About this role
Job summary
Excellent Salaried GPs wanted for challenging but rewarding work.
Opportunity for development in specialist areas, with a strong ethos to develop portfolio working:
15-minute appointments as standard (phone, face to face, acute or routine)GP partner led total triage systemCapping of capacity/appointments to protect our workforceNewly qualified GPs do not do duty sessions for the first 6 monthsLow number of GP visits due to a visits team of advanced practitionersMedicines optimisation team managing prescriptionsBlocked appointments if you are mentoring other members of the MDTBMA standard contract including PDP timeNamed GP partner mentor with regular reviewsBenefits package including reimbursement of GMC and indemnity fees
Main duties of the job
As a General Practitioner, you will manage a varied caseload and provide safe, effective and compassionate care to registered and temporary patients. Working autonomously within your competence, you will assess undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions, make clinical decisions and develop evidence-based care and treatment plans in partnership with patients.Your duties will include face-to-face and telephone consultations, home and nursing home visits where appropriate, reviewing results, prescribing, referrals, medication reviews, correspondence and other clinical administration. You will maintain clear, accurate and contemporaneous patient records, ensure appropriate follow-up and support health promotion, prevention and the management of long-term conditions.You will work collaboratively with our multidisciplinary team, contribute to safeguarding, clinical governance, audit, QOF and other quality improvement activity, and help us achieve high standards of patient care and service delivery. As a senior clinician, you will also support the supervision, education and development of colleagues, contribute to practice meetings and service development, and uphold GMC standards and all relevant practice policies.
About us
Haxby Group is a high-quality, community-based healthcare organisation with general practice at its heart. We provide care across surgeries in York, Hull and Scarborough, serving more than 95,000 patients. Our mission is to deliver high-quality, compassionate care to our local communities with an innovative and ethical mindset. We are proud of our strong reputation for clinical excellence, commitment to workforce development, involvement in research, and focus on delivering outstanding patient care while putting our patients and our people first.
We are well organised, innovative, and focused on high quality care.We have a long track record of training, supporting, and developing GPs from being trainees through to salaried GPs; some of whom have progressed on to partnership positions with us.
We are an adaptable, agile, and stable partnership, offering job security for any prospective employee. We are actively involved and integrated at regional and national levels, to promote general practice and secure its future.
Job description Job responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities:
In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, you will make yourself available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and if appropriate email consultations, visiting patients at home and in nursing homes, checking and signing 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.Participating in health promotion activity and some specialist services such as obesity, addictions and sexual health clinics (for which appropriate training will be given as required).Pro-active engagement with the practice population and wider community to promote healthy living, encourage uptake of services and optimise health-seeking behaviour. This may include visits to local schools, community centres and other groups as necessary.Cover all the clinical management of the patients in surgery as appropriate including initiating investigations, reviewing results, making referrals to secondary care or to other providers as appropriate.In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols as well wider guidance such as that from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, developing care and treatment plans.Providing counselling and health education.Ensuring appropriate follow up of (both registered and temporary) patients.Recording clear and contemporaneous computerised consultation notes to agreed standards.Collecting data for audit purposes.Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible).Prescribing generically whenever appropriately and in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary, NICE guidance and Good Prescribing Practice (as defined by British National Formulary guidance).Working with and support other members of the primary health care team in delivering high quality primary care.Promoting the application of standards and codes of Practice set by the Royal College of General Practice, General Medical Council, Department of Health, and local NHS trust.Play a leading role in the practice achieving agreed QOF and other key performance indicator targets.Take lead responsibility for targets and services allocated, such as a QOF area of Enhanced Service.In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
Other Responsibilities:
Involvement and contribution to the mentoring, supervision and training of the broad multi-professional clinical team.Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.Commitment and contribution to achievement of the highest possible quality standards such as the QOF and other agreed Key Performance Indicator targets.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.Attendance at regular in-house governance and educational meetings and training as well as events at other agencies as appropriate.Assistance with the training of other staff members.Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records.Contributing to the summarising of patient records and Read-Coding patient data.
Person Specification
Other Essential
Flexibility of working hours/ able to work at the desired times Good sickness record
Knowledge/Quals/Skills Essential
Post CCT Qualified GP GMC full registration Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent (JCPTGP) Membership of recognised defence union (MPS/MDU) GMC certificate of good conduct letter (can be acquired after interview but before starting work) Currently on a performers list Never been removed from a performers list for a detrimental reason A demonstrable commitment to professional development Understands the importance of evidence-based practice and clinical effectiveness Evidence of recent self-directed learning or development MRCGP Excellent communication (oral and written) and inter personal skills Excellent keyboard and computer skills Problem solving and a 'solutions focused' approach
Desirable
DRCOG DFP DCH Recognised qualifications for GP registrar trainin
Experience Essential
Experience of Microsoft Office applications Experience of GP Clinical IT systems
Desirable
System One experience Previous drug misuse, sexual health or obesity management experience Minor surgery experience
Competencies/Qualities Essential
Ability to listen and empathise Good time management Understanding of Clinical Governance and quality issues as well as health and social policy Interest in research Ability to relate to the interviewing team Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team Initiative and drive Pleasant and articulate Able to work under pressure Self-motivated and positive Empathetic, honest, caring Adaptable and forward looking Enthusiastic and energetic Diplomatic and considered Hard working, willing and flexible Observance of strict confidentiality Ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense
Desirable
Interest in education and 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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UK Registration
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Employer details Employer name Haxby Group (Scarborough)
Address Lawrence House Medical Centre
1 Belgrave Crescent
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
YO11 1UB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.scarboroughcentralgp.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)