About this role
Job summary
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Salaried GP sessional rate £13541.70 with BMA Model Contract
Sound good?
Come and meet our friendly, non-hierarchical, multi-disciplinary partnership team and work with us for 6-7 sessions per week.
Our Vision : To help our patients become happier and healthier'
Our Mission : The St Peter's team supports the delivery of the best possible healthcare in partnership with our patients
Main duties of the job
We are a large, popular practice (18K patients) who work from state of the art modern premises.
We employ 10 GPs, our own pharmacists and pharmacy technician, mental health, specialist alcohol and generalist advanced nursing practitioners and first contact physiotherapists. We also have access to our PCN paramedic home visiting service as well as a whole range of other support workers including a LTC housebound visiting team, extensive social prescribing service, frailty team and health and well being coaches.
We operate 'safe working in general practice' and operate a total triage system.
We believe in peer support and meet regularly for co-supervision. We are re-starting Balint groups and hold regular Schwartz rounds with our PCN colleagues. We teach undergraduate medical students and host FY2 doctors.
About us
We want each of us to be the very best we can be in whatever our chosen direction and to work to our individual strengths. We aim to nurture individual talent.
Informal enquiries and visits welcome please speak with Carol Witney or any of the partners on 01273 606006 or 07557982967.
Applicants to apply by email with covering letter and CV to Mrs Carol Witney, email address : [email protected]
Job description Job responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make them self available to undertake a variety of duties as would be expected for a GP including (but not limited to) surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork, reports 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.
- Seeking advice from colleagues and organisations as appropriate.
- Assessing the health care 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 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.
- Collecting data for audit purposes and complying with QOF requirements.
- Delivering enhanced services.
- Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions
- Prescribing in accordance with the local prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
Other Responsibilities within the Organisation: -
- Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g., prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.
- 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.
- Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records.
- Contributing to the summarising of patient records and Read-Coding patient data.
- Attending training and events organised by the Practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Qualified GP to be registered on the Performers List A keen interest in partnership clinical, governance and business matters Not to have been disqualified from practising.
Desirable
MRCGP or equivalent We welcome applications from experienced GPs as well as those recently qualified Experience of working in a GP practice Experience of working in primary care Experience of partnership matters Specialist interests, skills and qualifications
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 St Peter’s Medical Centre
Address St. Peters Medical Centre
Oxford Street
Brighton
BN1 4LA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://stpetersmedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)