Newly Qualified Salaried GP ARRS

Rushcliffe PCN islooking to recruit a newly qualified & forward-thinking GP to join ourGeneral Practice team in central Rushcliffe.

You will be required towork 3 sessions within one of our south practices Orchard Surgery has twosites in Kegworth and Gotham. We are a very supportive PCN & willsupport you to work by providing a Clinical Director as a mentor. This is agreat opportunity to get to know our practices and will provide the successfulcandidate with experience working within general practice.

Main duties of the job

Rushcliffe PCN is a large rural PCN providing services to 140,000 patients. Our 11 eleven practices form 3 smaller localities: North, South & Central.

All our practices are rated good or outstanding with CQC & the majority are training practices.

The role is to work within Orchard Surgery as part of the practice team

About us

If you are motivated to join us and have the attributes, we seek and can make a difference then please submit a CV with a covering e-mail outlining your reasons to anna.kirk2@nhs.net

Job responsibilities

Reporting to Nominated Partner/PCN lead

Accountable to PCN Clinical Director

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The post-holder will manage a clinical caseload and dealwith a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring thehighest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.Responsibilities will reflect requirements of the NHS GP Contracts, and as suchmay be subject to change as services adapt.

Clinical Responsibilities

In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, thepost-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of dutiesincluding face to face, telephone and online consultations and queries,visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions anddealing with queries paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion

Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation topresenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health careworkers within the organisation

Assessing the health care needs of patients withundifferentiated and undiagnosed problems

Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signsof illness

In consultation with patients and in line with currentpractice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health

Providing counselling and health education

Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseloadand referring to other care providers as appropriate

Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes toagreed standards

Clinical Responsibilities

Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeatprescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)

Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribingformulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate

In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake allthe normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working withinprimary care.

Completion of medical reports (including NHS and privateservices as required)

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practicepolicies/guidelines, e.g.prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, healthand safety

A commitment to life‑long learning and audit to ensureevidence-based best practice

Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standardsetting within the organisation

Contributing to the development of computer-based patientrecords

Contributing to the summarising of patient records andread-coding patient data

Attending training and events organised by the practice orother agencies, where appropriate.

Confidentiality

While seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allowus to gather sensitive information in relation to their health and othermatters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff willrespect their privacy and act appropriately

In the performance of the duties outlined in this jobdescription, the post-holder may have access to confidential informationrelating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcareworkers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as abusiness organisation. All such information from any source is to be regardedas strictly confidential

Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, otherhealthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged toauthorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and proceduresrelating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Health & Safety

The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range ofpromotion and management their own and others health and safety and infectioncontrol as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the practicehealth & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy andpublished procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

Using personal security systems within the workplaceaccording to practice guidelines

Awareness of national standards of infection control andcleanliness and regulatory /contractual / professional requirements, and goodpractice guidelines

Providing advice on the correct and safe management of thespecimens process including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct andclean containers, storage and transport arrangements

Correct personal use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)and ensuring correct use of PPE by others, advising on appropriatecircumstances for use by clinicians, staff and patients.

Management of the full range of infection control proceduresin both routine and extraordinary circumstances (e.g. Pandemic or individualinfectious circumstances)Health & Safety Cont:

Hand hygiene standards for self and others

Managing directly all incidents of accidental exposure

Management and advice relating to infection control andclinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocolsacross the practice

Active observation of current working practices across thepractice in relation to infection control, cleanliness and related activities,ensuring that procedures are followed and weaknesses / training needs areidentified, escalating issues as appropriate to the responsible person

Identifying the risks involved in work activities andundertaking such activities in away that manages those risks across clinicaland patient process

Making effective use of training to update knowledge andskills, and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range ofinfection control and patient processes

Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation toinfection control, ensuring that proper use is made of hand cleansingfacilities, wipes etc, and that these are sufficient to ensure a good clinicalworking environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate to theresponsible manager

Safe management of sharps use, storage and disposal

Maintenance of own clean working environment

Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintainingwork areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards.Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation toresponsible management

Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of healthand safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised

Health & Safety Cont

Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generallyclean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to otherwork areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenanceof general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (whereappropriate) with responsible managers

Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimumtwice annually)

Correct waste and instrument management including handling,segregation, and container use

Maintenance of sterile environments

Equality and diversity

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity andrights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoplesrights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice proceduresand policies, and current legislation

Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs ofpatients, carers and colleagues

Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of theindividual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelingspriorities and rights.

In addition to maintaining continued education throughattendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure thatprofessional development requirements for PREP are met, the post-holder willparticipate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part ofthis employment, such training to include:

Participation in an annual individual performance review,including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/orprofessional development

Taking responsibility for own development, learning andperformance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who areundertaking similar work.

Quality

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within thepractice, and will-

Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk

Assess own performance and take accountability for ownactions, either directly or under supervision

Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting onown and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhancethe teams performance

Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meetpatients needs

Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

Communication

The post-holder should recognize the importance of effectivecommunication within the team and will strive to:

Communicate effectively with other team members

Communicate effectively with patients and carers

Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods ofcommunication and respond accordingly.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team and across organisational boundaries in a UK General Practice
• Understanding of NHS systems
• Understanding of challenges and context within primary care Evidence of excellent organisational and planning skills
• Ability to manage and prioritise workload
• Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
• Excellent communication skills written and verbal
• Pro‑active approach to change management
• Good understanding of the national strategic context of the NHS Ability to make clinical decisions based on latest evidence and local/national policies and guidelines
• Able to professionally and appropriately challenge differing opinions as a patient advocate
• Able to give appropriate telephone advice
• Basic IT skills in word processing, excel and e‑mail
• Experience in using I.T. Based patient documentation systems
• Able to maintain accurate records
• Understanding of Confidentiality and the Data protection Act Understanding of clinical governance and its significance and impact upon practice
• Ability to participate in audit and standard setting
• Awareness of equality and valuing diversity principles
• Evidence of experience / competency in the form of a professional portfolio
• Able to work on own initiative, but knows limits of own competencies

Circumstances

• Car owner/driver, with exclusive access to a vehicle
• Able to participate in on‑call advice and support service
• Ability to autonomously in the primary care setting

Qualifications

• GMC Registered, not subject to suspension
• Currently on a CCG performers list Clear enhanced DBS check Evidence of CPD

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.