Job Summary
Modality Partnership East Surrey division has 2 vacancies for a Salaried GP 4-8 sessions a week at Birchwood Medical Practice and 6 sessions a week at Smallfield Surgery. Our approach is innovative and forward looking, and dedicated to excellent clinical outcomes. The postholder will be passionate about patient care and contributing to the innovation within the partnership in the way care is delivered. Our practice is well-regarded for GP, student and AHP training. We enjoy regular clinical meetings, learning events, quarterly half day closures, and daily huddles for clinical discussions and case sharing.
We are looking for someone to join our practice who believes in our vision for high quality, locally relevant primary care. You will be excited by the prospect of new technologies to transform the way we deliver care. You will be a GP who thrives in a collaborative team.
As An Employee With Us You Can Benefit From
1. Enrolment to the NHS pension scheme
2. Annual leave 6 weeks per annum, plus 8 days bank holiday pro rata
3. Employee discounts and benefits scheme
4. 24-hour external employee assistance programme
5. Wellbeing support programme delivered by the partnership
6. Individualised professional development programme with your nominated GP lead
7. Well established career pathway to partnership
8. Mentorship from a wider group of established GPs
9. 24hr access to continuous professional development resources
Main duties of the job
The role is a patient centred role delivered from your nominated practice site. The postholder will need to confidently evidence key skills such as excellent verbal and written communication skills, clinical skills and empowering patients to manage their individual health conditions and being part of a supportive team and be responsible for managing your own workload, results and general admin. The usual duties of a salaried GP will be expected to undertake face-to-face appointments and may be called on for other activities such as home visits, health checks, routine reviews, baby checks, as applicable as well as participating in the duty GP rota. The postholder will work in collaboration with their local practice team, engaging the use of the associated roles that are be attached to the practice.
Our GPs have a mixture of 15 and 10 minute appointments during the day. In addition to the benefits outlined below, we offer mentoring and support on-going career progression via GP framework. We embrace technology to enable more effective and efficient ways of working. Our practice uses EMIS, we have a digital triage system for ensuring patients are seeing the most appropriate clinician and utilise AccuRX for swift communications with patients and booking of appointments. We use MS Teams to enable regular video meetings across sites and facilitate more rapid collaborative working.
About Us
Modality East Surrey Medical Practice is a flourishing practice of 3 sites Birchwood (Horley), Townhill (Caterham) and Smallfield totalling 39,000 patients. Across our 3 sites we have 13 partners, 15 SGPs, 12 AHPs, 11 Pharmacists/Technicians and a supportive and experienced nursing and operational team. We have a fabulous care hub that supports our PCN's frail and complex patients as well as a visiting Urgent Response Team which helps keeps our visit numbers low.
Our practice operates independently and is wholly locality focused. We believe in clinical excellence, and that general practice is the cornerstone of well-being in our community. We are innovative leaders within our PCNs and have embraced the potential these offer.
We are the largest GP super-partnerships in the UK, with a list size of 450,000 patients and with a multi-disciplinary workforce of 1500 staff. We are unique, always looking at ways to improve our delivery of services through the implementation of new and innovative solutions that we can scale across the organisation. Recent innovations have included the use of robots to facilitate the remote filing of blood results and the development of document management team. These new initiatives are underpinned by our governance team to ensure patient safety.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
You will love this job if you have a passion for providing excellent patient care, thinking outside the box, are innovative and are driven to find and implement solutions to improve the way we deliver care in General Practice. You will be part of a national partnership where there is resilience from a large group of GP Partners to support where it is needed but also who are there to work closely with on key decisions that shape the way in which we deliver patient care and influence service improvement. We strongly encourage training to become a GP with specialist interest and have opportunities for teaching and training.
If you feel this is the ideal career advancing opportunity for you and you want to rise to the challenge of this opportunity, we welcome an application for you to join our growing team of likeminded people.
Please note: Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this vacancy at any point during the recruitment stage.
Pre-employment
Vaccinations
As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks. We will offer support to those who may be undecided about vaccinations. Some vaccinations for certain roles are mandatory, and you will be asked to provide evidence of this where there is a mandatory requirement.
Right to work checks
All applicants invited for interview will need to prove their right to work in the UK at the interview stage.
References
References must be secured prior to beginning employment, one must be your current or most recent employer.
Employment history
You must notify us of any employment gaps of 6 weeks or more.
Performers List
Only applicants with eligibility for the performers list need apply.
Person Specification
Skills Essential
* IT skills (MS Office, Internet etc) able to competently use all basic IT software.
* IT skills (Use of Clinical Systems) experienced in use of a primary care clinical software system, preferably SystmOne and other remote consultation technology.
* IT skills (systems and software) able to independently problem solve to enable effective remote working and minimise disruption to working day.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Time Management.
Experience Essential
* We are able to accommodate salaried GPs with all types of experience in primary care. Your personal development plan will be built with you, dependant on your level of experience and your aspirations within primary care.
Knowledge Essential
* Eligible to practice independently as a GP in the UK.
* Full GMC Registration to practice as a GP.
* Entry on the Medical Performers List.
* MRCGP (Desirable).
* Bachelor of Medicine or Bachelor of Surgery.
* Interest/qualification in medical education/GP training.
* Good understanding of the transforming landscape of primary care, new roles and the value of multi-professional teams.
* General understanding of the GMS contract.
* A good understanding of QOF.
* An understanding of GP commissioning.
* A good understanding of Patient Choice.
Qualifications Essential
* GMC registered.
* CCST for primary care in the UK.
* Eligible to work in the UK.
* MRCGP (Desirable).
* On the UK performers list for primary care.
* Current valid driving licence/access to a car.
Personal Qualities Essential
* Pleasant and supportive personality.
* Ability to perform well under pressure.
* Smart appearance.
* Resourceful.
* Flexible & Adaptable approach to work including being available to provide cover as required.
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Modality Partnership
Address
Smallfield Surgery
Wheelers Lane
Smallfield
Horley
Surrey
RH6 9PT
Employer's website
https://www.modalitypartnership.nhs.uk/ #J-18808-Ljbffr