physio, paramedic) with HCPC.
• Evidence of Minor Injuries Module at Level 6/7

Desirable

• Evidence of Minor illness module at Level 6/7
• Evidence of completion of Level 7 Advanced Clinical Assessment Module
• Independent Prescriber (or on pathway to complete)
• Qualification in prehospital care or community care
• MSC in advanced clinical practice

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable competence in autonomous clinical assessment and management of patients, exercising professional judgement and delivering safe, evidence-based care within scope of practice
• Evidence of consistently delivering high-quality, patient-centred care in accordance with professional standards and best practice
• Experience in working autonomously in an emergency or other unscheduled care environment or working autonomously within a GP surgery.
• Evidence of competence in assessing, managing and escalating care for adults and children at risk of deterioration, with demonstrable experience of timely referral to hospital-based services when clinically indicated
• Experience of effectively working in collaboration, negotiating and liaising across organisational boundaries.

Desirable

• Experience of team / service/ staff management.
• Experience of implementing evidence-based care and developing others to do so
• Experience of change management and implementing change in practice

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Evidence of comprehensive range of clinical skills and expertise relevant to the role
• Proven ability to prioritise, manage own workload and flexibility in doing so
• Able to deal with conflict and manage appropriately
• Proactive in identifying own and other's learning and development needs, and actively seek ways to meeting those needs
• Specialist knowledge in clinical reasoning, history taking, physical examination, diagnostic skills and prescribing/treatment
• Clinical knowledge across a range of long-term conditions.

Desirable

• Able to lead and motivate a team and implement change
• Knowledge of resource management.

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

Central London Community Health Trust

Address

St Charles Urgent Care Centre

Exmoor Street

London

W10 6DZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate will support the practice in delivering a high standard of patient care to our registered population of 15000 across two sites (Burncross surgery and High Green health centre).

Responsibilities include:

• Surgeries- a mix of Face to Face and telephone calls
• Home visits
• Reviewing and actioning test results and prescription requests and documents
• Making appropriate referrals to secondary care and external services
• Clinical supervision of registrars, ARRS roles and medical students- with protected time within allocated clinics.

The role will involve a mixture of routine clinics and duty doctor sessions on rotation. We operate a double duty doctor system- with an experienced GP.

Acting as duty doctor on rotation.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MRCGP

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

Chapelgreen Practice

Address

Chapelgreen Practice

Bevan Way

Chapeltown

Sheffield

S35 1RN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.chapelgreenpractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities of the Salaried GP. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks, this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels

• The delivery of highly effective medical care to the entitled population
• The provision of services commensurate with the GMS contract
• Generic prescribing adhering to local and national guidance
• Effective management of long-term conditions
• Processing of administration in a timely manner, including referrals, repeat prescription requests and other associated administrative tasks
• On a rotational basis, undertake telephone triage and duty doctor roles
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with good practice, policy and guidance
• Work collaboratively, accepting an equal share of the practice workload
• Adhere to best practice recommended through clinical guidelines and the audit process
• Contribute to the successful implementation of continuous improvement and quality initiatives within the practice
• Accept delegated responsibility for a specific area (or areas) or the QOF
• Attend and contribute effectively to practice meetings as required
• Contribute effective to the development and maintenance of the practice including clinical governance and training
• Ensure compliance with the appraisal process
• Prepare and complete the revalidation process
• Commit to self-learning and instill an ethos of continuing professional development across the practice team
• Support the training of medical students from all clinical disciplines
• Support the partners in achieving the strategic aims of the practice, making recommendations to enhance income and reduce expenditure
• Review and always adhere to practice protocols and policies
• Encourage collaborative working, liaising with all staff regularly, always promoting a culture of continuous improvement

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• - Qualified GP
• - MRCGP
• - General Practitioner CCT
• - Full GMC Registration
• - National Performers List registration

Desirable

• Experience in SystmOne

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

Market Cross Surgery

Address

Market Cross Surgery

Bourne Road

Corby Glen

Grantham

Lincolnshire

NG33 4BB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

The job description and expectations can be discussed in depth at the interview. The ideal candidate will be a General Practitioner registered with the GMC. You will also be on the NHS Performers list. Experience within a Primary Care setting would be ideal but not essential. You will be confident in your ability to complete face to face consultations, telephone consultations and home visits. Having clear and effective communication will come naturally to you whilst you support your colleagues in the delivery of an outstanding patient experience. Having evidence of delivering a high level of care to your patients will be vital in supporting the business in achieving its objectives.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered with the GMC On the NHS Performers List Be able to work autonomously as a GP Be able to work with a team of likeminded professionals

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Dr Imran Ismail and Partners T/A Marston Forest Healthcare

Address

59 Bedford Road

Marston Moretaine

Beds

MK43 0LA

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://marstonforesthealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The job description and expectations can be discussed in depth at the interview. The ideal candidate will be a General Practitioner registered with the GMC. You will also be on the NHS Performers list. Experience within a Primary Care setting would be ideal but not essential. You will be confident in your ability to complete face to face consultations, telephone consultations and home visits. Having clear and effective communication will come naturally to you whilst you support your colleagues in the delivery of an outstanding patient experience. Having evidence of delivering a high level of care to your patients will be vital in supporting the business in achieving its objectives.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered with the GMC On the NHS Performers List Be able to work autonomously as a GP Be able to work with a team of likeminded professionals

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Dr Imran Ismail and Partners T/A Marston Forest Healthcare

Address

59 Bedford Road

Marston Moretaine

Beds

MK43 0LA

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://marstonforesthealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)