SALARIED GP

A well-established, two site training practice, which received a Good CQC rating inspection in 2018 and review in 2019.

We are looking to appoint a GP who is looking to work within an environment that supports new and innovative ways of working. Ideally for 6 to 8 sessions per week but would consider less. BMA salaried GP pay scales and model contract offered with flexibility to negotiate favourable terms.

We hope that you will look towards running a personal list with a view to working towards Partnership with us in the future. This would enable you to contribute towards continuing improvement to patient services and access to healthcare for all our patients.

Main duties of the job Benefits of the role include:

1. Defined workload within your sessions that can be timed to suit family and school needs
2. Face-to-face appointments with defined triage, telephone and video consultation times
3. No duty days or duty hours as salaried GP
4. Home visiting supported by Paramedic and Nursing Practitioners
5. Support from our experienced reception, administration and nursing teams
6. EMIS Web clinical system with DocMan10, Lexacom3 digital dictation and DXS intranet
7. Opportunity for development of your role within the team, undertaking training for services such as minor procedures, sexual health services or chronic disease management. The surgery doctors also support memory assessment clinics, acupuncture and GP trainees.
8. Indemnity payments cover for all activity not related to the NHS Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practitioners (CNSGP) from 1st April 2019
9. Daily morning coffee meetings, weekly educational and business meetings

About us You will join a clinical team consisting of 2 Partners, 5 salaried GPs, 2 Advanced Nurse Practitioners, 5 Practice Nurses, 3 HCAs, 1 Paramedic Practitioner.

We are part of the local GP federation Integrated Community Care. We were the lead Practice for the Bexhill Covid-19 Vaccination programme supporting 25,000 patients locally.

The Practice already accommodates visiting Social Prescribing, Carers and Memory Assessment clinics. We also have Health In Mind and Hidden Hearing clinics within the premises. Although non-dispensing there is an on-site pharmacy at one of the surgery sites.

Job responsibilities Job Title: Salaried General Practitioner

Responsible to: The Partners of Sidley Medical Practice

Place of Work: Sidley Medical Practice and Albert Road Surgery

Job Summary: To work as an autonomous practitioner, responsible for the provision of medical services to the practice population, delivering an excellent standard of clinical care whilst complying with the GMS contract. Furthermore, the post-holder will adhere to the GMC standards for good medical practice, contributing to the effective management of the practice, leading by example, maintaining a positive, collaborative working relationship with the multidisciplinary team.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide a full range of medical services as defined in the core GMS contract, additional and enhanced services where appropriate.
• Provide other general medical services to meet identified patient needs.
• Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems whether self-referred or referred from other healthcare workers within the organisation.
• Assess the healthcare needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
• Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Develop care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice; disease management protocols, provide counselling and health education.
• Work within current CCG policy for prescribing.
• Be available and accessible to patients at all times as agreed.
• Maximise the effective use of current clinical computer systems. Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to an agreed standard.
• Compile and issue computer generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand written prescriptions whenever possible).
• Undertake all duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care. (These duties will include reports/cremation forms. The fees for this work would be retained within the practice budget).
• To take part in, and lead on, areas including clinical auditing and data collection.
• Support undergraduate student training in the surgery.
• Support GP registrar training in practice.
• Attend team meetings and other clinical meetings as necessary.
• Provide short term emergency cover for unplanned absence of colleagues.
• Provide emergency on call cover for the practice.

Service Development

• Be involved in developing primary care services to meet the needs of the practice population.
• Working in close collaboration with the practice team to ensure that access targets are reached.
• Support health development and ensure health promotion work is undertaken to allow the practice population to make informed choices.

Managerial

• Awareness of, and compliance with, all relevant organisation policies and procedures, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety and infection control. Apply these to all aspects of one's own work.
• Undertake all mandatory training as determined by the practice.
• Committed to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based practice.
• Contribute to evaluated audit and clinical standards setting within the organisation.

Quality

• Adhere to GMC Good Medical practice.
• Maintain accurate and timely medical records.
• Adhere to National and local guidelines (e.g. NICE)
• Engage with local quality frameworks e.g. QoF, Quality Improvement, Prescribing Incentive Schemes
• Reflect on personal practice through SEA, NHS appraisal, patient complaints

Confidentiality

• All patients have the right to expect that all practice staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately at all times.
• In the performance of duties, 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 business organisations. 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 be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the organisations policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Communication

• The post-holder must recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to communicate effectively with other team members, patients, carers and recognise peoples needs to alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Equality and Diversity A good attitude and positive action creating an environment where all individuals are able to achieve their full potential. Creating such an environment is important for three reasons: it improves operational effectiveness, it is morally the right thing to do, and it is required by law.

Patients and their families have the right to be treated fairly and be routinely involved in decisions about their treatment and care. They can expect to be treated with dignity and respect and will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Patients have a responsibility to treat other patients and our staff with dignity and respect.

Staff have the right to be treated fairly in recruitment and career progression. Staff can expect to work in an environment where diversity is valued and equality of opportunity is promoted. Staff will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Staff have a responsibility to ensure that you treat our patients and their colleagues with dignity and respect.

Health and Safety The Salaried General Medical Practitioner has a duty to take reasonable care to avoid injury to themselves or to others and to cooperate with the practice in meeting its statutory requirements, by:

• Assisting in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the organisations Health & Safety Policy.
• Use of personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines.
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaken such activities in a way that manages those risks.
• As far as is reasonably practicable, you minimising the risk of infection to themselves and others and in doing so must:
• Be familiar with and adhere to the organisations policies and guidance on infection prevention and control.
• Attend statutory education programmes in infection, prevention and control.
• Include infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal and professional development.
• Take responsibility, so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of healthcare-acquired infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently by themselves and their colleagues.
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