We are looking for a motivated and experiencedGPto join our team. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, as wellas the opportunity to work in a supportive and collaborative environment, witha diverse committed workforce from different ethnic backgrounds ensuring thequality of our services to our patients are to a high standard.
You will be part of a team of nine salariedGPs, who along with twelve GP Partners, are responsible for providing the fullrange of NHS General/Primary Medical services to our patients across all our foursites. This will include providing consultations, diagnosis, treatment, referralas appropriate, and prescribing medication. You would be based at Farnham Road Practice but, be expected totravel to our other sites within Slough, to be involved in the wider running of the practice, such asparticipating in clinical meetings and contributing to the development of newservices. The full job description and Person Specification for the role areattached.
Main duties of the job
* Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.
* To promote and maintain optimum health of the registered patient population of FRMG by identifying, planning, and undertaking specific health promotional activities with identified individuals and target groups to improve their health and facilitate further service development.
* 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 triage, video & electronic message consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, on-call/duty work, extended hours sessions.
* checking and signing prescriptions
* dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence as required in a timely fashion including but not limited to:
* Electronic Prescription Services (EPS)
* Checking and signing of repeat prescriptions (where EPS does not apply)
* Safeguarding reports
* Dealing with EMIS queries/tasks
* Patient medical reports and examinations (e.g., for insurance companies)
* Prescribing in accordance with the practice or local prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
About us
Farnham RoadMedical Group (FRMG) started as one Practice with two sites and has grown overthe years into an outstanding group of training GP practices that are approvedby Health Education England. With four clinical sites based in Slough, we nowhave a team of over 100 people looking after 38,000 patients. The practice iscommitted to innovation in providing high-quality health care for our patientsand a protected working and learning environment for our staff. Our team includespharmacists, nurses, physician associates, paramedics, MSK practitioners,Mental Health Practitioners, managers, social prescribers, and carecoordinators as well as GPs and a large Patient Services team. This resoluteteam provides an evolving healthcare and medical service to meet the varyingneeds of our patients and, in turn, provides what we believe is a sustainablemodel of modern General Practice. We have expanded our expertise and havetransformed how we provide medical services to try to ensure we meet thedemands of Sloughs diverse population.
Our vision is simple: Putting Patients First and providing services thattailor to their needs, which we strive to achieve through brilliant leadership,mentoring, teamwork, communication, problem sharing and solving, support,integrity, fun, training, education, and continued development.
Job responsibilities
To provide the full range of NHS General/Primary Medical Services to the patients registered to the Farnham Road Medical Group (FRMG), temporary residents and patients presenting for immediately necessary treatment including clinical examination, diagnosis, treatment and referral as appropriate.
* 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 triage, video & electronic message consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, on-call/duty work, extended hours sessions.
* checking and signing prescriptions.
* dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence as required in a timely fashion including but not limited to:
* Electronic Prescription Services (EPS).
* Checking and signing of repeat prescriptions (where EPS does not apply).
* Safeguarding reports.
* Dealing with EMIS queries/tasks.
* Patient medical reports and examinations (e.g. for insurance companies).
* 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.
* To promote and maintain optimum health of the registered patient population of FRMG by identifying, planning and undertaking specific health promotional activities with identified individuals and target groups in order to improve their health and facilitate further service development.
* 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 including following the practice policies for coding and recording information.
* Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.
* Prescribing in accordance with the practice or local prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered and licenced to practice with the GMC.
* Cited on Medical Performers List
Experience
* Excellent clinical knowledge and an understanding of GP clinical IT systems is desirable.
* A minimum of 2 years experience as a practising GP.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, ability to work independently and as part of a team and perform effectively under pressure.
* To be highly motivated with excellent consultation skills.
* Excellent timekeeping with a commitment to providing high-quality 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.
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