ARRS General Practitioner
4-6 sessions per week
The introduction of General Practitioners to the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme provides an exciting opportunity for a General Practitioner to join our Team.
The successful candidate will have completed their CTT no more than 2 years before starting with us.
Your role will be that of an autonomous General Practitioner working independently with other health care professionals to assess, diagnose and treat the conditions of patients attending within a primary care setting.
You will be expected to provide expert professional advice to patients, carers and colleagues whilst maintaining clinical excellence - and to be professionally accountable and responsible for all elements of clinical practice in accordance with the GMC code of conduct, ensuring the safety of patients and quality of their care is primary.
The successful candidate will undertake a variety of duties which include - but are not limited to - consultations with patients in all formats (face to face, telephone, online), checking, signing and authorising repeat prescriptions and dealing with the routine practice workload of queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely manner.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a GP to support our health care service to continue to meet the care needs of our patients.
You will perform as an autonomous general practitioner working independently with other health care professionals to assess, diagnose and treat the conditions of patients attending within a primary care setting. You will provide expert professional advice to patients, carers and colleagues whilst maintaining clinical excellence and will be professionally accountable and responsible for all elements of clinical practice in accordance with the GMC code of conduct, ensuring the safety of patients and quality of their care is primary.
The post holder will need to be capable of independent travel and work flexibly to meet the needs of the business.
This role is under the GP ARRS scheme.
About us
We are a welcoming and supportive GP Practice based in the heart of historic St Ives, Cambridgeshire. We specialise in training and encourage the continued development of our teams and colleagues. We host GP registrars, medical and nursing students.
We are part of St Ives Primary Care Network and boast a diverse clinical team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical responsibilities
The post-holder will undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing and authorising 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 in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health.
Providing counselling and health education.
Managing your patient caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate.
Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
Collecting data for audit purposes.
Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.
Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary - or generically - whenever this is clinically appropriate.
The post-holder will be required to visit patients during surgery time if clinically indicated.
The post-holder will undertake a fair percentage of enhanced access sessions as allocated on the network rota.
Training and Meetings
Attending training and events organised by the network, its practices or other agencies, where appropriate.
Participating positively and actively in clinical and network practice meetings.
We are a training practice and have a strong ethos around training and development of others, and the successful candidate will support the further training of other roles where appropriate.
Patient Management
Create opportunities to address patients care needs in the most expedient way, taking into account that continuity of care and access to services are often in direct conflict.
Encourage patients to be aware of the service pressures within primary care and to manage their expectations of what we can realistically deliver in a manner that is fair and proportionate for all care priorities.
Communicate and reassure patients of the need to offer alternative care options where appropriate and safe to do so.
To immediately highlight any concerns you may have in respect of safety or quality of patient care to the Clinical Director.
Manage self and Professional Development
Develops and maintains up to date personal development plan and professional portfolio for purposes of annual individual performance review, appraisal and revalidation.
Is able to develop their own knowledge and clinical practice to meet objectives and changes in service.
Manage own time, workload and resources effectively.
Operate a high standard of probity.
A commitment to learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.
Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies and guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.
Management and use of information
Makes accurate record keeping in SystmOne and makes effective use of the clinical system by ensuring the consistent and accurate entering of data and use of Read - Snomed Codes.
Facilitates the use of up-to-date information technology in order to collate accurate and timely information as and when required by the practice.
Works within the Caldicott and Data Protection principles.
Assist in the development of practice protocols for the practice and clinical protocols for the clinical team.
Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.
Research and Development
Can identify, critically appraise and present significant events related to own performance and discuss within the clinical team.
Actively contributes to Practice Research activity as required.
Instigates audit activity as required e.g. new services.
Contributing to evaluation, audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation.
Generic Responsibilities
All staff at this organisation have a duty to conform to the following responsibilities:
Quality
To ensure that work is carried out within the clearly defined protocols, policies, and procedures of both practice and network.
Recognises scope of job role and does not act beyond this boundary.
Provide accurate information in a timely manner to patients and their carers, relatives.
