ARRS Salaried GP

Severnside Medical Practice; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading medical practice in Gloucester is seeking a newly qualified GP to join their supportive team. This role offers flexible working hours, 6 weeks annual leave, and the NHS pension scheme, with a focus on providing high-quality patient care.

Benefits

6 weeks annual leave plus 1 week study leave

NHS pension scheme

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Must be newly qualified (within 2 years of qualification) and not held a salaried GP post since qualification.

Responsibilities

• Conduct surgery, telephone, and video consultations.
• Assess health needs of patients.
• Manage prescriptions and patient queries.

Education

GMC Registration

Job description

We would like to appoint a newly qualified GP utilising the ARRS funding scheme, for 4 sessions per week (negotiable). You will be joining a supportive and approachable team.

We offer 6 weeks annual leave plus 1 week study leave and the NHS pension.

We are flexible with working hours and are happy to accommodate other commitments and child care arrangements.

To qualify for the ARRS scheme the GP must be within 2 years of qualifying and not have held a salaried post since qualification.

Approximate commencement in role September-January 2025.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations, video consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.

Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation or external organisations.

Assessing the health needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems

About us

Severnside Medical Practice is a GMS, System1 practice based in the heart of the city centre with approximately 10,000 patients.In July 2019 we moved to Quayside House, a new purpose-built building with great facilities.

Our clinical team comprises of 2 GP partners, 6 salaried GPs, 2 paramedics, 4 practice nurses and 1 healthcare assistant.We also have 1 non-clinical practice manager partner.

Job description

Job responsibilities

ARRS Scheme Salaried General Practitioner

Key Clinical Responsibilities:

The post-holder will practice in accordance with accepted good medical practice and the various clinical policies of the Service, to include but not limited to:

The post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations, video consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.

Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation or external organisations.

Assessing the health needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.

Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.

Contributing to QOF, Enhanced Services and IIF requirements and recording data appropriately.

In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health related illnesses.

Screening patients for health education.

Admitting and discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate.

Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.

Collecting data for audit purposes and contributing to the Practice audit programme as required.

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

Prescribing in accordance with the accepted prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.

Take a lead role in some aspects of the clinical work within the team, for example: co-ordinating aspects of governance, QOF, enhanced services, CPD and keeping clinical protocols up to date

In general the post holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care, as set by Royal College of General Practitioners, General Medical Council, all other Royal colleges and councils applicable to the staff within the practice, Department of Health, NHS England, ICB and all other regulatory and standard setting organisations.

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

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 and service expansion.

Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs.

Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

Prescribe safe and effective medicines management which conforms to:

NICE guidance and DH directives.

Good Prescribing Practice as defined by British National Formulary (BNF) guidance from Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain on safe and secure handling of medicine.

Operate safe management and regular review for all patients receiving repeat prescriptions.

Controlled Drugs legislation.

Shared protocols agreed between the ICB and other NHS providers.

Work effectively so as not to exceed the Practice prescribing budget as set annually by the ICB.

Comply with targets set within the Prescribing Incentive Scheme.

Contribute to the teams approach which ensures that referrals are made for patients to see other medical service providers, ensuring that adequate information is given to personnel to whom the patient has been referred for proper assessment to be made.

Be supportive of any complaints policy and procedure to ensure proper investigation and appropriate follow-up action in the event of a complaining being made about any aspect of the service provided or any personal provider of the service.

Other Responsibilities within the Organisation:

Contributing to service development and implementation of contracts.

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines/procedures, e.g. prescribing, child protection, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety, discipline.

A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.

Contributing to individual case discussions at clinical meetings and bring examples of cases for group discussion.

Contributing to the organisational development of the Practice by contributing to the development of ideas, strategies and policies which will promote efficiency and well-being of the practice.

Contributing to evaluation /audit and clinical standard setting with the organisation.

Contributing to the summarising of patient records and Read-coding patient data

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

Attending team meetings and other meetings as may be necessary.

Confidentiality:

• In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
• In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, 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

Health & safety:

The post-holder will implement and lead on the full range of promotion and management of their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

• Ensuring job holders across the practice adhere to their individual responsibilities for infection control and health and safety, using a system of observation, audit and check, hazard identification, questioning, reporting and risk management.
• Maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of health and safety and infection control statutory and best practice guidelines, and ensure implementation of these across the business
• 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 across the business
• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards, and initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed
• Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised
• Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other sector managers
• Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually)
• Routine management of own team / team areas, and maintenance of work space standards
• Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

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 that is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Personal/Professional development:

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, with such training to include:

• 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

Communication:

The post-holder should recognize 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GMC Registration

Experience

Essential

• Needs to be newly qualified to fulfil funding requirement of role (within 2 years of qualification) and not held a salaried GP post since qualification.

Employer details

Employer name

Severnside Medical Practice

Address

Quayside House

Quay Street

Gloucester

Gloucestershire

GL1 2TZ