About this role
Job summary
Do you want a permanent GP role that fits around your life?
GPS Healthcare is looking for GPs to join our Extended Access Service on a permanent contract; with fixed weekly sessions you can plan your life around.
This is a focused clinical role. You will see pre booked patients, face to face and by telephone. There are no home visits, no routine administrative duties. Time for clinical admin is built into every session.
It is ideal for GPs who want to add a regular session to an existing portfolio, GPs returning to practice, newly qualified GPs, or anyone who wants stable, predictable evening or weekend work without the uncertainty of locum bookings.
Extended Access is an important and growing part of how we care for our patients. As a permanent member of the team, you will have a real voice in how the service develops, from how sessions run to how we use our sites and systems.
Every Extended Access GP has a named partner for mentoring and clinical support, and reception or security cover is in place during every session. GPS Healthcare is a training practice, although there are no trainees in evening and Saturday sessions, so you will be working as an independent clinician with the backing of the wider team.
Appointments are 15 minutes, and sessions are designed so you can complete your clinical admin within your session.
You will be paid on a transparent scale based on your experience.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide the full range of general medical services managing a caseload with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, in line with the GPS Healthcare objectives of providing the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients
To support the clinical and administrative team to manage a busy and interesting clinical caseload. There will be the opportunity over time to take part in leading on key disease areas and assist in developing appropriate healthcare services for a diverse patient list.
Involvement in audits, practice & service developments, QI work, teaching and GSF/MDT meetings
Reception Signposting a priority, GP Workflow Administrators and an Acute Care Team
A team of Clinical Pharmacists, Paramedics, ANPs and Social Prescribers to support GPs and patients
About us
GPS Healthcare is a single-practice Primary Care Network operating across six sites in central and south Solihull. We provide care to approximately 40,000 patients and work collaboratively with partner PCNs, University Hospitals Birmingham, Solihull Council, Community Services, and the Integrated Care Board.
We are able to offer GPs an interesting and varied career in General Practice and place an emphasis on professional career development whilst appreciating the need for a good work-life balance and work stability. This role offers:
A permanent contract with a fixed weekly session Admin built in: time for your own clinical admin is part of every session No home visits and no routine administrative duties Pre bookable appointment lists of 15 minutes Every GP has a named partner for mentoring and support On site reception or security cover during all evening and Saturday sessionsA SystmOne practice, with electronic prescribing and electronic referrals.
We offer a comprehensive range of staff benefits including:
Flexible working options to support work-life balanceMembership of the NHS Pension Scheme
Car Lease Scheme, subject to eligibility
A paid day off for your birthday
Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
A friendly, supportive and professional working culture where development is encouraged
Join us at GPS Healthcare and be part of a team committed to improving patient experience, supporting coordinated care and delivering safe and effective care.
Job description Job responsibilities
The post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care including but not limited to:
Hold face to face and telephone consultations for acute and routine primary care
Assess, diagnose and manage patients, making confident, autonomous decisions
Prescribe, request investigations and make referrals as needed
Recognise and act on urgent and emergency presentations
Record clear consultation notes on SystmOne
Complete the clinical admin arising from your own consultations, using the time built into your session
Work as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team in line with practice policies and safeguarding procedures
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Primary medical degree Vocationally trained and accredited GP with MRCGP
Experience Essential
A vocationally trained and accredited GP with MRCGP, excellent knowledge of NHS and clinical procedures. A good knowledge of and interest in general practice and primary care and a good working knowledge of national primary care strategies and ideas on how to implement these within the practice. Experience of working as part of a multi disciplinary team, able to put the needs of the practice and team ahead of individual needs and at busy times, periods of increased workload and respond in a flexible way to functions in workload.
Desirable
Experience of Extended Access, urgent care or out of hours work Experience of telephone and remote consulting Experience of audit and quality improvement Interest in a clinical area, with willingness to lead Interest in peer support within the clinical team
Skills Required Essential
Excellent understanding of clinical IT system utilised by practice ( SystmOne) Ability to communicate at all levels Excellent interpersonal skills Ability to manage and prioritise workloads, Ensure achievement of deadlines Identify and progress forward with efficiencies Initiative Work under own initiative when appropriate Able to work with limited supervision Identify quality and development opportunities Ability to work as a positive and supportive team member within a multi disciplinary team Imitative, creativity and motivation
Desirable
Experience in using the Microsoft suite of programmes Willingness to contribute to and participate in a peer support group, offering support within a clinical 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 GPS Healthcare
Address Tanworth Lane Surgery
Tanworth Lane
Shirley
Solihull
West Midlands
B90 4DD
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.gpshealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)