About this role
Job summary
General practice, but better designed.
Great Barr Medical Centre, Birmingham
Contract: Fixed term until 31 March 2027Sessions: 2 sessions per week, with some flexibility available
Salary: £11,439 per session, pro rata.
Start date: As soon as reasonably possible
A fixed-term role. A proper clinical home.
Great Barr Medical Centre is looking for a salaried GP to join our team on a fixed-term basis until 31 March 2027.
We are particularly interested in hearing from GPs with a strong interest, experience or additional qualification in womens health.
This could include contraception, menopause, menstrual disorders, reproductive health, antenatal and postnatal care, sexual health or general gynaecology in primary care.
A relevant qualification such as DRCOG, DCSRH or DFSRH, a recognised menopause qualification, or current contraception procedure competencies would be highly desirable. However, we are equally interested in candidates who can demonstrate meaningful practical experience and a clear interest in developing this area.
What your working week may include
Your agreed job plan will include an appropriate balance of:
face-to-face consultations;telephone and online consultations;clinically led triage;same-day urgent care;planned general practice appointments;continuity for complex and vulnerable patients;clinical administration arising from your work;multidisciplinary discussion;clinical meetings; andquality improvement or service-development activity.
Main duties of the job
We are not recruiting another appointment machine
We want a GP who believes that good general practice should involve more than working through an undifferentiated list and hoping the system holds together around them.
At Great Barr Medical Centre, we have redesigned our access, workforce and administrative models to make sure:
clinically urgent patients receive timely assessment; routine work is planned rather than squeezed into gaps; patients who need continuity receive it; work is directed to the right professional; avoidable administrative work does not automatically fall to a GP; and clinicians have a meaningful voice in how the practice develops.Our model combines clinically led triage, planned routine care, continuity, digital access, telephone and face-to-face consultations, structured workflow and multidisciplinary working.
About us One practice. One team.
You will be based at Great Barr Medical Centre and work alongside:
GP Partners and salaried clinicians; an advanced nurse practitioner; a paramedic; In-house pharmacy team practice nurses a developing multidisciplinary team; and an established administrative and workflow team.We use SystmOne and AccuRx practice, and believe in constantly developing our healthcare offer to better our patients experience.
Job description Job responsibilities The postholder will provide high-quality, safe and effective general medical services to patients registered at Great Barr Medical Centre.
The postholder will work as an integral member of the multidisciplinary practice team and contribute to:
timely and equitable access to general practice;management of acute and chronic illness;continuity of care;proactive and preventative care;safe management of clinical workload;clinical governance;quality improvement;achievement of practice and contractual priorities; anddevelopment of sustainable clinical and operational systems.The practice is particularly seeking a GP with an interest, experience or additional qualification in womens health.
Depending on the successful candidates competence and agreed job plan, the postholder may support the development and delivery of enhanced womens health provision within the practice.
Great Barr Medical Centre operates a multidisciplinary access model that seeks to direct each patient to the most appropriate professional, service and appointment type.
The model includes:
online, telephone and face-to-face access;clinical assessment and triage;same-day management of clinically urgent presentations;planned routine appointments;continuity for complex and vulnerable patients;proactive long-term-condition management;use of digital communication and self-booking systems;structured administrative and workflow processes;multidisciplinary working; andmonitoring of access, safety, quality and patient outcomes.The postholder will work alongside GP Partners, salaried clinicians, an advanced nurse practitioner, paramedic, clinical pharmacist, practice nurses, trainee nursing staff and the administrative and workflow team.
General clinical responsibilitiesThe postholder will:
Undertake consultations with patients presenting with acute, chronic and undifferentiated health needs.Assess, investigate, diagnose, treat and manage patients within their professional competence.Deliver consultations through appropriate channels, including:face-to-face appointments;telephone consultations;online consultations;video consultation where appropriate;home visits where clinically necessary; andother approved digital consultation methods.Identify and appropriately manage clinically urgent presentations.Prescribe safely and effectively in accordance with current clinical guidance, local formularies and medicines-management arrangements.Request, interpret and act upon investigations.Ensure investigation results are reviewed, communicated and followed up appropriately.Make appropriate referrals to secondary care, community services, social care, voluntary-sector services and members of the multidisciplinary team.Provide clear safety-netting and document clinical reasoning appropriately.Complete clinical administration arising from the postholders consultations within the agreed job plan.Review relevant prescriptions, results, correspondence, clinical documents and tasks allocated to the postholder.Support long-term-condition management, preventative healthcare, screening and health promotion.Provide continuity for patients with complex, vulnerable or high-risk needs.Identify and respond appropriately to adult and child safeguarding concerns.Contribute to anticipatory care planning and palliative care where appropriate.Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and appropriately coded clinical records.Access and triageThe postholder will:
participate in the practices access and clinical-triage arrangements;assess the urgency and appropriate disposition of patient requests;provide timely assessment of clinically urgent presentations;direct patients to the most appropriate clinician or service;support an appropriate balance between same-day care, planned care and continuity;use telephone and digital consultation methods safely;ensure patients requiring reasonable adjustments are not disadvantaged;provide clear clinical advice and safety-netting; andcontribute to evaluation and improvement of the access model.The role will not consist exclusively of urgent or same-day care.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
1. Hold a primary medical qualification recognised by the GMC; 2. Be included on the GMC GP Register; 3. Hold a current GMC licence to practise; 4. Be included on the NHS England Medical Performers List; 5. Have the right to work in the United Kingdom; and maintain appropriate professional indemnity.
Desirable
Specialist interest in Womens Health DRCOG DCSRH or the former DFSRH
Experience Essential
1. Competence managing acute and chronic illness in general practice; 2. Safe assessment of undifferentiated symptoms; 3. Appropriate prescribing and medicines management; 4. Safe management of investigation results; 5. Effective referral and safety-netting; 6. Understanding of adult and child safeguarding; 7. Ability to recognise and escalate clinical risk; 8. Confidence using face-to-face, telephone and digital consultations; 9. Accurate and timely clinical record keeping; and 10. Ability to manage workload safely.
Desirable
Experience using SystmOne and AccuRx. Experience of quality improvement or clinical audit. Experience working with a diverse urban patient population. Experience of teaching, supervision or mentoring. Understanding of QOF and general practice contractual requirements. Experience working within a multidisciplinary primary-care team.
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 Great Barr Medical Centre
Address 379 Queslett Road
Great Barr
Birmingham
B43 7HB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.greatbarrmedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)