Job summary We are looking for a salaried GP to join our team who is ambitious, has innovative ideas and a flare to help shape future of patient care. We can offer you: - 4 - 6 sessions with negotiable working days - a family friendly, flexible working environment - CQC rating of outstanding - Strong organised management team - Daily lunchtime clinical team meetings - Ongoing support development - Dedicated staff wellbeing mental health lead - Regular social team building activities - Modern General Practice Model of working with a highly successful online triage system - Well respected training Practice for ST's, FY2's, student nurses, TNA's medical students - Indemnity fees paid - Competitive salary terms and conditions Main duties of the job -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 temporary patients. About us Based in the centre of Bacup within the Rossendale Valley and only 45 minutes from Central Manchester, Irwell Medical Practice is surrounded by beautiful unspoilt countryside, excellent Ofsted rated schools and boasts superb modern LIFT building facilities. With a list size of over 15,000 patients we are a large, high achieving Training Practice dedicated to providing high quality patient care. We have an excellent team of 6 Partners, 7 Salaried GPs, ACP's, Practice Nurses, Nurse Associates, HCA's, Physio's, Mental Health Practitioner PCN ARRS Roles. A superb Admin Reception team highly trained in care navigation, online consultations and workflow optimisation. A strong, organised and highly successful management team. We are a large but close knit team, with a caring, family atmosphere. Date posted 28 March 2025 Pay scheme Other Salary Depending on experience Dependent on experience Contract Permanent Working pattern Part-time Reference number A2660-25-0002 Job locations Irwell Mill Rochdale Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9NR Job description Job responsibilities SUMMARY OF MAIN 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 temporary patients - Due to the fast pace of change within Primary Care and the NHS as a whole the list below is not exhaustive and the post-holder should expect their job roles and tasks to change in line with the needs of the practice. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES/POSITION IN STRUCTURE - Will report to the Partners (clinically) and to the Strategic Manager (administrative matters). SPECIFIC DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES 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 consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork, reports and correspondence in a timely manner. - Temporary additional sessions for covering colleagues absences and for other eventualities may be, from time to time requested in exceptional operational circumstances by mutual agreement. - 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. - Collecting data for audit purposes and complying with QoF requirements. - Delivering enhanced services. - 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 the Primary Care setting. - Your appointment and remuneration is fully inclusive for all activities undertaken within the Practice and related to the Practice and its patients. Any income generated in relation to this role will be deemed to be Practice income. 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. - Provide clinical supervision to doctors in training (protected time will be allocated) and feeding back to the relevant trainer within the practice. - Support Nurse Practitioners working within the practice who deal with acute illness presentation. 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 and Safety :- The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include: - Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines. - Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks. - Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills. - Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards. - Reporting potential risks identified. 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. Personal/Professional Development :- In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements 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. - Will attend and contribute to the practice in house training, business and educational meetings, held on Friday lunchtimes (as appropriate). - The candidate will be encouraged to develop any particular clinical skills they may bring to the practice, if appropriate to the practice needs. 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 recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to: - Communicate effectively with other team members. - Communicate effectively with patients and carers. - Recognise 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. Job description Job responsibilities SUMMARY OF MAIN 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 temporary patients - Due to the fast pace of change within Primary Care and the NHS as a whole the list below is not exhaustive and the post-holder should expect their job roles and tasks to change in line with the needs of the practice. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES/POSITION IN STRUCTURE - Will report to the Partners (clinically) and to the Strategic Manager (administrative matters). SPECIFIC DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES 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 consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork, reports and correspondence in a timely manner. - Temporary additional sessions for covering colleagues absences and for other eventualities may be, from time to time requested in exceptional operational circumstances by mutual agreement. - 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. - Collecting data for audit purposes and complying with QoF requirements. - Delivering enhanced services. - 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 the Primary Care setting. - Your appointment and remuneration is fully inclusive for all activities undertaken within the Practice and related to the Practice and its patients. Any income generated in relation to this role will be deemed to be Practice income. 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. - Provide clinical supervision to doctors in training (protected time will be allocated) and feeding back to the relevant trainer within the practice. - Support Nurse Practitioners working within the practice who deal with acute illness presentation. 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 and Safety :- The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include: - Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines. - Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks. - Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills. - Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards. - Reporting potential risks identified. 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. Personal/Professional Development :- In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements 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. - Will attend and contribute to the practice in house training, business and educational meetings, held on Friday lunchtimes (as appropriate). - The candidate will be encouraged to develop any particular clinical skills they may bring to the practice, if appropriate to the practice needs. 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 recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to: - Communicate effectively with other team members. - Communicate effectively with patients and carers. - Recognise 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 Experience Essential - Recent experience of working in General Practice Desirable - Evidence of independent working in General Practice - Experience of working to achieve standards within the Quality Outcomes Framework Qualifications Essential - Qualified GP with full GMC registration licence to Practice, on the performers list Newly Qualified General Practitioner. - Not subject to suspension under section 41A of the Medical Act 1983 - DBS clearance Desirable - Evidence of CPD activities Person Specification Experience Essential - Recent experience of working in General Practice Desirable - Evidence of independent working in General Practice - Experience of working to achieve standards within the Quality Outcomes Framework Qualifications Essential - Qualified GP with full GMC registration licence to Practice, on the performers list Newly Qualified General Practitioner. - Not subject to suspension under section 41A of the Medical Act 1983 - DBS clearance Desirable - Evidence of CPD activities 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. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information 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. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name Irwell Medical Practice Address Irwell Mill Rochdale Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9NR Employer's website https://irwellmedicalpractice.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)