Salaried GP

We are currently looking to recruit salaried General Practitioners in any one of our Hywel Dda University Health Board managed practices located in Tenby which joined the Hywel Dda University Health Board portfolio of Managed Practices from 1 August 2018, following the resignation of the GMS contract.

This post has now become vacant following the retirement of the current post holder.

This is an opportunity to join a circa 7,200 patient Practice. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team that includes Advanced Nurse/Paramedic Practitioners, Pharmacist and Pharmacy Technician support as well as experienced and well-established nursing and administrative teams. The Health Board is committed to multi-disciplinary team working and will be looking to expand the team further in the coming months. We are looking for a Salaried GP to join our team to provide leadership as well as a clinical commitment and can offer a mix of face-to-face consultations, telephone triage and remote consultations. The Practice uses E-Consult and has signed up to Workflow Optimization.

You will be part of the wider Health Board GP team and have the opportunity to participate in a monthly Journal Club and have peer support through the Deputy Medical Director's team, as well as from your salaried GP peers and from the Primary Care Cluster Locality Lead. There is the opportunity for training and development in any areas of specialist interest.

Main duties of the job

• To provide, as part of a core multi-disciplinary team, a high quality general medical service to the registered patients of the practice (including temporary residents).
• To provide consultation and appropriate clinical management of patients attending the practice, or to those where a home visit is clinically necessary.
• To provide leadership, clinical oversight and direction to the rest of the clinical team.
• To provide telephone and/or virtual consultation and appropriate management of patients who contact the practice, where necessary.
• To undertake telephone triage as and when necessary.
• To keep accurate and legible records of all patient contacts and contribute to electronic data recording and audit as directed by the service.

About us

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales.

We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers.

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate for this Consultant post will be eligible to hold an Honorary Academic title at a partner university on the understanding that they will participate in undergraduate teaching, including acting as an examiner, and support and facilitate research activities in an appropriate university faculty and school. They will take direction in these activities via the appropriate academic lead. The agreement to define the Honorary Academic responsibilities and associated programmed activities in relation to teaching time and research will be negotiated jointly between the post holder, the university and the Health Board.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration with a license to practice and entry on the GP Register.
• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Practice / Certificate Confirming Eligibility for General Practice Registration (CEGPR), or equivalent.
• Included on a Medical Performers List or eligible.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• MRCGP.

Experience

• Vocational GP training.

Skills, Knowledge & Ability

• Proven ability to handle a busy and varied primary care caseload and respond flexibly to workload fluctuations.
• Ability to take independent clinical decisions when necessary and to seek advice from senior doctors as appropriate.
• Commitment to team approach and multi-disciplinary working.
• Effective counselling and communication skills.
• Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance.
• Commitment to participating in and understanding of the management process.
• Ability to develop and sustain relationships with a wide range of individuals and within groups.
• Ability to work across organisations to deliver a common objective.
• Ability to draft letters, reports and protocols in a timely manner.
• Audit, Research, Teaching and Training.
• Research interests relevant to specialty.
• Teaching / Training experience.

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.

BM of General Medical & Provider Services

£71,061 to £97,822 a year per annum (pro rata if part-time).