PCN Salaried GP

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is seeking a GP to join the Community Care Hall Green PCN. You will work autonomously and with other health professionals to assess, diagnose and treat patients in a primary care setting, while ensuring clinical excellence and GMC standards.

You will manage a diverse caseload across three GP practices, including surgery, telephone consultations, home visits, and on-call duties within the PCN framework.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both written and verbally.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Excellent record keeping.
• Time management skills.
• Able to work calmly under pressure.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• IT skills (including word processing and database work).
• Committed to quality and patient satisfaction.
• Committed to equal opportunities.
• Team worker.
• Flexibility & adaptability, General understanding of the primary care contract.
• Understanding current NHS policies.
• Understanding of General Practice Services.
• Understanding of Primary Care Networks and how they work, Understanding the role of medical services in a wider public health agenda.
• Knowledge of the demographic characteristics that affect health and health care in the area including health inequalities, MBBS or equivalent medical degree.
• Full registration with GMC.
• Certification of Completion of Training (JCPTGP/PMETB).
• Inclusion on Performers List.
• Evidence of a commitment to on-going personal & professional development, Committed to working as part of a multidisciplinary, multi-agency primary care team.
• Openness to explore alternative working practices.
• Community Care Hall Green PCN has a strong focus on team work and work to support one another in ensuring patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Responsibilities

• Perform surgery and telephone consultations, on-call duties, home visits, and administration in a primary care setting.
• Triage patients presenting to the surgery by telephone, online and in person when on call.
• Make professional, autonomous decisions for presenting problems in accordance with practice guidelines.
• Assess health care needs of patients with undifferentiated problems and develop care plans.
• Manage long-term conditions and patients with complex problems.
• Check, sign and process repeat prescriptions and issue acute prescriptions in line with guidelines.
• Prescribe in accordance with the Practice formulary where appropriate.
• Refer patients to secondary care or other PCN roles as required.

Skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Record keeping

Time management

Autonomy

IT literacy

Team player

Flexibility

NHS policy understanding

Primary care networks understanding

MBBS or equivalent

GMC registration

Commitment to ongoing professional dev

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical degree

Full GMC registration

JCPTGP/PMETB Certification

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Community Care Hall Green PCN team. We are a dynamic, and forward thinking PCN, who are passionate about developing and delivering excellent quality local services to meet the needs of our patients., To perform as an autonomous general practitioner working independently and with other health care professionals to assess, diagnose and treat the conditions of patients attending within a primary care setting. Provide expert professional advice to patients, carers and colleagues and ensure the maintenance of clinical excellence. To be professionally accountable and responsible for all elements of clinical practice in accordance with the GMC code of conduct, ensuring the safety of patients and the quality of their care is the main focus. 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 across a Primary Care Network of 3 GP Practices, dealing with a diverse range of health needs. The post holder will be based at Northbrook Group Practice &/or Swanswell Medical Centre. This will include, but is not limited to, surgery and telephone consultations, on call, home visits, administration, complying with the practices contracts (GMS/PMS/enhanced services/DES)., Clinical Responsibilities are as below In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will be available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork, reports and correspondence in a timely fashion Triage patients presenting to the surgery by telephone, online and in person when on call 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 In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health and promoting healthy lifestyle strategies and education Manage long-term conditions and patients with complex problems Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards Collecting data for audit purposes and complying with QOF requirements Delivering enhanced services Check, manage & process patient test results Refer patients to secondary care and/or relevant organisations and internally within the PCN (e.g. to additional roles members of the PCN team) as required Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible) in line with local and national guidelines 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 the duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care in a surgery on a PCN basis

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both written and verbally
• Excellent organisational skills
• Excellent record keeping
• Time management skills
• Able to work calmly under pressure
• Ability to work on own initiative
• IT skills (including word processing and database work)
• Committed to quality and patient satisfaction
• Committed to equal opportunities
• Team worker
• Flexibility & adaptability, General understanding of the primary care contract
• Understanding current NHS policies
• Understanding of General Practice Services
• Understanding of Primary Care Networks and how they work, Understanding the role of medical services in a wider public health agenda
• Knowledge of the demographic characteristics that affect health and health care in the area including health inequalities, MBBS or equivalent medical degree
• Full registration with GMC
• Certification of Completion of Training (JCPTGP/PMETB)
• Inclusion on Performers List
• Evidence of a commitment to on-going personal & professional development, Committed to working as part of a multidisciplinary, multi-agency primary care team
• Openness to explore alternative working practices
• Community Care Hall Green PCN has a strong focus on team work and work to support one another in ensuring patients are at the heart of everything we do.