PCN Salaried GP Birmingham

Meeveem Limited; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Meeveem Limited is seeking a General Practitioner to join our Community Care Hall Green PCN team in Birmingham. The GP will work alongside practice and PCN staff, providing autonomous clinical care across surgeries, telephone consultations and home visits.

You will be professionally accountable under GMC, manage a diverse caseload across three practices, and contribute to high standards of patient care within the PCN. Experience with NHS guidelines and QOF will be advantageous.

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical degree and GMC registration.
• Inclusion on Performers List.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.
• Understanding of NHS policies and Primary Care Networks.

Responsibilities

• Autonomous GP work in a primary care setting, with surgeries, telephone consultations and home visits.
• Provide expert clinical advice to patients, carers and colleagues.
• Be professionally accountable under the GMC code of conduct and ensure patient safety and care quality.
• Manage a caseload across a PCN consisting of 3 GP practices (Northbrook Group Practice and Swanswell Medical Centre).
• Undertake triage, prescribing and referrals in line with local and national guidelines.
• Maintain accurate contemporaneous records and contribute to audits and QOF requirements.

Skills

Communication

Organisational skills

Record keeping

Time management

Team worker

IT skills

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical degree

Full GMC registration

Certification of Completion of Training

Inclusion on Performers List

Commitment to ongoing professional development

Job description

Job summary

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.

We are looking to expand our PCN team by seeking to employ a General Practitioner to work alongside our practices and PCN staff. As well as general practice staff, our PCN staff group currently also includes Clinical Pharmacists, Physicians Associates, Social Prescribers, Physiotherapists, Mental Health Practitioners, Care Coordinators, Nurse Associates and Pharmacist Technicians.

Main duties of the job

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).

About us

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.

What we offer

• Innovative workplace with a strong focus on quality patient care
• CQC rated good and outstanding across key areas
• Friendly, supportive, well-led team
• Competitive session rate
• Opportunities for career development / specialist interest
• Regular learning and development events
• Modern, purpose built health centre
• Locality - Central Birmingham
• Number of practices - 3
• Approximate list size - 51,133

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Personal Skills and Qualities

Essential

• 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

Desirable

• Ability to bring fresh ideas

Experience

Essential

• 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

Desirable

• 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

Qualifications

Essential

• 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

Other

Essential

• Committed to working as part of a multidisciplinary, multi-agency primary care team
• Openness to explore alternative working practices

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.