General Practitioner

NHS; Malton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a passionate salaried GP to enhance community healthcare services. The role involves a variety of clinical duties in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, providing essential care to patients across various settings. Qualified candidates with excellent communication and interpersonal skills are encouraged to apply for this opportunity to make meaningful impacts in patient care.

Benefits

Dedicated and supportive team environment

Career development opportunities with associated medical schools

Qualifications

• Qualified GP with full GMC registration and eligibility to practice in the UK.
• Experience in primary care and clinical audit preferred.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Conduct face-to-face and telephone consultations.
• Manage prescriptions and clinical documentation.
• Develop care plans and assess patients' healthcare needs.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Interpersonal Skills

Time Management

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical degree

MRCGP

Vocational Training Certificate

General Practitioner Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

If you arepassionate about making a meaningful difference in the lives of patients withinthe community, could play a vital role in providing high quality care, and caneffectively collaborate with our well-established interdisciplinary team, thenwe would love to hear from you.

Due to expansion, NorthRiding Primary Care Network are looking to recruit an enthusiastic 6-8 session salariedGP (within 2 years of qualification) to support the existing team withinDerwent Practice to maintain high standards of clinical care and to contributefully to services provided by the Practice.

Main duties of the job

We are committedto providing high quality, safe, evidence based and accessible primary healthcare to our patients at all times, we do this through continuous learning,development and reflection, whilst ensuring all staff and patients are treatedwith dignity, honest and respect at all times.

Inaccordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post holder will makethemselves available to undertake a variety of duties. These include face toface surgery consultations, telephone consultations, visiting patients at home,Care Home Ward Rounds and supporting a Care home as a clinical lead.

About us

Derwent Practice is a large andwell-established family friendly Practice within the Malton Community, ratedgood by CQC in 2023. We have a dedicated and supportive team ofhealthcare professionals, including 10 GP Partners, Salaried GPs, PracticeNurses, Pharmacists, Physiotherapists, Advanced Nurse Practitioners and MentalHealth Practitioners as well as a full complement of support staff. Ourmulti-disciplinary approach allows us to provide comprehensive and personalisedcare to our patients and fosters a welcoming environment for all.

Derwent Practiceis part of The North Riding Primary Care Network, founded in 2019 which hasfour member practices. As a network we collaborate on severalprojects to address health inequalities and share best practice.

With a patientpopulation of 21,000 patients, Derwent Practice also provides medical care andtreatment to 4 local care homes (a combination of both residential and nursinghomes), supported living settings and also provides medical care cover for thelocal community hospital for a number of inpatients. In addition to careprovided for our local community, we are dedicated to training futuregenerations of healthcare professionals and are associated with Hull-YorkMedical School and Coventry University where we provide training to foundationDoctors and Student Nurses.

Job responsibilities

• In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, thepost-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties.These include face to face surgery consultations, telephone consultations,visiting patients at home, Care Home Ward Rounds and supporting a Care home asa clinical lead.
• Checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealingwith queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion
• Action a share of blood results and incoming clinicaldocuments, both paper and electronic
• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation topresenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health careworkers
• Assessing the health care needs of patients withundifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
• Provide definitive treatment (including prescribingmedications following policy patient group directives, NICE and local clinicalguidelines and local care pathways) or make necessary referrals to othermembers of the primary care team
• Prescribing in accordance with the local or practiceprescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and earlysigns of illness
• Developing care plans for health in consultation withpatients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
• Referring to other care providers as appropriate
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes toagreed standards
• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practicepolicies/guidelines, including, but not limited too; confidentiality,prescribing, data protection, health and safety, significant events etc
• A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensureevidence-based practice
• Attending training and events organised by the practiceor other agencies where appropriate
• Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standardsetting within the Practice

In general, thepost holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties andresponsibilities associated with a GP working in Primary Care.

The above constitute themain responsibilities of the post and may be amended following consultationwith the post holder to facilitate the development of the role, the practiceand the individual. All personnel should be prepared to accept additional, orsurrender existing duties, to enable the efficient running of the Practice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualified GP MBBS or equivalent medical degree
• MRCGP
• Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent JCPTGP
• General Practitioner (Certificate of Completion of Training CCT)
• Full GMC registration
• National Performers List registration
• Clear enhanced DBS check
• Evidence of current validation
• Evidence of last appraisal
• Eligibility to practice in the UK independently

Skills & Personal Qualities

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• Effective time management (planning and organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
• Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes
• Experience with clinical risk management
• Polite and confident
• Flexible and cooperative
• Motivated, forward thinker
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
• Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
• Systmone User Skills
• Project lead as required with CQC, ICB and QOF

Experience

• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Experience of continued professional development
• Experience of QOF and clinical audit
• General understanding of the primary care contract
• Outstanding level of clinical knowledge and skills commensurate with that of an experienced GP
• Experience of medicines management
• Experience of ICB initiatives

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.