About this role
Job summary
We are looking for a salaried GP to provide 5-6 general surgeries. The sessions are delivered over our two sites, in Kenton and Benwell respectively, depending on the needs of the Rota. The work timetable should ideally include full days on Tuesdays and Fridays with participation in the on-call Rota (1 day per week) and the Care Home Ward Round Rota (one session every 2-3 weeks.)
Main duties of the job
The surgeries will include clinical admin time as well as protected time for supervision of the medical students if necessary. The role will also include up to 2 lunchtime house calls that will have been triaged by the On-call GP. The start and finish times of the surgeries can be flexible to suit individual needs.
The On-call GP covers both sites from 08:30 am-18 pm as the single point of Access and Triage of all house call requests, Urgent queries from the practice team, community and Hospital teams as well as complex medication queries. The on-call GP is also responsible for any house calls that need to be triaged and completed after lunchtime and until 18 pm.
We offer a competitive salary (both experience and qualifications will be considered), indemnity paid (in addition to salary) and 6 weeks annual leave. We operate a standard BMA contract which includes protected CPD time pro rata. We support professional development and encourage applications from GPs with special interests.
Please refer to the enclosed job description and job specification and address any queries or requests to arrange an informal visit to our Practice Manager Mrs Margaret O'Neill at [email protected] and copy Mrs Kelsey Hewitt [email protected].
About us
Betts Avenue is a long-established GP Practice operating over two sites (Kenton and Benwell) in Newcastle upon Tyne.
We are a team of 3 GP Partners supported by 3 salaried GPs (one is currently on maternity leave), 1 long-term Locum GP, 1 Advanced Care Practitioner, 1 Lead practice Nurse/Advanced Nurse Practitioner, 3 Practice Nurses, 1 HCA as well as an experienced managerial and admin team. We deliver a range of GMS services to a population of approximately 10,800 patients. We also have support from Care-Coordinators, Workflow team, Pharmacy Hub, PCN pharmacists and Technicians, House visiting team, our 2 own Practice Pharmacists, a Physiotherapist, 2 Mental Health co-ordinators for Adults and a team of Social Link Workers.
The GPs are also delivering weekly Ward Rounds in two large local Care Homes. We currently teach Year 5 Medical Students and Nursing Students. Our practice is an active member of the Inner West Primary Care Network, LMC, NGPS and North East North Cumbria ICB.
Job description Job responsibilities
ORGANISATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
The post holder will be responsible to the GP Partnership.
DESCRIPTION OF ROLE
To provide General Medical Services, at both sites of Betts Avenue Medical Centre, for registered and temporary patients.
CONTEXT OF POST
The post holder will work closely together with the practice team to provide high quality primary care services to the practice population as required by the surgery in line with approved protocols and evidence based medical practice.
RESPONSIBILITIES SPECIFIC TO THIS POST
To manage a caseload, dealing with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting whilst at all times ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.
To undertake all duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical:
Provide a full range of medical services as defined in the core GMS contract and additional and enhanced services where appropriate. Undertake a variety of duties (as agreed) including surgery consultations and Care Home ward, telephone consultations and queries, eConsults, house calls, acute and repeat prescriptions and relevant queries, clinical admin work. Participate in the on-call Rota (one day per week.) Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation. Assess the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems. Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness. Develop care plans for health, in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols. Provide counselling and health education. Refer patients to other care providers as appropriate. Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes according to GMC standards. Collect data for audit purposes. Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible). Prescribe in accordance with the locally agreed prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate. Ensure accurate and timely input of patient data onto the clinical system. Undertake all duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care including supervision of less experienced members of the team, nurses and other healthcare professionals. On call duties: The on-call GP cover both sites from 08:30 am to 6 pm and does not have any pre-booked surgeries. They have a number of dedicated urgent/same day slots to use after Triage in other Clinicians' surgeries, including those of nurses and the ACP. The on-call GP is the first point of contact for all urgent queries and requests on the day. They triage and allocate all lunchtime house calls to all available practitioners (including themselves) and are responsible for Triage of any late house call requests that arrive after 12 noon (if they decide that patient needs a late visit, they can either refer to Urgent Response team or complete the visit themselves.)The on-call GP also needs to be able to move across the 2 sites if needed, for example if a nurse is working on their own without supervision on the branch surgery or another GP has become unwell. They also need to be prepared to offer patients an urgent F2F appointment with themselves if there is no other available slot in anyone else's surgery.
Managerial/Administration:
Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice Policies/Protocols, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety, infection control. Application of practice policies, standards and guidance and discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work. Commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice. Contribute to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation. Contribute to the development of computer-based patient records. Contribute to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data. Attend training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
Quality:
At all times strive to maintain quality within the practice. 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 from other agencies to meet patients' needs (safeguarding, palliative care, social services, health visitors.) Effectively manage own time, workload and resources. Work within own limitations and asl for advice and help where appropriate.
Confidentiality:
All patients have the right to expect that all practice staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately at all times. In the performance of duties, 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.
Communication:
The post-holder must strive to communicate effectively with other team members, patients, carers and recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly. To attend practice clinical practice meetings including the TITO events.
Additional Responsibilities
Health & Safety:
The post-holder will promote and maintain their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy including, but not limited to,
Use of personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines. Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertake such activities in a way that manages those risks. Minimising the risk of infection to yourself, colleagues and patients, and in so doing, you must: Be familiar with and adhere to practice policies and guidance on infection prevention and control. Attend statutory education programmes in infection prevention and control. Include infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development. Take personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care acquired infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently by you and your colleagues. Report potential risks identified.
Equality and Diversity:
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues.
At all times act in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation. At all times respect the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues. Behave in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgemental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights. Personal/professional development:
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.
Contribution to the implementation of services:
The post-holder will:
Apply practice policies, standards and guidance. Be familiar with QoF and use appropriate/approved clinical system SystmOne and templates like Arden's in order to accurately code date and respond to safety and other system alerts. Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work. Participate in audit and other QIAs where appropriate. Produce significant event analyses when appropriate. Participated in clinical team meetings. Develop a lead role and further responsibilities as they become more confident in their role.
Person Specification
Professional Attitude Essential
Ability to manage a varied primary care caseload and respond in a flexible way and competent manner to fluctuations in workload. Self-motivated and hardworking with the ability to stay calm under pressure. Empathetic, honest, caring and respectful. Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team but also be confident in their role. Enthusiastic, innovative and motivated. Open and reflective.
Qualifications Essential
Qualifications Essential criteria Recognised qualifications for GP vocational training: MRCGP or equivalent On the GMC GP register with a certificate of completion of training (CCT) GMC Full Registration with a License to Practice Membership and appropriate cover of a recognised Defence Union Inclusion on a Performers' List Evidence of being up-to-date with Mandatory Training. Regular appraisal and revalidation in accordance with the Good Medical Practice Framework
Desirable
Desirable criteria Evidence of Clinical interests or specialist skills including Lead roles (Care Homes ward rounds, Palliative and EoL care in the community, involvement in Medical Education, GP training or F2 doctors training, Family Planning skills or other)
Experience Essential
Experience of working in a primary care environment Experience of GP clinical IT system SystmOne,
Desirable
Arden's, AnalyzeRx and AccuRx.
Knowledge and Understanding Essential
A good understanding of Clinical Governance and Quality issues Up to date knowledge of national and local initiative, guidance and regulations
Skills and Abilities Essential
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills Evidence of professional vision and personal flexibility to be part of a developmental service which will seek to provide new services and ways of working
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 Betts Avenue Medical Centre
Address 2 Betts Avenue
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE15 6TQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.bettsavenue.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)