About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen here at Bromleag Care Practice for a salaried GP to join our growing multi-disciplinary team. This post holder will work as one of a team of GPs, ANPs, Pharmacists and more, delivering general practice services to patients at Bromleag Care Practice. We provide comprehensive primary care to patients residing in Care Homes and Extra Care Housing within the Borough of Bromley. At all times the post holder must act in a professional manner consistent with the code of conduct expected from medical practitioners representing Bromleag Care Practice and the NHS.
Main duties of the job
Provide proactive care to support and improve the health and wellbeing of residents in Care Homes and Extra Care Housing. In line with the agreed practice timetable, the post holder will undertake duties including home visits, telephone and video consultations, managing repeat prescriptions, and handling queries, paperwork, and correspondence promptly.
Deliver accessible, personalised, responsive, and flexible care. Make autonomous clinical decisions for patients, whether self-referred or referred by other healthcare professionals. Screen patients for risk factors and early signs of illness.
Provide high-quality clinical care using expert knowledge and skills to assess, implement, and monitor treatment, ensuring the highest standards are maintained. Keep accurate and up-to-date consultation records and complete clinical letters or summaries.
Apply principles of clinical governance and risk management. Comply with all relevant policies and guidelines, including KPIs, prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, and health and safety.
Commit to continuous learning, audit, and evidence-based practice. Contribute to audits, clinical standards, and development of patient records, including summarising notes and coding data.Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
Ensure death certificates are completed promptly and in line with Medical Examiner and Registrar requirements.
About us
BGPA is a federation of all 43 Bromley practices working collaboratively to enhance the health and wellbeing of Bromley residents, covering over 350,000 patients, 100% of the Bromley population.
BGPAs goals are to work strategically with Bromley practices to help secure the best services for patients whilst working together to support member practices in the challenges of a changing NHS.
BGPA aims to improve the morale of general practice in Bromley by sharing expertise, services and supporting its workforce.
BGPA will make a positive impact on medical services in Bromley by working closely with One Bromley Partners including NHS SEL ICB, local NHS trusts, local providers and patient groups, to improve the delivery of healthcare 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.
Organisational Values / Objectives
The goals of Bromley GP Alliance are to work strategically with all Bromley practices, to help secure the best services for patients whilst working together, to support the member practices in the challenges of a changing NHS. Bromley GP Alliance aims to improve the morale of general practice in Bromley, by sharing expertise, services and supporting its workforce. The Alliance will make a positive impact on medical services in Bromley, by working closely with the CCG, local NHS trusts, local providers and patient groups, to improve the delivery of healthcare to the local population.
Key Relationships
Care Homes across Borough of Bromley
Patients, family members and carers
Secondary Care and Community colleagues
External Organisations:
St Christophers Hospice
Bromley Healthcare
Orpington Primary Care Network (PCN)
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.
Duties and Responsibilities
In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties, including visiting of homes, telephone & Video consultations, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely manner.
Provide proactive care, supporting and improving the health and wellbeing of the population.
Provide accessible care: providing a personalised, responsive, timely, flexible and accessible service.
Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self -referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.
Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
Provide clinical care using expert knowledge and developed clinical skills in assessing, implementing, and monitoring patients to ensure that the quality of patient care is maintained at the highest standard.
Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
Undertake clinical letters / summary dictation.
Ensure the principles of clinical governance and risk management are applied to clinical practice.
Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. KPIs, 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.
Ensuring death certificates are completed in a timely manner and in line with the Medical Examiner & Registrars legal requirements.
Signing of death certificates and cremation documentation. Should the post holder leave the employ of the practice and a patient dies within 2 weeks of the post holders departure, should the post holder be the last person who has seen the patient they will be required to complete the necessary paperwork within a week of such request.
Education and Experience
Full GMC registration
MBBS or Equivalent medical degree
MRCGP
Inclusion on the performers list
Personal/Professional Development
Participate in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for
maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
Participate in any training programme implemented by the executive team
Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
Assess own performance and development and take accountability for own actions, either
directly or under supervision
Communication
Demonstrate interpersonal skills when dealing with all levels of staff across the BGPA using persuasion, tact and reassurance where necessary.
