About this role
Job summary
Thank you for your interest in joining the team at Hamble Valley Health.
The Practice is committed to delivering high quality patient care which requires us to have a supportive and cohesive team.
We currently have 6 sessions available in our salaried GP team. The location will be across Hedge End Medical Centre, Blackthorn Health Centre, and Bursledon Surgery.
We offer Terms and Conditions equivalent to the BMA model contract. We are happy to consider newly qualified GPs as well as experienced GPs.
If you are looking for a new GP role, we very much look forward to receiving your application.
The Partners
Hamble Valley Health
Main duties of the job
This post has a base as their main site at Blackthorn Health Centre. On a rolling basis, you will also work in our Urgent Care Centre which is at Bursledon Surgery. This is on a fair share rota. In the same way, you will be our "operational director" around once every 3-4 weeks. This means you are the clinical lead for the urgent care centre in the practice. This requires a longer working day (8am to 6.30pm). Routine care is generally 13 appointments in the morning and 12 in the afternoon. Mornings are generally 8am-1pm, and afternoons 2pm-6pm. We are a single practice Primary Care Network. We have visiting paramedics, so apart from terminal care, visits are rare. You will be responsible for the prescriptions, pathology results and incoming correspondence for your list size. On average, you will manage around 40 prescriptions a week, 20 results a week, and 5 letters a week per session. We have robust processes in place to support prescribing and document workflow.
About us
Blackthorn Health Centre and Hedge End Medical Centre have merged and are now known as Hamble Valley Health.
Our list size is over 37000, and our patients are mainly concentrated in Hamble, Bursledon, Hedge End and Botley. Our aim is to provide high quality, accessible medical care to our patients, whilst maintaining a supportive and pleasant working environment for clinicians and staff.
We are part of Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB, and offer General Medical Services to our patients.
We are a training practice, and take registrar doctors and also teach medical students from Southampton School of Medicine.
The practice has seven Partners. The current Partnership team is Dr Harris, Dr Cropley, Dr Graham, Dr Sonpal, Dr Shahsavanspour, Dr Yates and Dr McKenzie.
We employ fourteen salaried GPs, five Advanced Nurse Practitioners, a Nursing team of fifteen, and a reception/admin team of seventy.
The practice uses Emis as a clinical system. We are paper light, so scan all incoming correspondence onto patients medical records.
Job description Job responsibilities
JOB TITLE: Salaried General Practitioner
REPORTS TO: The Partners Clinically
The Practice Manager Administratively
Job Summary
The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients. The post-holder will be expected to work within the primary care team to enhance the service offered to the community, and to manage their illnesses and promote their health. The post-holder will hold a list of patients commensurate with their sessions worked in practice.
Special Requirements of the Post
GMC Registration
Membership of a recognised defence organisation
Inclusion on the Performers list with NHSE
DBS
Clinical Responsibilities:
In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, 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 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 including appropriate coding and use of electronic templates and other electronic systems as agreed. Collecting data for audit purposes Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible) Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate 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 within the Organisation:
Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety which can be found on the practice intranet
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 coding of patient data Contributing to the collection of QOF data and any other targets that the Department of Health or CCG might set Attending training, meetings and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate. Confidentiality:
In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
Health & Safety:
The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:
Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
Reporting potential risks identified
Use the clinical bins and sluice room in accordance with procedure
Leave the consulting room clear and tidy.
Equality and Diversity:
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional Development:
In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements for appraisal and revalidation are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:
Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.
Quality:
The post-holder 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 patients needs
Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
Communication:
The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will 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 post-holder will:
Apply practice policies, standards and guidance Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work Participate in audit where appropriate. This Job Description will be reviewed periodically and may be amended according to the requirement of health care policies and job requirements. It is intended as a guide to the range of duties covered and should not be regarded as an inflexible specification and is not intended to be exhaustive.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
GP Clinical system Evidence of learning from Significant Events Experience with QOF
Desirable
EMIS Docman Anima eRS Microsoft Office
Qualifications Essential
Medical Degree GMC registered On Performers list Enhanced DBS
Desirable
MRCGP Trainer
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 Blackthorn Health Centre
Address Blackthorn Health Centre
Satchell Lane
Hamble
Southampton
SO31 4NQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.blackthornhealthcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)