Salaried GP (with a view to Partnership)

Salaried GP (with a view to Partnership)

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated person to join Ravenswood Medical Practice. We are a large PMS Ipswich practice only 2 minutes from the A14 with easy access to London, Cambridge and Norwich, in very close proximity to Woodbridge/Framlingham area of Suffolk.

• GP Training Practice
• Friendly supportive staff
• High QOF achievement
• Expanding Practice with 15,000 patients
• Innovative, forward thinking practice, enthusiastic about collaborative working across Ipswich
• CQC Inspection Result Good
• Competitive salary of £100,000 pa based on 8 sessions per week.
• Employee Assistance Programme

Our current clinical team comprises of 5 GP Partners, 4 Salaried GPs, 5 Visiting Clinicians/Paramedics (who deal with the bulk of visit requests) and a large nursing team. We look forward to the successful applicant adding to our extensive pool of skills and to having ample opportunity for personal development. We are happy to consider applications from newly qualified.

Main duties of the job

To support the GP partners, to manage the clinical caseload. The GP 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.

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

In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

About us

Ravenswood Medical Practice is a large Medical Practice team consisting of 9 GPs, 5 paramedics, a nursing team of 10, admin team, and reception teams serving a population of approximately 15,300 patients.

We are a friendly and forward-thinking PMS practice with patient care at the heart of what we do.

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.
• 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.

Person Specification Experience

• Experienced or newly qualified GP.

Qualifications

• Experienced or newly qualified GP.

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.