Job summary
The post holder willprovide general medical services, dealing with a wide rangeof health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards ofcare for all registered and temporary patients.
We are looking for a permanent Salaried GP at our Whitstable Health Centre site with a view to partnership. This will for 6 sessions a week working over 4 days. The work pattern will be Monday 2 sessions, Wednesday 1 session, Thursday 1 session and Friday 2 sessions. The successful candidate will need to be available from September 2024.
This GMS role is list bearing and clinically focused with support from paramedic home visiting service, frailtypractitioners, clinical pharmacists team, advanced nurse practitioners, social prescribers, data entry and prescribing team.
Main duties of the job
Tosupport the partners, to manage a busy and interesting clinical caseload. The appointee will also have the opportunity to develop specialist interests, to take part in leading on key disease areas (monitoring trends in treatment,staff training and prescribing) and assist in developing appropriate healthcareservices for a diverse, patient list (in-house clinical services, patient participationand health promotion). This is a GMS Practice.
About us
Whitstable Medical Practice is a forward thinking singlepractice Primary Care Network (PCN) GP Practice based across 3 sites inWhitstable. There are 26 equity partnersand 6 salaried GPs looking after over 43,500 patients. There are also 22 Allied Health Professionalsdirectly employed Clinical Pharmacy Team, Frailty Practitioners, SocialPrescribers, First Contact Physiotherapists, Podiatrist and Mental HealthPractitioners.
We pride ourselves on our innovative approach to PrimaryCare. We are a training practice and runvarious in house contracts including Cataract surgery, Ultrasound, Dermatology,Physical Therapies and Audiology together with further community contracts, aDay Surgery Suite and an Urgent Treatment Centre with digital x-ray.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinicalresponsibilities:
1. In accordance to the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/herself 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 medical reports and examinations ( Insurance Companies) on behalf of the Practice, referral letters (NHS and private), paperwork and correspondence in a timely manner;
2. Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation;
3. Recording clear and contemporaneous computer based consultation notes to agreed standards;
4. Collecting data for audit purposes;
5. Compiling and issuing computer generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible);
6. Prescribing in accordance with locally agreed or national guidelines;
7. 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 responsibilitieswith the Practice:
8. Teaching and training of doctors and nurses;
9. Awareness of compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, eg prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety, CQC and annual QOF assessment of the Practice;
10. A commitment to life long learning and audit to ensure evidence based best practice;
11. Keep a portfolio;
12. Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation;
13. Contributing to the development of computer based patient records;
14. Attending training, Practice Meetings and events organised by the Practice or other agencies where appropriate;
15. Meet all tight timescales/deadlines for audits and written returns to ensure that the Practice meets quality standards and receives the designated funding (eg Enhanced Services returns, annual QOF audit etc).
Confidentiality
16. 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;
17. 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.
Health and Safety
Thepost holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and othershealth, safety and security as defined in the practice Health and SafetyPolicy, to include:
18. Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines;
19. Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks;
20. Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills;
21. Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards;
22. Reporting potential risks identified.
Equality and Diversity
Thepost-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carersand colleagues, to include:
23. Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation;
24. Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues;
Personal/ ProfessionalDevelopment
Inaddition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any coursesand/or study days necessary to ensure that professional developmentrequirements are met, the post holder will participate in any trainingprogramme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such astraining to include:
25. Participationin an annual individual performance review, annual GP appraisal includingtaking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/orprofessional development;
26. Takingresponsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstratingskills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.
Quality
Thepost-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:
27. Alert other team members to issues of Clinical Governance issues, quality and risk; participate in Significant Event Analysis reviews;
28. Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision;
29. Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance;
30. Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs;
31. Effectively manage own time, workload and resources. He/she will also contribute to the overall team working of the Practice putting the needs of the Practice first.
Communication
Thepost-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication withinthe team and will strive to:
32. Communicate effectively with other team members;
33. Communicate effectively with patients and carers;
34. Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
Contribution to theplanning and implementation of services
Thepost-holder will:
35. Apply practice policies, standards and guidance;
36. Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work;
37. Participate in audit where appropriate;
38. Work with the Partners and Management Team to achieve standards of quality, performance standards, budgets and targets without compromising levels of patient healthcare.
39. Contribute towards the development and implementation of new standards, policies and procedures that are/will be required of GP Practices now and in the future (as directed by NHS/NHS England/SHA/CCG, new legislation etc).
Safeguarding
Whitstable Medical Practice is committed to safeguarding and promotingthe welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults; and expects allstaff and post holders to share this commitment by understanding their role ineffective safeguarding.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
40. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
41. Ability to work as part of a team.
42. Ability to work with limited supervision.
43. Willingness to contribute to and participate in a peer support group.
44. Good IT skills and familiarity with primary care clinical systems.
45. Ability to handle a busy and varied patient list.
Desirable
46. Understanding of the pressures faced by GPs and healthcare teams.
47. Ability to offer support within a clinical team and share learning points.
Qualifications
Essential
48. Qualified GP
49. Current GMC Registration
50. Appropriate representation with a recognised Medical Defence Organisation.