The Medical Centre, Driffield, is looking for a salaried GP to work between6-8 sessions per week. Driffield is a market town in the East Riding of Yorkshire surrounded by thepicturesque wolds, with easy links to nearby York and Beverley and isapproximately 10 miles from the beautiful Yorkshire coastline.
The main surgery is located in Driffield town centre with abranch surgery in the village of Wetwang6 miles west of Driffield. It is a semi-rural practice with 12500 patients.
We dispense to approximately 50% of our patients from Driffieldand Wetwang.
Main duties of the job
The practice is a young, enthusiastic team which comprises of 2 partners, 5 salaried GPs, and 4 Advanced Nurse Practitioners. We are a training practice with GP trainees from ST1-ST3.
About us
Each GP has their own allocated personal assistant to help manage efficiency and they will adapt to the successful candidates individual ways of working.
Other features include:
1.A good rating from CQC
2.High QOF achieving (>99%)
3.Above CCG and national average ratings on the GPpatient survey
4. 3 GP registrars have all remained in the practice and we have a very low staffturnover rate
We do participate in extended access which is shared betweenall GPs working out to approximately 3 weekend sessions of 4 hours per year.
Competitive salary on offer, 6 weeks annualleave and 1 week study leave. For an informal discussion or to visit the practice pleasecontact our Co-Practice Managers on 01377 243055 or e-mailyour CV to hnyicb-ery.practicemanager.medicalcentre@nhs.net
Applications close on 10.10.25
Job responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTION
JOBTITLE: SALARIEDGENERAL PRACTITIONER
REPORTSTO: THE PARTNERS(Clinically)
THEPRACTICE MANAGER (Administratively)
HOURS: 6-8 SESSIONSPER WEEK
JobSummary:
The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range ofhealth needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of carefor all registered and temporary patients.
ClinicalResponsibilities:
* Inaccordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder willmake him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties includingsurgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visitingpatients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealingwith queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion
* Makingprofessional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems,whether self-referred or referred from other healthcare workers within theorganisation
* Assessingthe health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosedproblems
* Screeningpatients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
* Inconsultation with patients and in line with current Practice diseasemanagement protocols, developing care plans for health
* Providingcounselling and health education
* Admittingor discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to othercare providers as appropriate
* Recordingclear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
* Collectingdata for audit purposes
* Compilingand issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoidinghand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
* Prescribingin accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically)whenever this is clinically appropriate
* Ingeneral the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normalduties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primarycare.
OtherResponsibilities within the Organisation:
* Awarenessof and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g.prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
* Acommitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based bestpractice
* Contributingto evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation
* Contributingto the development of computer-based patient records
* Contributingto the summarising of patient records and Read-Coding patient data
* Attendingtraining and events organised by the Practice or other agencies, whereappropriate.
Confidentiality:
* In the course of seeking treatment, patientsentrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relationto their health and other matters.They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staffwill respect their privacy and act appropriately
* In the performance of the duties outlined inthis Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidentialinformation relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff andother healthcare workers. They mayalso have access to information relating to the Practice as a businessorganisation. All such information from any source is to be regardedas strictly confidential
* Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, otherhealthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged toauthorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and proceduresrelating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitivedata.
Health & Safety:
The post-holder will assist inpromoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security asdefined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:
* Using personal security systems within theworkplace according to Practice guidelines
* Identifying the risks involved in workactivities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages thoserisks
* Making effective use of training to updateknowledge and skills
* Using appropriate infection controlprocedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free fromhazards
Equality and Diversity:
The post-holder will support the equality, diversityand rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
* Actingin a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpretingthem in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies,and current legislation
* Respectingthe privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
* Behavingin a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmentaland respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional Development:
In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance atany courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional developmentrequirements for PREP are met, the post-holder will participate in any trainingprogramme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such trainingto include:
* Participationin an annual individual performance review, including takingresponsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professionaldevelopment
* Takingresponsibility for own development, learning and performance anddemonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similarwork.
Quality:
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, andwill:
* Alertother team members to issues of quality and risk
* Assessown performance and take accountability for own actions, either directlyor under supervision
* Contributeto the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activitiesand making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teamsperformance
* Workeffectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
* Effectivelymanage own time, workload and resources.
Communication:
The post-holder shouldrecognise the importance of effective communication within the team and willstrive to:
* Communicateeffectively with other team members
* Communicateeffectively with patients and carers
* Recognisepeoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respondaccordingly.
Contribution to the Implementation of Services:
The post-holder will:
* ApplyPractice policies, standards and guidance
* Discusswith other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelineswill affect own work
* Participatein audit where appropriate.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* GMC Registered
Experience
* Experience of working as a GP
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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