Steppingstones Medical Practice are looking for a highly motivated applicant to join our friendly team.
We are looking for a someone to who is willing to work along side us and continue to provide excellent care for our patients.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a highly motivated Salaried GP. The Practice prides itself on providing a supportive and safe environment for all staff. Therefore, the ability and willingness to supervise other's is essential, time will be allocated for this.
About us
Steppingstones Medical Practice is an established family medical practice in the heart of Dudley. We provide care to approximately 8500 patients.
The Practice consists of an experienced and approachable team, including five GPs, Two Practice Nurses, one Health Care Assistant and a large admin team.
We are a training practice that normally support two to three Registrars at a time.
Job responsibilities
Steppingstones Medical Practice
Job Description
Job Title: Salaried GP
Accountable To: The Partnership
Sessions of Work: 4 sessions per week, Monday and Thursday.
JOB SUMMARY
The post-holder will support the practice to manage a busyand interesting clinical caseload. They will work as one of a team of practiceGPs, nurses and delivering general practice services to patients atSteppingstones Medical Practice.
Thepost-holder will undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultationsand emergencies, telephone consultations and queries, on-call, visitingpatients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing withclinical queries, patient test results, patient medical reports andexaminations (e.g. Insurance Companies) on behalf of the Practice, referralletters NHS/private, paperwork and correspondence in a timely manner
Making professionaldecisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referredfrom other health care workers within the organisation
Supervising and supporting trainee doctors.
Comply with the requirements of the practices General Medical Services (GMS)contract, Enhanced Services contracts and educational/training deliverycontracts.
Clinical Responsibilities
Provide high quality medical services to patients registered with the practice
Refer patients as appropriate and in accordance with local protocols andprocedures
Recording clear and contemporaneous I.T. based consultation notes to agreedstandards
Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated andundiagnosed problems
Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
Manage long-term conditions in accordance with practice, local and nationalclinical guidelines
Undertake duties such as prescription signing, prescribing reviews, telephoneadvice and queries
Extended hours if required in accordance with the rota
Participate in the Duty Doctor rota which involves dealing with urgentappointments, home visits, telephone calls and urgent results
Undertake clinics, postnatal checks, child developmental checks as agreed orrequired
Prescribe generically and in accordance with the practice formulary/ICBformulary
Provide appropriate health promotion advice to all patients
Undertake a share of workflow management of incoming correspondence
Provide medical reports and letters that require clinical input
Ensure good clinical governance is part of patient care and other practiceactivities
Adhere to practice guidelines, policies, and procedures
Practice evidence-based medicine
Takeongoing responsibility for patients with difficult and complex problemsincluding consistent follow up
Thepost-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties andresponsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
Non-clinical Responsibilities
Maintain clinical records (manual/electronic) in line with good practice and inaccordance with practice procedures including appropriate coding as agreed inthe practice
Maintain administrative records in relation to GMS contract, enhanced servicescontracts, and Long Term Conditions Framework and becoming LTC lead, includingcoding
Workas part of a team to ensure targets are met
Workin line with agreed practice procedures and protocols
Beavailable for informal contact with team members, especially other practice GPcolleagues
Attendand participate on a regular basis on in-house clinical, and educationalmeetings
Contribute to the practices clinical governance and quality activitiesincluding clinical audit
Maintain regular and consistent and professional attendance, punctuality,personal appearance and adherence to relevant Health and Safety guidelines
Training and Education
Prepare for and complete the annual external appraisal system, maintaining alicense to practice
Prepare for and complete the revalidation process
Undertake training that meets personal, statutory and mandatory and practicelearning needs including recording of learning, reflection, complaints etc.
Participate in and contribute to learning activities such as significant eventreviews, clinical audit, protected learning time, video analysis ofconsultations
Contribute to delivering teaching for doctors in training in the practice.
Supporting and developing our other clinical and non-clinical colleagues
Confidentiality:
Inthe course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us togather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters.They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respecttheir privacy and act appropriately
Inthe performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holdermay have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers,practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access toinformation relating to the practice as a business organisation. All suchinformation from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workersor the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons inaccordance with the practice policies and procedures relating toconfidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data
Health & Safety:
The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintainingtheir own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practiceHealth & Safety Policy, the practice Health & Safety Manual, and thepractice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include(but will not be limited to):
Ensuring job holders across the practice adhere to their individualresponsibilities for infection control and health and safety, using a system ofobservation, audit and check, hazard identification, questioning, reporting andrisk management
Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of health and safety and infection controlstatutory and best practice guidelines and ensure implementation across thebusiness
Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practiceguidelines
Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking suchactivities in a way that manages those risks across the business
Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiateand manage the training of others
Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in atidy and safe way and free from hazards, and initiation of remedial /corrective action where needed
Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazardsand infection hazards immediately when recognised
Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas clean, identifying issuesand hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, andassuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanlinessacross the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other seniormanagers
Undertaking periodic infection control training
Equality anddiversity
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity andrights of patients, carers, and colleagues, to include:
Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpretingthem in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, andcurrent legislation
Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers, andcolleagues
Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, isnon-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights
Quality
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within thepractice, and will:
Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directlyor under supervision
Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and teamactivities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teamsperformance
Workeffectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
Effectively manage own time, workload, and resources
Communication
The post-holder should recognise the importance of effectivecommunication 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 respondaccordingly Contribution to the implementation of services: The post-holderwill:
Apply practice policies, standards, and guidance
Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards andguidelines will affect own work.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered with GMC
* On GP performers list
* MB ChB MRCGP or equivalent
* Up to date full GP appraisal and evidence of ongoing CPD.
* Awareness of local and National guidelines regarding clinical management and prescribing. Able to take History and examination to ensure safe and appropriate diagnostic and management decisions, accompanied by understanding of own limitations.
* EMIS web trained
* Docman Trained
* Experience of managing complex cases.
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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