GP Salaried - Christchurch Medical Practice
Job summary
Are you looking for an opportunity to join a forward-thinking well-established practice, then come and join the team here at Christchurch Medical Practice. We are offering an exciting opportunity for 4 sessions per week- Salaried GP, days to be agreed.
We have embraced applying the BMA model of safe working, to support and enable our practice to prioritise the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care, within the regulatory and professional expectations of the Primary Medical Services (GMS/PMS) Contract.
Start date: Flexible. We invite you to visit and meet us.
Main duties of the job
Services to be provided by you:
Face to face appointments, telephone triage of patients, covering duty days, home visits when required, telephone appointments, complete all necessary documentation relating to patient care, including referral letters, medical reports, and certification of sickness.
About us
Christchurch Medical Practice is a forward-thinking and training practice supporting 16,500 patients.
We are based in the heart of Dorset, enjoying the best of both worlds with the beautiful heritage coastline as well as the New Forest National Park, a place of ancient woodland, free-roaming animals, and charming towns and villages.
We pride ourselves on delivering the very best care to our patients and commit to mentoring and developing our team to enhance our service.
We work collaboratively with other local practices as a member of Christchurch PCN.
Job responsibilities
You will be required at the surgery premises to provide general medical services by way of, for example, surgeries, clinics and relevant administrative work and other such duties as are required of the partners under the NHS Regulations and which are reasonably delegated to you by the partners.
You will be required to travel within the practice area to provide home visits, emergency treatment etc. to patients and to undertake such other duties outside the surgery as are required by the partners under the Regulations and what are reasonably delegated to you.
As part of CMP’s Hybrid working model, the expectation is that you work 4 sessions on site. However, the arrangement of your sessions may be varied from time to time and where required due to business needs you may be asked to work from home, subject to your agreement which should not be unreasonably withheld. Any changes will be confirmed in writing.
You may be requested occasionally to work extra sessions to cover the absence of partners or salaried GPs, arising from holidays, sickness or other causes.
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:
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 correcting 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.
Correct waste and instrument management, including handling, segregation, and container use.
Maintenance of sterile environments.
To support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies.
Equality and diversity:
Acting in a way that recognises 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.
Quality:
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:
Communicate effectively with other team members including those team members that work within the locality i.e. Christchurch Primary Care Network.
Communicate effectively with patients and carers.
Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
Person Specification
Qualifications
GMC Registration
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
How to apply
Apply in writing to Marie Geary ( Practice Manager)
Christchurch Medical Practice, 1 Purewell Cross Roads, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 3AF
Christchurch Medical Practice, 1 Purewell Cross Roads, BH23 3AF
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