SALARIED GP

Marfleet Group Practice is looking for a GP to join our friendly, dedicated, and supportive team.

6 Sessions per week - Monday to Wednesday

Main duties of the job

You must enjoy working in General Practice

Enjoy supporting work colleagues and trainees

Must be a team player

Must be flexible and willing to adapt to practice needs

About us

We currently care for around 15,400 patients

We have a diverse team including 7GP's, ANP, Practice Nurses and HCA's

We are a training practice with GP Registrars

You will be entitled to 6 Weeks Annual Leave + 1 Week Study Leave per Year (pro rata)

Attractive salary, dependent on experience

Job responsibilities

The post-holder will manage acaseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting,ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporarypatients.

Clinical Responsibilities

In accordance with the Practicetimetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available toundertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephoneconsultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signingrepeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence ina timely fashion

Making professional, autonomousdecisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referredfrom other healthcare workers within the organisation

Assessing the health care needsof patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems

Screening patients for diseaserisk factors and early signs of illness

In consultation with patientsand in line with current Practice disease management protocols, developing careplans for health

Providing counselling andhealth education

Admitting or dischargingpatients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers asappropriate

Recording clear andcontemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards

Collecting data for auditpurposes

Compiling and issuingcomputer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-writtenprescriptions whenever possible)

Prescribing in accordance withthe Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinicallyappropriate

In general the post-holder willbe expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associatedwith a GP working within primary care.

Other Responsibilities within theOrganisation

Awareness of and compliancewith all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing,confidentiality, data protection, health and safety

A commitment to life-longlearning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice

Contributing toevaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation

Contributing to the developmentof computer-based patient records

Contributing to the summarisingof patient records and Read-Coding patient data

Attending training and eventsorganised by the Practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

Confidentiality

In the course of seekingtreatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitiveinformation in relation to their health and other matters. They do so inconfidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacyand act appropriately

In the performance of theduties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access toconfidential information relating to patients and their carers, Practice staffand other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relatingto the Practice as a business organisation. All such information from anysource is to be regarded as strictly confidential

Information relating topatients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of thePractice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with thePractice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protectionof personal and sensitive data.

Health & Safety:

The post-holder will assist inpromoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security asdefined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

Using personal security systemswithin the workplace according to Practice guidelines

Identifying the risks involvedin work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages thoserisks

Making effective use oftraining to update knowledge and skills

Using appropriate infectioncontrol procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free fromhazards

Equality and Diversity:

The post-holder will support theequality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

Acting in a way that recognizesthe importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that isconsistent 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 iswelcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects theircircumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Personal/ProfessionalDevelopment:

In addition to maintainingcontinued education through attendance at any courses and/or study daysnecessary to ensure that professional development requirements for PREP aremet, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by thePractice as part of this employment, such training to include:

Participation in an annualindividual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaininga record of own personal and/or professional development

Taking responsibility for owndevelopment, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activitiesto others who are undertaking similar work.

Quality:

The post-holder will strive tomaintain quality within the Practice, and will:

Alert other team members toissues of quality and risk

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

Contribute to the effectivenessof the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions onways to improve and enhance the teams performance

Work effectively withindividuals in other agencies to meet patients needs

Effectively manage own time,workload and resources.

Communication:

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

Communicate effectively withother team members

Communicate effectively withpatients and carers

Recognize peoples needs foralternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Contribution to theImplementation of Services:

The post-holder will:

Apply Practice policies,standards and guidance

Discuss with other members ofthe team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work

Participate in audit whereappropriate.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Member of the GMC Register
• 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.