About this role
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join our friendly team at Armley Medical Practice.
We are an expanding inner city training practice of over 17,000 patients, using EMIS as our clinical system.
We are looking for a salaried GP to join our team which currently consists of 5 partners, 6 salaried GPs, an ANP, 4 practice nurses, 3 health care assistants and a frailty practice nurse.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will deal with a wide range of health needs in primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.
We are looking for a 6 sessional GP to cover 8am 6.30pm (late finishes on a rota basis) on fixed days.
We operate morning and afternoon surgeries with a mix of telephone and face to face appointments and home visits when necessary. We are a low visiting practice and are supported in this by our frailty team.
GPs are responsible for their own admin, paperwork and review of results as well as supporting when needed to cover for colleagues on annual leave or sickness. We currently have a doctor on-call morning and afternoon with a second doctor to support.
We have regular clinical meetings and training on Target afternoons, as well as a daily informal doctors meeting for support and the opportunity to discuss cases and ask questions.
There is an opportunity to develop areas of interest if needed by and beneficial to the practice.
About us
We are a friendly, supportive and highly motivated team with excellent clinical administrative support. We offer a competitive salary, indemnity paid and 6 weeks annual leave.
We enjoy socialising and taking part in charitable events such as MacMillan coffee mornings, Dementia Awareness, Race for Life, Candlelighters, RNLI Easter raffle and Christmas collections for those in need.
We offer our patients a wide range of services to support their physical and mental health needs. We work closely with 2 other practices in LS12 as part of the Armley Primary Care Network and employ a range of additional staff who work across the 3 practices, including physiotherapists, dieticians and pharmacists.
We are a busy, forward thinking training practice (both medical students and GP trainees, several of whom have stayed with us) and pride ourselves on delivering excellent patient care and supporting the community.
Job description Job responsibilities
A variety of duties including face to face and telephone consultations, visiting patients at home, 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 needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
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 health education and signposting
Referring to other care providers as appropriate
Recording clear, contemporaneous consultation notes
Collecting data for audit purposes
Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.
Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary
In general the postholder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care
Other responsibilities within the organisation
Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies / guidelines eg prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
A commitment to lifelong learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice
Contributing to evaluation / audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation
Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies where appropriate
Information Governance
The key principles of Information Governance must be read and adhered to at all times and the Information Governance binder read on an annual basis
Health and Safety
The practice Health and Safety policy must be adhered to at all times
Equality and Diversity
The postholder will support the equality, diversity and right of patients, carers and colleagues and adhere to the practice policy at all times
Personal / professional development
In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses / study days necessary to ensure professional development requirements are met, the postholder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment including:
1. An annual individual performance review including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and professional development
2. Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance; demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.
Quality
The postholder will strive to maintain quality within the practice and will:
Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patient need
Effectively manage own time, workload and resources
Communication
The postholder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and strive to:
Communicate effectively with other team members
Communicate effectively with patients and carers
Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly
Contribution to the implementation of services:
The postholder will:
Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
Participate in audit where appropriate
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Full GP qualification. GMC Registered with a license to practice.
Desirable
Experience with Emis would be beneficial but not essential.
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 Dr G A Lees & Partners
Address Armley Medical Practice
95 Town Street, Armley
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS12 3HD
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.armleymedicalpractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)