Severnside Medical Practice is pleased to offer a unique opportunity for a Salaried GP to combine clinical practice with a funded Health Equalities Fellowship in a vibrant inner-city training practice.
This role is ideal for a GP with an interest in health inequalities, deprivation, and improving outcomes for patients with complex needs. The post offers protected time each week to lead a fellowship project alongside regular clinical sessions within a supportive, multidisciplinary team.
There is potential for a permanent role following completion of the fellowship year.
Main duties of the job
The post will consist of a minimum of four sessions per week for 12 months:
* 1 protected Fellowship session per week to undertake a project (ideally focused on frailty and/or multi-morbidity)
* 3 or 4 normal GP clinical sessions to include on call duties on a rota.
The successful candidate will have flexibility to shape a project relevant to both their interests and the needs of our patient population.
What we offer
* CPD bursary of up to £1,500 (subject to approval)
* Protected time for fellowship development
* Flexible working arrangements
* Potential opportunity for a permanent role after the fellowship
About us
Severnside Medical Practice is a friendly, forward-thinking training practice located in a modern, purpose-built building on the Gloucester Quayside.
We serve a diverse inner-city population with significant health need and are passionate about addressing health inequalities and delivering high-quality patient care.
You will be working alongside a skilled and supportive multidisciplinary team including:
* GPs
* Paramedics
* Nursing team
We offer flexible working arrangements, minimal home visits, and an excellent working environment within walking distance of shops, transport links, nurseries and schools.
Job responsibilities
* The post-holder willpractice in accordance with accepted good medical practice and the variousclinical policies of the Service, to include:
* Onenon-clinical session per week for Health Equalities based project work /Personal CPD relating to the Health Equalities project.
* Thepost-holder will make themself available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
* Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self‑referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation or external organisations.
* Assessing the health needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
* Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
* Contributing to QOF requirements and recording data appropriately.
* In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health related illnesses.
* Screening patients for health education.
* Admitting and discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate.
* Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
* Collecting data for audit purposes and contributing to the Practice audit programme as required.
* Compiling and issuing computer‑generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand‑written prescriptions whenever possible).
* Prescribing in accordance with the accepted prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
* Take a lead role in some aspects of the clinical work within the team, for example: co‑ordinating aspects of governance, QOF, enhanced services, CPD and keeping clinical protocols up to date.
* In general the post holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care, as set by Royal College of General Practitioners, General Medical Council, all other Royal colleges and councils applicable to the staff within the practice, Department of Health, NHS England, OCCG and all other regulatory and standard setting organisations.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered GP with license to practise.
* GMC Registered.
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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