Salaried GP

We are looking for a part‑time salaried GP for 6 sessions per week. The ideal candidate will have an innovative outlook to general practice. You will thrive in the supportive and positive environment which keenly protects a healthy work/life balance.

Main duties of the job

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 patients. The post-holder will play a full role in target achievement and service development. As a key member of the team, he/she has a duty to play a full part in practice meetings, business affairs and take an interest in its future development.

The successful applicant will contribute to the innovative culture of the practice and will get every assistance in developing specialisms to broaden their experience.

About us

The Ironopolis Medical Group was formed through the administrative merger of Martonside Medical Centre and The Endeavour Practice in June 2017; two Middlesbrough practices that had enjoyed excellent reputations for many years. This position is for our Martonside Practice which has a list size of approaching 7900 patients and is located opposite James Cook Hospital. The group has 5 GP partners and a management partner. Martonside is a training and teaching practice. Our management partner is the non‑clinical chair of Central Middlesbrough PCN. Our clinical system is SystmOne.

Ironopolis holds a Tier 2 licence.

Candidate holding a Tier 2 visa may apply.

Job responsibilities

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 patients. The post-holder will play a full role in target achievement and service development. As a key member of the team, he/she has a duty to play a full part in practice meetings, business affairs and take an interest in its future development.

The successful applicant will contribute to the innovative culture of the practice and will get every assistance in developing specialisms to broaden their experience.

Clinical Responsibilities:

In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will:

• Make himself/herself available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations, visiting patients at home and in nursing homes, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
• Be required to be on‑call for clinically urgent and emergency problems and consequently be included in the doctors on‑call rota.
• Be required to make home visits for your own patient list within the session time specified.
• Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self‑referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.
• Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Cover all the clinical management of the patients in surgery as appropriate including initiating investigations, reviewing results, making referrals to secondary care or to other providers as appropriate.
• Develop care and treatment plans in consultation with patients and inline with current Practice disease management protocols as well as wider guidance such as that from NICE.
• Ensure appropriate follow up of patients.
• Record clear and contemporaneous computerised consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Collect data for audit purposes.
• Compile and issue computer‑generated acute and repeat prescriptions, avoiding hand‑written prescriptions whenever possible.
• Prescribe generically whenever appropriate and mindful of good professional practice including, but not limited to the Practice prescribing formulary, NICE guidance, and Good Prescribing Practice or CCG advice guidelines.
• Work with and support other members of the primary health care team in delivering high quality primary care.
• Promote the application of Professional Standards and Codes of Practice, principally Good Medical Practice, General Medical Council, but also mindful of standards set by the BMA, Royal College of General Practice and the Department of Health.
• Play a leading role in the practice achieving agreed QOF and other key performance indicator targets.
• Take lead responsibility for targets and services allocated, such as QOF areas and Enhanced Services.

Other Responsibilities within the Organisation:

• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g. Prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.
• Commitment and contribution to achievement of the highest possible quality standards such as the QOF and other agreed Key Performance Indicator targets.
• 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.
• Attendance at regular in‑house partnership, locality, governance, educational meetings and training as well as events with other agencies as appropriate.
• Assistance with the training of other staff members and also with the education of doctors and nurses in training as appropriate.
• Must act in accordance with the partnership agreement.
• Other duties or activities as agreed by the partners.

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.

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 recognises 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, not non‑judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights.

Personal/Professional Development:

The post holder will maintain continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements for appraisal and revalidation are met. This may include training needed for areas of Practice Development.

Quality:

• 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 team’s performance.
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients’ needs.
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

Communication:

• The post-holder should recognise 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:

• 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.

Qualifications

• Qualified GP
• GMC full registration with licence to practice
• Included in GP register CCT, Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent
• Membership of recognised medical defence union (without restriction or additional fees)
• MRCGP
• Eligible for English Performers List
• Never been removed from a performers list for a detrimental reason
• A demonstrable commitment to professional development
• Understands the importance of evidence‑based practice and clinical effectiveness
• Evidence of recent self‑directed
• DRCOG
• DFP
• DCH
• Qualification in Minor Surgery
• Knowledge of the current issues facing primary care and the wider NHS
• Currently on English performers list
• Experience in Mens Health issues

Experience

• Experience of Microsoft Office applications
• Experience of GP Clinical IT systems

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.