Responsible to: Head of General Practice
Location: SGPA Family Practices
Contract: 12 months Fixed-Term
Hours: 6 Clinical Sessions + CPD
Job purpose
Sunderland GP Alliance is seeking an experienced General Practitioner to join our team. This role offers a unique opportunity for a dedicated professional with over 2 years of experience in general practice.
This post will carry considerable responsibility to ensure the highest standards of care are provided for all registered and temporary patients. The post-holder will be involved with the planning and decision‑making as part of the wider practice team.
The employer is Sunderland GP Alliance and the post-holder is expected to comply with all clinical and information governance policies and procedures, and any other policies and procedures necessary for the safe and effective discharge of the duties contained within this document.
About us
For a second year in a row, Sunderland GP Alliance has been listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work and Better Health At Work - Gold Award, offering 33 days annual leave plus many other benefits
Sunderland GP Alliance is owned by the GP Practices of Sunderland and helps GPs work collaboratively for the benefit of patients and staff. We are a not-for-profit organisation, ensuring any surplus is reinvested back into better services for patients.
Sunderland GP Alliance runs three medical practices at New Silksworth Medical Practice, South Hylton Surgery and Monument Surgeries.
Clinical responsibilities
In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a General Practitioner working within primary care including:
Making professionally autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self‑referred or referred internally within the Practice.
Receiving patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and making assessment of their health care needs.
Consulting with patients in the surgery, at home visits and via telephone as required.
Undertaking triage calls, triage visits, checking and signing of repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion as required.
Proactively screening patients for risk factors and early signs of illness.
In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health.
Providing health education as necessary.
Complying with all relevant clinical governance and Practice policies and protocols.
Assisting in the establishment of appropriate systems to manage Long Term Conditions.
Completing clinically related administrative duties needed for the delivery of the service.
Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
Demonstrating commitment to lifelong learning, and audit and continuous development to ensure evidence‑based best practice.
Compiling and issuing computer‑generated acute and repeat prescriptions, prescribing in accordance with the Practice/Sunderland CCG prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate.
Networking with other agencies (both statutory and voluntary) and developing appropriate links to further the work of the Practice and Sunderland GP Alliance.
Meeting professional learning and CPD requirements.
Developing effective relationships with colleagues and the team.
Practice responsibilities
Contributing to the evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting with colleagues.
Recording data in patient records systems promptly and accurately and to agreed standards.
Ensuring appropriate use of read codes.
Participating in the auditing of practice activity as required.
Responsible for health and safety of themselves and others and actively co‑operates with Health and Safety Policies and procedures.
Processing and actions for incoming patient and hospital correspondence.
Attending in‑house meetings, significant event audit meetings and other meetings as deemed necessary.
Ensuring that the practice complaints system is adhered to at all times.
Awareness and compliance with all relevant guidelines e.g. data protection, confidentiality and health and safety.
Maintaining current CPR and anaphylaxis certification and child/adult safeguarding training in line with local policies.
Training & Development
Fully participates in training and development.
Engages in a programme of ongoing support and feedback to maximise the benefit of the training and development plan.
Promotes, and participates in, the development and operation of a peer support network with fellow GPs.
Confidentiality
In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.
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.
Health & Safety
The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy to include:
Identifying the risk involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.
Using appropriate infection control procedures particularly those relating to needlestick injuries, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.
Ensuring that all accidents or dangerous accidents are reported and investigated, and follow up action taken where necessary.
Maintaining training in line with local policies.
Equality and Diversity
The post-holder will support the quality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues to include:
Acting in an away that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in an away that is consistent with current legislation.
Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non‑judgemental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights.
Quality
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will:
Alert the Executive GP or other team members to issues of quality and risk.
Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.
Contributing to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhanced the team's performance.
Working effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs.
Effectively managing own time, workload and resources.
Communication
The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:
Communicate effectively with other team members.
Communicate effectively with patients and carers.
Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
The employer is Sunderland GP Alliance and the post-holder is expected to comply with the Alliance’s employment policies and procedures.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
* Evidence of annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate)
* General practice (Vocational Training Scheme) trained
* On/eligible to be on a medical performers list
* Enhanced DBS check
* UK driving licence
* Current CPR certificate
* UK work permit (if required)
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Other Post Graduate Diplomas
* Experience/interest in research
* Experience/interest in teaching/training
Experience
* Successfully Completed General Practice Specialist Training
* Appropriate range of previous experience in hospital posts
* Clinical and Information Governance
* Self‑audit and reflection
* Organised and efficient in record keeping and completion of paperwork
* Time management being able to prioritise work and work under pressure
* Experience of working in EMIS-Web
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.
£104,437.95 a year pro rata for part time
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