Full-time or Part-time Salaried GP

The Methodist Church in Britain; Banks; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High levels of support and training

GP registrar supervision

Job summary

Norwood Surgery is seeking a Salaried GP to join a team of 3 partners, 4 salaried GPs and 3 nurses serving around 10,000 patients. The role covers surgery and telephone consultations, home visits, repeat prescribing, care plans and referrals.

It is a training practice with a focus on social prescribing and lifestyle medicine, offering 6–8 sessions per week. A CCT in General Practice plus DBS and occupational health clearance are required.

Qualifications

• CCT in General Practice.
• Experience of audit and leading audit programmes.
• Experience with clinical risk management.
• Experience leading projects with CQC, CCG and QOF.
• Excellent written and oral communication.
• Strong IT skills, including EMIS Web, Outlook and Office.

Responsibilities

• Surgery and telephone consultations, plus home visits, in line with the practice timetable.
• Managing a caseload covering a wide range of health needs in primary care.
• Making autonomous clinical decisions on presenting problems, including self-referrals and referrals from other staff.
• Assessing undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and screening for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Developing care plans in line with practice disease management protocols.
• Compiling computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions, prescribing from the formulary where clinically appropriate.
• Checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing promptly with queries, paperwork and correspondence.
• Admitting and discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers.
• Providing counselling and health education.
• Recording clear consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Collecting audit data and contributing to evaluation, audit and clinical standard setting.
• Contributing to computer-based patient records, including summarising records and Read-coding.

Skills

Excellent written and oral comms

IT skills including EMIS Web

Time management and planning

Policy and procedure adherence

Problem solving and analytical skills

Education

CCT in General Practice

Tools

EMIS Web

Outlook

Office

Job description

Salaried GP post at Norwood Surgery, with 3 partners, 4 salaried GPs, 3 nurses and around 10,000 patients. The work covers surgery and telephone consultations, home visits, repeat prescribing, care plans and referrals. It is a training practice with a focus on social prescribing and lifestyle medicine, offered for 6 to 8 sessions a week. A CCT is required, along with DBS and occupational health clearance.

What the job involves

• Surgery and telephone consultations, plus home visits, in line with the practice timetable
• Managing a caseload covering a wide range of health needs in primary care
• Making autonomous clinical decisions on presenting problems, including self-referrals and referrals from other staff
• Assessing undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and screening for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
• Developing care plans in line with practice disease management protocols
• Compiling computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions, prescribing from the formulary where clinically appropriate
• Checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing promptly with queries, paperwork and correspondence
• Admitting and discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers
• Providing counselling and health education
• Recording clear consultation notes to agreed standards
• Collecting audit data and contributing to evaluation, audit and clinical standard setting
• Contributing to computer-based patient records, including summarising records and Read-coding

Qualifications

• CCT as a General Practitioner

Experience

• Experience of audit and of leading audit programmes
• Experience of clinical risk management
• Experience leading projects with CQC, CCG and QOF

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent written and oral communication, with a clear, polite telephone manner
• Strong IT skills, including EMIS Web, Outlook and Office
• Effective time management and planning
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
• Problem solving and analytical skills

Checks & eligibility

• Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
• Occupational health clearance

Other

• Ability to work in a team and autonomously
• Flexibility to work outside core office hours
• Ability to work under pressure and in stressful situations
• Empathy in distressing situations
• Commitment to ongoing professional development

What’s offered

• High levels of support and training for all staff, including GP registrars
• Daily coffee time for discussing interesting or challenging cases and group feedback