Salaried ARRS GP (Newly Qualified) Hyndburn Rural
Posted 8 hours 9 minutes ago by NHS
Permanent
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Laboratory Jobs
Lancashire, Accrington, United Kingdom, BB5 0
Job Description
Salaried ARRS GP (Newly Qualified) Hyndburn Rural The East Lancashire Alliance (ELA) is a values-driven, not-for-profit provider of innovative healthcare across East Lancashire. Led by a Clinical Board, it has been providing excellent quality care to patients since its inception in 2021. Fundamentally, we align ourselves with the NHS and embrace the ethos of social enterprise, reinvesting surpluses generated back into our services.
We are passionate about providing the best quality care for patients in our Place, for the betterment of our system.
The post-holder will manage and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, within the Hyndburn Rural PCN Area.
Following the release of ARRS GP funding we are looking for newly qualified (within 2 years) to join Hyndburn Rural Primary Care Network on a fixed term salaried contract until 31 March 2025. We will consider applications for between 4 and 9 sessions a week with a start date as soon as possible.
In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
Please note: To be eligible for this role, you must be within two years of certificate of completion of training at the start date of your employment and have not previously held a substantive post as a General Practitioner.
Main duties of the job Clinical responsibilities
About us The East Lancashire Alliance is a network of 9 PCNs covering 48 GP practices covering a population of over 390,000 patients across East Lancashire. Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves in ensuring our patients feel safe, supported, communicated with and respected at a time when they may be feeling vulnerable. The Alliance is proud to represent our member practices and to champion our Primary Care Partners, by working with local general practice and other system partners in the provision of patient-centred, local healthcare services.
Each practice has a close-knit team of staff who collectively seek to improve the health of their patient populations.
East Lancashire is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside, to the heart of the vibrant inner towns and villages with great shopping, entertainment and dining options. Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Job responsibilities MAIN TASKS:
CLINICAL
Recording clear and contemporaneous IT-based consultation notes to agreed standards.
Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care within the surgery, patients' own home or other environments where patient care is carried out.
Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly, referring patients to other services/agencies in a timely manner, utilising Practice, PCN and local guidelines.
To recognise the need for and be able to perform and interpret investigatory procedures, including laboratory and radiology.
Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
Ensure appropriate follow-up of patients.
Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles and apply principles of self-care.
Support the delivery of anticipatory care plans.
Recognise and work within your own competence and in accordance with professional codes of conduct, maintaining accurate and contemporaneous health records.
Independently prescribe for patients within your scope of practice. Prescribing in accordance with locally agreed or national guidelines.
Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.
Review medications following the appropriate policies, NICE/local clinical guidelines and local care pathways.
To maintain an awareness of developments in clinical practice.
Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety and QOF standards.
Be aware of your duties and responsibilities regarding current legislation and adhere to our policies and procedures on Safeguarding Children and Safeguarding Adults.
CONFIDENTIALITY
You will have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. 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.
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 AND SAFETY - The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others' health, safety and security as defined in our Health & Safety Policy, to include:
Using personal security systems within the workplace according to PCN 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, including maintaining a tidy and safe work area free from hazards. Effective hand hygiene.
Provide advice on the correct and safe management of the specimen's process, including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct containers, storage and transport arrangements.
Correct use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in both routine and extraordinary circumstances.
Managing directly all incidents of accidental exposure.
Safe use of sharps, storage and disposal.
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.
TRAINING, PERSONAL/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT - Training requirements will be monitored in accordance with PCN requirements. Relevant personal development will be encouraged and supported by the PCN. You will be expected to take responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.
Undertake mandatory and statutory training as required and attend courses/study days as deemed appropriate/necessary.
Continually review clinical practice, responding to National policies and initiatives where appropriate.
Participation in an annual individual performance review/internal appraisal and annual external GP appraisal including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.
Provide leadership and education for members of the multi-disciplinary team, providing guidance and support when necessary.
Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.
