Do you want a regular income with greater flexibility in hours?
Are you looking for an opportunity to expand and utilise any additional specialist skills?
Do you want to help develop new ideas of team working and efficiency?
We may be just what you're looking for!
We are looking to expand our friendly and supportive clinical team at our long established training practice for Frimley VTS scheme within KSS deanery.
We have a diverse practice team including the additional roles of social prescribing link workers, clinical pharmacist, care co-ordinator and paramedics. We are active members of our Primary Care Network.
We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and once we receive enough applications the advert will be closed.
* Full-time or Part-time (from 4-6 sessions with flexible start and finish times within our opening hours of 8am-8pm)
* You will be required to work Friday. In addition, you will have the option to work Wednesday and/or Thursday.
* Great work-life balance with low to none home visits
* Duty list capped Practice follows BMA safe working Policy
* 1 GP session = 14 patient contacts
* Competitive Salary with MDU / MPS reimbursed
Main duties of the job
* In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves 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.
* Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
* Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
* Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols.
* 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.
About us
* 1 long term locum doctor
* Dynamic nursing team
* 1 Advanced Care Practitioner
* Home visiting team led by community paramedic
* High QOF achievement
* Purpose built premises near Town Centre
* On-site Physio, Pilates and Podiatry with staff discounts
* Pain & MSK CCG service provider
* Full use of electronic services like Accurx, triage first, EMIS Ardens templates and e-consultation service
Job responsibilities
Clinical responsibilities:
* In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves 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.
* Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
* Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
* Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols.
* 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.
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 of 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 processes.
* 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 (minimum twice annually).
* Correct waste and instrument management, including handling, segregation, and container use.
* Maintenance of sterile environments.
* Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
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 recognises the importance of people's 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, with 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 team's 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 people's 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
Experience
* Willingness to undertake continuing professional development.
* Able to work in a highly confidential environment.
* Able to work as part of a team.
* Able to stay calm in a crisis.
* Able to adapt new ways of delivering primary healthcare.
* Ability to recognize the importance of people's rights and respect their privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs.
* Open and reflective.
* Willingness to work on a rota, visit patients and flexible to working hours to meet the needs of the practice clinical commitment.
Qualifications
* Medical Degree.
* GMC Fully Registered.
* Medical Indemnity.
* Currently on Performers list.
* Evidence of professional development.
* Working knowledge of MS Office Applications.
* Knowledge in practice evidence-based approach to medicine including patient evaluation and triage procedures.
* Have an understanding of CCG or other stakeholders working directives.
* Good understanding of GP practice and Quality Outcome Framework process.
* Knowledge of clinical operations and procedures.
* Understanding of clinical governance and quality issues.
* Good clinical skills.
* MRCGP.
* Problem solving and a solution-focused approach.
* Sensitive to patient issues.
* Working knowledge of Emis.
* Knowledge of current issues facing NHS.
* Innovative and keen to explore new ways of delivering care.
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.
Depending on experience MDU / MPS reimbursed.
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