We are a unique dispensing practice in a picturesque Cotswold town with excellent railway connections to both Oxford and London. Attractive Cotswold Stone single site premises with good on-site parking. Easy access to Charlbury Station, which is only a 15 minute journey from Oxford Station. We use EMIS Web, AccuRx and Docman 10 and are a dispensing practice. We are a forward thinking practice with a strong cohesive, happy team.
We are seeking a Salaried GP for 2-3 sessions per week to include a Thursday.
* 25 x 15 minute appointments and 2.5 hours admin per day.
* Contract includes Indemnity Insurance.
* Minimal home visits due to the support of Early Visiting Service.
* No Nursing Home.
* This post is offered as a permanent position with 6 weeks annual leave and 1 week study leave pro rata.
* Salary dependent on experience.
* Monthly afternoon practice meetings.
* Well supported by our existing team of clinicans and administrative staff.
* We are a Research Active Practice.
Our team currently consists of GP partner, Paramedic/Managing partner, Salaried GPs, Practice Nurses, Nurse Associate, Health Care Assistants and we also have a physiotherapist, pharmacist and mental health practitioner working at our practice.
Main duties of the job
We are looking to appoint a part-time salaried GP to join our team for 2-3 sessions per week to include all day on a Thursday.
About us
The Charlbury Medical Centre provides GP services to 5,489 patients in a rural area of the Cotswolds, in the small picturesque market town of Charlbury. The practice serves an area with an overall low level of deprivation, although there are pockets of rural poverty, with related issues of geographical isolation, including ease of access to medical care.
The practice has two partners and 4 salaried GPs There are 2 practice nurses, a nurse associate and 2 healthcare assistants. We are a very friendly, strong, cohesive, happy team The surgery building was built in the late 1990s. There is an onsite dispensary which can provide pharmaceutical services to patients who live more than one mile (1.6km) from their nearest pharmacy premises. Two dispensers currently provide the services to approximately one third of the practices patients. The practice is fully open from 8am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday. The out of hours service is provided by Oxford Health and is accessed by calling NHS 111.
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporarypatients. Responsibilities will reflect requirements of the NHS GP Contracts, and as such may be subject to change as services adapt.
Clinical responsibilities:
In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery face to face, telephone and online 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
Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health
Providing counselling and health education
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
Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically)whenever this is clinically appropriate
In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and
responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
Completion of medical reports (including NHS and private services as required)
Other responsibilities within the organisation:
Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g.
prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice
Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation
Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records
Contributing to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data
Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where
appropriate.
Confidentiality:
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
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
Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the
business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance
with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the
protection of personal and sensitive data.
Health & safety:
The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management
their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice
health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection
control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):
Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice
guidelines
Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory /
contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines
Providing advice on the correct and safe management of the specimens process
including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage
and transport arrangements
Correct personal use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and ensuring correct
use of PPE by others, advising on appropriate circumstances for use by clinicians,
staff and patients.
Management of the full range of infection control procedures in both routine and
extraordinary circumstances (e.g. pandemic or individual infectious circumstances)
Hand hygiene standards for self and others
Managing directly all incidents of accidental exposure
Management and advice relating to infection control and clinically based patient
care protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practice
Active observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to
infection control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures are
followed and weaknesses / training needs are identified, escalating issues as
appropriate to the responsible person
Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a
way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process
Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and
manage the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient
processes
Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring
that proper use is made of hand cleansing facilities, wipes etc, and that these are
sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of facilities to be
escalated as appropriate to the responsible manager
Safe management of sharps use, storage and disposal
Maintenance of own clean working environment
Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy,
clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective
action where needed or escalation to responsible management
Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and
infection hazards immediately when recognised
Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, sterile,
identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the
business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of
cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with responsible
managers
Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum twice annually) Correct waste and instrument management including handling, segregation, and
Maintenance of sterile environments
Equality and diversity:
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and
colleagues, to include:
Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them
in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental
and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or
study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements for PREP are
met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the
practice as part of this employment, such training to include:
Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking
responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional
development
Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and
demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.
Quality:
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:
Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or
under supervision
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
Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
Communication:
The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the
team and will strive to:
Communicate effectively with other team members
Communicate effectively with patients and carers
Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond
accordingly.
Contribution to the implementation of services:
The post-holder will:
Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines
will affect own work
Participate in audit where appropriate
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Full GMC Registration
* Fully Qualified GP with CCT, MRCGP
* National Performers List
* UK Driving Licence
* Eligibility to practice in UK independently
* EMIS WEB
* Docman
* Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
* Coils/Implants
* Educational GP Trainer
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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