General Practitioner - Much Birch Surgery

NHS; Hereford; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Hereford is seeking a General Practitioner to provide excellent care in a supportive environment. The role includes flexible working hours and opportunities for leadership development. A full medical degree and MRCGP are required. Ideal candidates are proactive, friendly, and possess strong clinical and communication skills. Competitive salary based on experience, starting from £90,177.

Qualifications

• Completion of GP vocational training or equivalent certification.
• Current GMC registration with re-validation.
• Registered on the Medical Performers List.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload with a wide range of health needs in primary care.
• Provide surgery and telephone consultations.
• Develop care plans and provide counselling.

Skills

Clinical skills

Communication

Teamwork

IT proficiency

Clinical governance

Knowledge of QOF

Education

Basic medical degree

MRCGP

Tools

EMIS Web

Job description

Followingthe retirement of one of our long standing GPs, we are seeking a newGP at our innovative GP practice now managed by the GP federation. Wechampion the doctor patient relationship & continuity of care at practicelevel, underpinned by the expertise of the federation & at scale services.

Theworkplan we are seeking to fulfil is for the following 6 sessions:

Monday Duty Day

Tuesday and Wednesday Routine Dayshours can be flexible to allow for approx. 8 hours per day

Thereis also some flexibility for an additional 7th routine session.

Wewould consider this being undertaken by 1 or more GPs.

Ifyou're interested in a role that gives you flexibility as your careerevolves, the following options are available :

You can tailor asalaried role to workhours that suit your lifestyle and clinicalinterests.

We provide a safe and well supported workingenvironment so you can focus on providing great clinical care to patients. We take as much admin burden away from you as possible, support youwith other members of the MDT giving you more time with each patient

Leadership development and clinical lead rolesat the practice and across the federation.

Opportunities to work in out-of-hours and enhancedaccess services.

Develop a clinical interest

15 min booked F2F appointments

No more than 16 booked patient contacts persession

Reducing clinical admin ,referrals, results,letters due to our centralised functions

We will also consider the GP Retainer Scheme

Main duties of the job

• Provide best in class patient care to our patients
• Drive quality with colleagues to improve the health of all registered patients
• Work with and support members of the MDT team to provide excellent joint patient care
• Help us to foster a collaborative, ambitious and innovative culture so we can build the best primary care service in the UK; a service which exceeds the expectations for patients and clinicians
• Supporting trainees and other members of the team

About us

We are a rapidly growing organisation with amission to ensure that all patients have access to comprehensive, coordinatedand continuous care within a sustainable primary care system.

We want to improve patient access, patientexperience and health outcomes to significantly increase the quality of carefor our patients.

The Much Birch GMS contract was novated toTaurus Healthare in February 2024, but the practice team remains unchanged asdoes the identity of the surgery inthe local community. Much Birch is :-

• Abusy rural dispensing practice at the heart of the community.
• Locatedin the village of Much Birch, between Ross-on-Wye and Hereford city.
• Coveringan area reaching from the edges of Hereford to Ross on Wye, and extendinginto the villages of the Golden Valley.
• Listsize of circa 5,000+ patients
• A supportive clinical team of GPs, ANPs, Paramedics,Practice Nurses, HCAs, Physiotherapist, Social Prescribers

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 registered and temporary patients.

Clinical responsibilities:

• In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties, including surgery consultations, telephone 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
• Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
• Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
• Providing counselling and health education
• Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
• Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
• In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

*A full Job Description & Person Specification is attached to this advert*

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Basic medical degree and completion of GP vocational training or equivalent (JCPTGP) certificate.
• MRCGP.

Skills & Knowledge

• Excellent clinical, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work well within a team.
• IT literate.
• Demonstrable evidence of clinical governance activities.
• Knowledge of EMIS Web and other IT systems.
• In-depth knowledge of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)

Personal Qualities & Attributes

• Ability to work under pressure.
• Proactive in their approach to work.
• Friendly & approachable.
• Flexibility.
• Able to work within agreed frameworks.

Other Requirements

• GMC registration including current re-validation.
• Registered on the Medical Performers List.
• Enhanced DBS clearance.
• Valid driving licence and insurance, including business use.

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.

Depending on experience£90,177 + (subject to experience)