Salaried GP - Newly Qualified - ARRS role
As part of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme, we are now seeking a Salaried GP to join our network team on a 3-month fixed-term contract, till the 31st March 2025 with potential for extension depending on national DES guidance for 2025 - 2026.
4-6 sessions a week across the 3 practices.
Are you a GP looking for a role with flexibility, support, and a manageable workload? Join our forward-thinking and supportive team as a Salaried GP, where we prioritize your well-being and professional development while ensuring excellent patient care.
Although the role is funded through ARRS and reflects a lower-than-average salary, we've designed this position to maximize your job satisfaction and personal growth:
1. Sessions: Manageable workload with 12 appointments per session, giving you the time to provide quality care.
2. Flexible Hours: We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer flexibility in working hours to suit your needs.
3. Mentorship & Support: Whether you're newly qualified or an experienced GP, we provide mentorship and ongoing support tailored to your career goals.
4. No On-call requirement.
5. Protected admin time.
The salaried GP will work across the three practices with Blackpool Central PCN.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Responsibilities:
1. Provide high-quality consultations, assessments, and treatment plans for registered patients, managing both acute and chronic health conditions.
2. Undertake telephone, face-to-face, and online consultations across the practices.
3. Issue prescriptions and follow up on test results and referrals as required.
4. Provide continuity of care by managing a personal caseload when appropriate.
5. Participate in the management of long-term conditions, health promotion, and disease prevention.
6. Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, including clinical pharmacists, Mental Health Practitioners, and social prescribers, to support holistic patient care.
7. Contribute to clinical audits, quality improvement initiatives, and population health management projects.
8. Support the delivery of Enhanced Access services and national health initiatives.
9. Maintain accurate medical records following GMC and practice protocols.
10. Participate in team meetings, clinical supervision, and CPD activities to ensure continuous professional development.
11. Work with other healthcare providers, including secondary care and community teams, to coordinate care and ensure seamless patient pathways.
12. Home visits.
About us
Primary Care Networks are collaborative groups of GP practices working together to provide integrated and coordinated healthcare to the local population. They aim to improve patient outcomes through enhanced services and multidisciplinary care, while also supporting the sustainability and development of primary care.
Blackpool Central PCN is made up of three well-established practices:
* Layton Medical Centre
* Marton Medical Practice
* Newton Drive Health Centre
Together, these practices serve a patient population of 29,889 people. The PCN has a strong, experienced team that includes clinical pharmacists, social prescribing link workers, healthcare workers, First Contact Practitioners, mental health practitioners, and more, working across the network to provide comprehensive patient care.
Job responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
1. Provide high-quality consultations, assessments, and treatment plans for registered patients, managing both acute and chronic health conditions.
2. Undertake telephone, face-to-face, and online consultations across the practices.
3. Issue prescriptions and follow up on test results and referrals as required.
4. Provide continuity of care by managing a personal caseload when appropriate.
5. Participate in the management of long-term conditions, health promotion, and disease prevention.
6. Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, including clinical pharmacists, Mental Health Practitioners, and social prescribers, to support holistic patient care.
7. Contribute to clinical audits, quality improvement initiatives, and population health management projects.
8. Support the delivery of Enhanced Access services and national health initiatives.
9. Maintain accurate medical records following GMC and practice protocols.
10. Participate in team meetings, clinical supervision, and CPD activities to ensure continuous professional development.
11. Work with other healthcare providers, including secondary care and community teams, to coordinate care and ensure seamless patient pathways.
12. Home visits.
Person Specification
Experience
* Not previously been substantively employed at a GP practice.
* Commitment to high-quality, patient-centred care and working within a multidisciplinary team.
* Ability to manage clinical workload across multiple settings.
* Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
* Awareness of safeguarding policies and clinical governance requirements.
* UK driving licence.
* Eligible to work in the UK.
* Full registration with the General Medical Council with a license to practice.
* Inclusion on the NHS Performers List.
* Experience working within a multidisciplinary team environment.
* Familiarity with EMIS.
* Experience of medicines management.
Qualifications
* Newly qualified General Practitioner - with under 2 years from qualification.
* MRCGP.
* General Practitioner Certificate of Completion of Training.
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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