About this role
Job summary
The Birches Medical Centre is a busy, family-focused, innovative and hard-working practice. There is a diverse patient population of around 4000 patients.
The practice offers comprehensive general medical services either directly or through local commissioning arrangements to the local population including:
Contraceptive and sexual health services
Phlebotomy
Diabetic, asthma, COPD, heart condition, stroke and other chronic illness clinics and support
Maternity and health visiting services
Care home visiting [as part of a wider Network arrangement] Travel health Immunisation and vaccination clinics
The Birches Medical Centre is a GMS Practice and under the management of BARDOC Limited..
Main duties of the job
Managing a caseload and dealing with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients on the Practice list.
About us
The Birches Medical Centre belong to a Primary Care Network which consists of a group of General Practices working together with a range of local providers across Primary Care, Community Services, Social Care and the Voluntary Sector. The Practice's aim is to offer a more personalised, coordinated health and social care to the local population.
Job description Job responsibilities
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.
Please see attached job description for further information.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Qualified GP MRCGP Vocational Training Certificate or Equivalent General Practitioner; On Medical Performers List; Willing to undertake continuous personal development and ongoing mandatory training modules.
Desirable
Evidence of continued professional development; Experience of appraisal in practice or other healthcare setting; Additional clinical skills beyond General Practice.
Aptitude and Abilities Essential
Willingness to share and collaborate across entire primary health team - Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with multidisciplinary and multiagency teams Ability to work flexibly and with a facilitative approach Ability to recognise own limitations and act upon them appropriately Willingness to learn new skills and to problem solve on a daily basis An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality Ability to work within the changing structures of the NHS and work to the requirements of other regulatory bodies Excellent communication skills, recognising peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and able to respond accordingly Ability to deal with sensitive information in a tactful way
Desirable
Ability to input to strategic and practice development requirements Ability to challenge traditional models of working and to suggest improvements for change in a positive and inclusive manner
Experience Essential
Chronic disease management Primary prevention and screening services Clinical Governance Delivery of QOF targets Self-audit and reflection Organised and efficient in record keeping and completion of paperwork Time management: being able to prioritise work and work under pressure Computer literacy including clinical system insight, Microsoft word and email use
Desirable
Vision EMIS Web Docman Patient triage systems Service Development experience and knowledge
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 BARDOC
Address 42 Polefield Road
Prestwich
Manchester
M252GN
United Kingdom
Employer's website http://bardoc.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)