Quality and Continuous Improvement
To preserve and improve the quality of our output, all personnel are required to think not only of what they do, but of how they achieve it. By continually re-examining our processes, we will be able to develop and improve the overall effectiveness of the way we work. The responsibility for this rests with everyone working within the organisation to look for opportunities to improve quality and share good practice and to discuss, highlight and work with the team to create opportunities to improve patient care.
At this organisation, we continually strive to improve work processes that deliver healthcare with improved results across all areas of our service provision. We promote a culture of continuous improvement where everyone counts, and staff are permitted to make suggestions and contributions to improve our service delivery and enhance patient care.
All staff are to contribute to investigations and root cause analyses whilst participating in serious incident investigations and multidisciplinary case reviews.
Personal and Professional Development
The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by St Ives Primary Care Network as part of this employment, such training to include:
Participation in individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.
Attend any associated training courses relevant to the role.
Undertake training for any qualifications as required by the role.
Take responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrate skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.
To share best practice with colleagues across the PCN.
Equality and Diversity
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers, and colleagues to include:
Act in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice and PCN procedures and policies, and current legislation.
Respect the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers, and colleagues.
Behave in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities, and rights.
Staff have the right to be treated fairly in recruitment and career progression. Staff can expect to work in an environment where diversity is valued, and equality of opportunity is promoted.
Staff will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
Staff have a responsibility to ensure that they treat our patients and their colleagues with dignity and respect.
Safety, Health, Environment and Fire
This organisation is committed to supporting and promoting opportunities for staff to maintain their health, wellbeing and safety. The post holder is to:
Manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients and monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
All personnel have a duty to take reasonable care of health and safety at work for themselves, their team and others, and to cooperate with employers to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements.
Collaborative working
All staff are to recognise the significance of collaborative working and understand their own role and scope and identify how this may develop over time. Staff are to prioritise their own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team.
Teamwork is essential in multidisciplinary environments and the post holder is to work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working, while working effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery.
Effective communication is essential, and all staff must ensure they communicate in a way which enables the sharing of information in an appropriate manner.
All staff should delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
* Experience of working in urgent care and/or a primary care environment
* Experience in triage
* Experience of dealing with a range of clinical conditions
* Experience of providing home visits
* Proven ability to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of own clinical practice.
* Understanding of evidence-based practice.
* Evidence of working autonomously, with some support and supervision
Desirable
* Knowledge of Quality and Outcomes Framework.
* Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
* Aware of issues within the wider health arena
* Knowledge of health-promotion strategies
Other Skills
Essential
* Excellent communication skills (written and oral) including recording of accurate clinical notes.
* Strong IT skills and competent in the use of Microsoft Office and Outlook
* Knowledge of General Practice Clinical Systems e.g. SystmOne
* Effective time management (Planning, Organising and Prioritising), with excellent problem solving and analytical skills
* Ability to work autonomously, and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
* Ability to listen and empathise whilst being honest and caring
* Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure with an understanding of the audit process
Qualifications
Essential
* Newly qualified GP (within 2 years and not having had a substantive post) with full GMC registration and license to practice.
* Experience of working in a GP training practice using SystmOne
Clinical Knowledge and Skills
Essential
* Ability to effectively triage, assess and diagnose
* Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
* Assessing and managing acute deteriorations/exacerbations of Long-Term Conditions
* Understands the importance of evidence-based practice
* Ability to assess and manage patient risk effectively and safely.
* Broad knowledge of clinical governance
* Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs
Desirable
* Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
* Knowledge of health promotion strategies
Personal Qualities
Essential
* Polite and confident, flexible and cooperative
* Motivated, forward thinker with ability to use own judgement and common sense
* Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
* High levels of integrity
* Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
* Ability to work under pressure / in stressful situations
* Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
* Commitment to ongoing professional development
* Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
* Observance of strict confidentiality.
Employer details
Employer name
Grove Medical Practice
Address
Cromwell Place
St Ives
Cambridgeshire
PE27 5JD
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