Salaried GP

Northumberland Heath Medical Centre is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic Salaried GP to complement our existing Clinical Team. The post holder will be committed to providing high quality general practice to our patients.

We would like the post holder to work up to 6 sessions per week - hours and days are negotiable.

There are a number of benefits of choosing to work with us:

• Administration time is incorporated into each clinical session.
• The practice holds regular clinical meetings for all clinicians.
• Home visits are required shared amongst GPs each day.
• The holiday entitlement is 6 weeks plus one study week per annum pro rata.
• Inclusion in the NHS Pension.
• On-site parking is available at the practice and there are easy links to both London and Kent.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will manage patients 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. They will work to a standard BMA contract in conjunction with the BMA Salaried GP's Handbook.

About us

Northumberland Heath is a long established and well-respected PMS practice with a practice population of 14,000 patients. We are a friendly and supportive team, lead by 3 GP Partners, and active members of the North Bexley PCN. The practice uses the EMIS web clinical system and Docman 10, and are evolving to adopt new advances in technology as part of our journey to modern general practice.

We comprise of GPs, a nurse practitioner, advanced clinical practitioner, practice nurses, clinical pharmacists and HCA, who work closely together with the reception, secretarial, data and management teams to best serve our patients. We are a training practice and focus on development opportunities for all staff members.

Northumberland Heath deliver a wide range of enhanced services and is sited within grounds that accommodate a phlebotomy service, X-ray unit, mental health services and an urgent care centre.

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.
• 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 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.

Person Specification Qualifications

• MRCGP Qualification.
• Full registration with the General Medical Council.

Experience

• Experience of working in a primary care setting.