Sherwood House Medical Practice are looking for 2 newly qualified GP's to join our team doing 6 sessions a week. The newly qualified GP's must not have qualified more than two years ago and must not have worked in a salaried position.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for 2 conscientious, open and approachable GPs to work 6 sessions per week. A successful applicant's working day will include 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. Provide high quality patient care with excellent communication with patients and carers, and effectively manage own time, workload, and resources.
About us
Our current team consists of four Practice Partners, four salaried GP's, a team of junior doctors doing rotations, a Practice Nurse, Nurse Associate, two Phlebotomists, and a lovely Admin Team.
Job responsibilities
Job Title: Salaried GP (NQGP)
Reports to: The Partners (Clinically)
Hours: 6 Sessions per week: One on call day covering 8am-6:30pm
Job summary:
We are looking for 2 conscientious, open and approachable GPs to work 6 sessions per week. A successful applicant's working day will include 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. Provide high quality patient care with excellent communication with patients and carers, and effectively manage own time, workload, and resources.
Duties and responsibilities:
1. Provide medical services to any patients of the practice and to temporary residents in accordance with the Partnership GMS Contract.
2. Provide a Salaried GP service working in collaboration with the Clinical Team to provide safe and effective clinical care to our patients.
3. Support same day and planned appointments, both telephone consultation and face-to-face.
4. Assess, diagnose, treat, refer or signpost patients who attend consultations.
5. Provide good patient education enabling them to make informed choices about their care.
6. Provide support to GP colleagues, nurses, and other practice staff.
7. Ensure compliance with Practice Protocols and policies with regards to achieving QOF targets.
8. Prepare medical reports for insurance companies.
9. Contribute to the development of and adhere to protocols/systems for the management of common medical conditions.
10. Participate in clinical governance activity and contribute to the improvement in quality of health outcomes through the audit programme.
11. Participate in the training and development of nurses, medical students, and GP Registrars in the Practice.
12. Support the staff and respond to requests for advice and assistance from the Partnership Reception, Secretarial, and Nursing staff.
13. Maintain the Partnership's high clinical standards by using clinical governance audits and other information to review patients' results, prescribing, disease management, etc.
14. Undertake daily tasks such as results, letters, reports, repeat prescribing, etc.
15. Prescribe safe and effective medicines management which conforms to NICE guidance and DH directives, Good Prescribing Practice as defined by British National Formulary (BNF) guidance from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain on safe and secure handling of medicine.
16. Operate safe management for all patients receiving repeat prescriptions.
17. Support any complaints policy and procedure to ensure proper investigation and appropriate follow-up action in the event of a complaint being made about any aspect of the service provided by the Practice.
18. Have one on call day a week and cover in periods of staff leave/absences.
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 organization. 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 authorized 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 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; regulatory/contractual/professional requirements; and good practice guidelines.
* Responsible for the correct and safe management of the specimens process, including collection, labeling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage, and transport arrangements.
* Responsible for hand hygiene across the practice.
* Safe management of sharps procedures including training, use, storage, and disposal.
* Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean, and sterile way, safe and 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 recognized.
* Waste management including collection, handling, segregation, container management, storage, and collection.
* 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 recognizes 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 that is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental, and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities, and rights.
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Newly Qualified GP - who has qualified in the last 2 years and not had a Salaried Position previously.
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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