About this role
Job summary
This role is available for 6 sessions/24 hours per week.
The post holder will be employed by Greenwich Health the GP Federation in Greenwich. Greenwich has 6 primary care networks (PCNS) with list sizes of between 30-80,000 patients. The Post holder will work for one of these PCN, a grouping of between 3-7 practices. Unusually the post holder will be working across two member practices with a combined list of 10,000.
Due to the changes in the ARRS Scheme to introduce General Practitioners, we are looking to expand our team by seeking to employ a General Practitioner to work alongside our practices and PCN staff.
The GP will perform as an autonomous general practitioner working independently and with other health care professionals to assess, diagnose and treat the conditions of patients attending within a primary care setting. Provide expert professional advice to patients, carers and colleagues and ensure the maintenance of clinical excellence. 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 role may also involve the following:
- Working in practices within the PCN
- Work in PCN wide schemes/services including some extended hours and some potential hub working.
The post holder will need to be capable of independent travel across the Greenwich Borough and work flexibly to meet the needs of the Business.
Main duties of the job
- The post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery and online consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing/authorising repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
- 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
- Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate
- Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
- 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 in an emergency if clinically indicated.
- The post-holder will undertake a fair % of On Call sessions per week as allocated on the practice rota and participate in the extended hours enhanced service.
- The post-holder will undertake fair share of home visiting sessions per week as allocated.
About us
Greenwich Health is the GP Federation for the Greenwich Borough and have a not-for-profit ethos. This means we reinvest all of our surplus into developing our staff, our organisation and to support our GP Practices in being sustainable for the future. We are committed to providing quality of care to our patients whilst building resilience for General Practice and providing services and programmes of work to deliver care at scale to the Greenwich Population.
Why work for Greenwich Health?
We are local organisation owned by our local GP Practices we care what happens in Greenwich and want to make a difference to our patients and our partners.
- We have a not-for-profit ethos which means any surplus is reinvested into developing the business, developing our staff, and supporting our GP Practices in being sustainable for the future.
- We offer competitive remuneration as well as other benefits including:
o Occupational sickness pay entitlement
o Counselling services
o Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme
o Cycle to Work Scheme
o Benenden Healthcare
- We have a track record for developing individuals in their careers.
- Through our partnerships in our local healthcare environment, we can develop shared posts for example, with the hospital trust and our GP practices.
- We are linked to the local VTS and have support from Greenwich University to develop specific learning and development pathways.
Job description Job responsibilities
The post holder will be employed by Greenwich Health the GP Federation in Greenwich. Greenwich has 6 primary care networks (PCNS) with list sizes of between 30-80,000 patients. The Post holder will work for one of these PCN, a grouping of between 3-7 practices. Unusually the post holder will be working across two member practices with a combined list of 10,000.
Due to the changes in the ARRS Scheme to introduce General Practitioners, we are looking to expand our team by seeking to employ a General Practitioner to work alongside our practices and PCN staff.
The GP will perform as an autonomous general practitioner working independently and with other health care professionals to assess, diagnose and treat the conditions of patients attending within a primary care setting. Provide expert professional advice to patients, carers and colleagues and ensure the maintenance of clinical excellence. 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 role may also involve the following:
- Working in practices within the PCN
- Work in PCN wide schemes/services including some extended hours and some potential hub working.
The post holder will need to be capable of independent travel across the Greenwich Borough and work flexibly to meet the needs of the Business.
Main duties of the job
- The post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery and online consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing/authorising repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
- 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
- Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate
- Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
- 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 in an emergency if clinically indicated.
- The post-holder will undertake a fair % of On Call sessions per week as allocated on the practice rota and participate in the extended hours enhanced service.
- The post-holder will undertake fair share of home visiting sessions per week as allocated.
Person Specification
Other Essential
Committed to working as part of a multidisciplinary, multi-agency primary care team Openness to explore alternative working practices
Qualifications Essential
Qualified GP MRCGP Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent JCPTGP General Practitioner (Certificate of Completion of Training CCT) Full GMC registration National Performers List registration (England) Independent prescriber Appropriate defence indemnity (MPS/MDU) Evidence of current validation Evidence of last appraisal Eligibility to practice in the UK independently
Skills Essential
SkillsGood interpersonal and customer service skills Good written presentation skills Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders Strong IT skills Clear, polite telephone manner Competent in the use of Office and Outlook EMIS skills Effective time management planning and organising Ability to work as a team member and autonomously Problem solving and analytical skills Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes Experience with clinical risk management
Experience Essential
Experience of working in a primary care environment Experience of continued professional development Experience of QOF and clinical audit Experience of medicines management Experience of ICB initiatives General understanding of the primary care contact Outstanding level of clinical knowledge and skills commensurate with that of an experienced GP
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 Greenwich Health Ltd
Address 25 John Wilson Street
London
SE18 6PZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.greenwich-health.com/ (Opens in a new tab)