Handle confidential patient material in a sensitive and discrete fashion in compliance with Bromley GP Alliance policy and procedure.
To be able to influence, motivate and involve individuals and teams to reach necessary performance target expectations.
Liaise with other departments and members of the Bromley GP Alliance and other organisations to ensure the smooth running of the office and to assisting the functioning of the team.
The post holder is required to follow Bromley GP Alliance policies and procedures which are regularly updated including:
Confidentiality / Data Protection / Freedom of Information
Post holders must maintain the confidentiality of information about patients, staff and other health service business in accordance with the Data Protection Act of 2018. Post holders must not, without prior permission, disclose any information regarding patients or staff. If any member of staff has communicated any such information to an unauthorised person those staff will be liable to dismissal. Moreover, the Data Protection Act 2018 also renders an individual liable for prosecution in the event of unauthorised disclosure of information. Following the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 2005, post holders must apply the Bromley GP Alliances FOI procedure if they receive a written request for information.
Equal Opportunities
Post holders must at all times fulfil their responsibilities with regard to the Bromley GP Alliances Equal Opportunities Policy and equality laws.
Health and Safety
All post holders have a responsibility, under the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) and subsequently published regulations, to ensure that the Trusts health and safety policies and procedures are complied with to maintain a safe working environment for patients, visitors and employees.
Infection Control
All post holders have a personal obligation to act to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs). They must attend mandatory training in Infection Control and be compliant with all measures required by the Trust to reduce HCAIs. All post holders must comply with the Bromley GP Alliance infection screening and immunisation policies as well as be familiar with the Trusts Infection Control Policies, including those that apply to their duties, such as Hand Decontamination Policy, Personal Protective Equipment Policy, safe procedures for using aseptic techniques and safe disposal of sharps.
Risk Management
All post holders have a responsibility to report risks such as clinical and non-clinical accidents or incidents promptly. They are expected to be familiar with the Trusts use of risk assessments to predict and control risk, as well as the incident reporting system for learning from mistakes and near misses in order to improve services. Post holders must also attend training identified by their manager or stated by the Trust to be mandatory.
Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
Post holders have a general responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their daily duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Smoking Policy
It is the Trusts policy to promote health. Smoking, therefore, is actively discouraged. It is illegal within Trust buildings and vehicles.
Review of this Job Description
This job description is intended as an outline of the general areas of activity and will be amended in the light of the changing needs of the organisation. To be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder.
Person Specification
Additional Criteria Essential
Work as part of a team to ensure QOF targets are met. Participate in weekly multidisciplinary team meetings, time in meetings and clinical audit where required. Liaison with voluntary agencies and multi-disciplinary teams in both the community and secondary care.
Experience Essential
Knowledge and experience of general Practice in the UK Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients Ability to safely oversee and share care of patients with nursing and other staff Ability to work with non-career grade staff, registrars and specialist nurses To have a broad understanding of all elements of, and a commitment to the principles of Clinical Governance A patient centred approach to care Good management of patient care Effective communication skills with both clinical and non -clinical staff Excellent IT skills
Desirable
Knowledge of EMIS Working in Primary Care in an area with significant health problems.
Skills Essential
Caring attitude to patients Good personal interactive communications skills: clarity of expression and purpose The ability to work as a team member and on own initiative Acceptance of management and administrative duties by working within a structured team Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance Flexible working attitude
Qualifications Essential
Full GMC registration MBBS or Equivalent medical degree MRCGP Inclusion on the performers list MPS/MDUS/MDDUS Membership
Desirable
Experience with EMIS
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 Bromley GP Alliance Ltd
Address Bromleag Care Practice
Beckenham Clinic
14 The Crescent
Beckenham
BR3 1DU
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://bromleygpalliance.org/ (Opens in a new tab)