General Practitioner Maternity Leave Cover

Surrey Heath Community Providers Ltd; Camberley; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service provider in Camberley is seeking a General Practitioner for maternity leave cover. The post-holder will provide high-quality patient care, manage consultations, and lead care plans in a collaborative team environment. Experience as a qualified GP with strong communication skills is required. Offers competitive benefits and a supportive work culture.

Benefits

Membership to NHS Pension Scheme

Free on-site parking

Social and wellbeing events

Qualifications

• Excellent keyboard and computer skills.
• Understanding of clinical Governance and quality issues.
• Ability to listen and empathise.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality patient care including prevention, screening, treatment.
• Develop care and treatment plans in consultation with patients.
• Carry out consultations and undertake home visits.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Good time management

Sound clinical skills

Problem solving

Education

4 GCSEs (C and above) including English and Maths or equivalent

Qualified GP and full registration

Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent (JCPTGP)

Member of Royal College of General Practitioners

Tools

GP clinical IT systems

Microsoft Office applications

Job description

General Practitioner Maternity Leave Cover

The post-holder will undertake a variety of duties, including surgery consultations with a mixture of telephone or face to face, home visits, checking and signing prescriptions, dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely manner.

Contribute to successful implementation of continuous improvement and quality initiatives within the practice.

Main duties of the job

• Providehigh quality patient care including prevention, screening, treatment,management of chronic conditions and health promotion
• Developcare and treatment plans in consultation with patients and in line with currentPractice protocols as well as wider guidance e.g. NICE
• Carryout face to face, telephone and video consultations and undertake home visits
• Speakand see patients promptly and in a timely manner in order to minimise waitingtimes.
• Ensure appropriate follow up with patients
• Liaise with other team members and organisations involved in patient care and respond promptly to queries
• Investigate and refer patients as appropriate in line with current guidance
• Deal promptly with results and correspondence, clearly communicating any actions that are required
• Provide cover as needed, for all of the above, when other GPs are on leave
• When providing care ensure the judicious use of resources and NHS funds
• Keep clear and contemporaneous computerised consultation notes and patient records to agreed standards and in-line with practice policies
• Other day to day Responsibilities within the Organisation
• Demonstrate an awareness of, and compliance with, all relevant Practice policies/guidelines e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
• Demonstrate a commitment and contribution to clinical governance processes including significant event review

Please see supporting documents for the full job description, list of responsibilities and person specification

About us

We are a well-established practice with a patient list of approximately 9,800.Our teamincludes 4 Partners, 3 Salaried GPs, an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, 2 ClinicalPharmacists, a Pharmacy Technician, a dedicated Nursing team, a supportiveManagement team, and an excellent Admin/Reception staff.

As a trainingpractice, we host an in-house educational session every 5 weeks and activelyparticipate in the quarterly Surrey Heath Educational Day (SHED). Clinicalstaff are entitled to one week of study leave per year, pro-rata.

We hold dailyreferrals meetings as well as a mid-morning coffee and clinical discussionsmeeting. Our practice works collaboratively with the Primary Care Network andneighbouring practices.

We value teamwellbeing and regularly organise social and wellbeing events, such as ourannual Summer BBQ and Christmas party. Free on-site parking is available, andwe offer membership to the NHS Pension Scheme.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting documents for a list of duties and responsibilities.Please note this is not an extensive list of all responsibilities

Person Specification

Experience

• Excellent communication skills (oral and written) and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent keyboard and computer skills.
• Understanding of clinical Governance and quality issues, as well as health and social policy.
• Competent in the use of GP clinical IT systems.
• Ability to listen and empathise.
• Good time management.
• Problem solving and a 'solutions-focused' approach.
• Sound clinical skills.
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office applications.

Qualifications

• 4 GCSEs (C and above) including English and Maths or equivalent
• Qualified GP and full registration
• Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent (JCPTGP)
• Member of recognised defence union (MPS,MDU)
• Currently on performers' list
• Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners
• Never been removed from a performers' list

Other

• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Pleasant and articulate.
• Self-motivated and positive.
• Adaptable and forward-looking.
• Possessing own initiative and driven.
• Diplomatic and considered.
• Able to observe strict confidentiality.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Be empathetic, honest, and caring.
• Be enthusiastic and energetic.
• Be hardworking, willing, and flexible.
• Ability to use own judgement, own common sense, and resourceful.

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.