QUALITY - The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:
Contribute to the achievement of the highest possible quality standards such as those detailed by their regulatory body and the CQC.
Monitor the safety and effectiveness of own clinical practice through quality assurance strategies such as the use of audit, mentor feedback, case review and peer review. Implement improvements where necessary.
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We are passionate about providing the best quality care for patients in our Place, for the betterment of our system.
The post-holder will manage and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, within the Hyndburn Rural PCN Area.
Following the release of ARRS GP funding we are looking for newly qualified (within 2 years) to join Hyndburn Rural Primary Care Network on a fixed term salaried contract until 31 March 2025. We will consider applications for between 4 and 9 sessions a week with a start date as soon as possible.
In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
Please note: To be eligible for this role, you must be within two years of certificate of completion of training at the start date of your employment and have not previously held a substantive post as a General Practitioner.
Main duties of the job Clinical responsibilities
- 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
- Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
- Prescribing in accordance with the Lancashire Medicines Management Board prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
- Develop care and treatment plans in consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols as well as wider guidance such as that from NICE.
About us The East Lancashire Alliance is a network of 9 PCNs covering 48 GP practices covering a population of over 390,000 patients across East Lancashire. Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves in ensuring our patients feel safe, supported, communicated with and respected at a time when they may be feeling vulnerable. The Alliance is proud to represent our member practices and to champion our Primary Care Partners, by working with local general practice and other system partners in the provision of patient-centred, local healthcare services.
Each practice has a close-knit team of staff who collectively seek to improve the health of their patient populations.
East Lancashire is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside, to the heart of the vibrant inner towns and villages with great shopping, entertainment and dining options. Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Job responsibilities MAIN TASKS:
CLINICAL
Recording clear and contemporaneous IT-based consultation notes to agreed standards.
Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care within the surgery, patients' own home or other environments where patient care is carried out.
Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly, referring patients to other services/agencies in a timely manner, utilising Practice, PCN and local guidelines.
To recognise the need for and be able to perform and interpret investigatory procedures, including laboratory and radiology.
Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
Ensure appropriate follow-up of patients.
Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles and apply principles of self-care.
Support the delivery of anticipatory care plans.
Recognise and work within your own competence and in accordance with professional codes of conduct, maintaining accurate and contemporaneous health records.
Independently prescribe for patients within your scope of practice. Prescribing in accordance with locally agreed or national guidelines.
Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.
Review medications following the appropriate policies, NICE/local clinical guidelines and local care pathways.
To maintain an awareness of developments in clinical practice.
Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety and QOF standards.
Be aware of your duties and responsibilities regarding current legislation and adhere to our policies and procedures on Safeguarding Children and Safeguarding Adults.
CONFIDENTIALITY
You will have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. 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.
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 AND SAFETY - The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others' health, safety and security as defined in our Health & Safety Policy, to include:
Using personal security systems within the workplace according to PCN 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, including maintaining a tidy and safe work area free from hazards. Effective hand hygiene.
Provide advice on the correct and safe management of the specimen's process, including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct containers, storage and transport arrangements.
Correct use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in both routine and extraordinary circumstances.
Managing directly all incidents of accidental exposure.
Safe use of sharps, storage and disposal.
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.
TRAINING, PERSONAL/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT - Training requirements will be monitored in accordance with PCN requirements. Relevant personal development will be encouraged and supported by the PCN. You will be expected to take responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.
Undertake mandatory and statutory training as required and attend courses/study days as deemed appropriate/necessary.
Continually review clinical practice, responding to National policies and initiatives where appropriate.
Participation in an annual individual performance review/internal appraisal and annual external GP appraisal including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.
Provide leadership and education for members of the multi-disciplinary team, providing guidance and support when necessary.
Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.
QUALITY - The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:
Contribute to the achievement of the highest possible quality standards such as those detailed by their regulatory body and the CQC.
Monitor the safety and effectiveness of own clinical practice through quality assurance strategies such as the use of audit, mentor feedback, case review and peer review. Implement improvements where necessary.
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