PCN Salaried GP (Newly-Qualified - ARRS Role)

NHS; Brownhills; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A public health organization is seeking a Salaried GP to join its team in Brownhills. The role includes varied responsibilities such as consultations, home visits, and patient care management. Candidates should be newly qualified GPs with full GMC registration. This position offers competitive pay and excellent professional development opportunities in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

NHS Pension

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience of working within the NHS and with the general public.
• Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Recognizes priorities when problem-solving and can refer to seniors.

Responsibilities

• Undertake surgery consultations and home visits.
• Make professional, autonomous decisions regarding patients.
• Develop care plans for health-related illnesses.

Skills

Well developed IT skills

Good time management

Ability to use initiative

Interest in quality improvement work

Effective teamwork

Accountability in service

Education

Full GMC registration

Eligibility to work in UK

Newly qualified GP

Job description

To complement our ARRS PCN team, we are looking for a Salaried GP to join us for 6 - 8 sessions per week. The PCN will take applications from any GP who is not beyond the second anniversary of their certificate of completion of training. We offer a competitive salary and NHS Pension. Excellent training/development opportunities and you will be working with a strong and supportive team of clinicians and non-clinicians.

Main duties of the job

You will be working across one or more practices within the PCN carrying out task such as seeing patients face to face, completing telephone consultations and Home Visits. You will also be required to make referrals for patients as appropriate, process Prescription requests and review lab reports.You will work alongside the practice GP's and staff towards the QOF, DES & Primary Care Offer targets.

About us

Walsall East 2 PCN are looking for a qualified Salaried GP to join our multi-disciplinary team. You will provide support to the practices within the PCN. You will work closely with the practice staff and other ARRS roles.

Walsall East 2 PCN is made up on 5 local practices (Rushall Medical Centre, Northgate Practice, Portland Medical Practice, Collingwood Family Practice and Blackwood Health Centre) and serves a population of around 43,000 patients. The PCN has an above average population aged 65 years +.

We are an innovative PCN that work closely together in a proactive manner to ensure a high standard of patient care and satisfaction.

Northgate Practice are the lead practice for the PCN, however, all Walsall East 2 PCN contracts of employment are under OurNet Health Services Ltd. Day to day management is by the PCN Management Team, in conjunction with the member practices.

Job responsibilities

• You will undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone/video consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
• You will make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the practice or external organisations.
• You will assess the health needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
• You will screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• You will work alongside the Practice and PCN staff to support the achievement of the QOF indicators, ensuring that all data is recorded appropriately.
• You will work alongside the Practice and PCN staff to support the achievement of the PCN DES requirements, ensuring that all data is recorded appropriately.
• In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, you will developing care plans for health-related illnesses.
• You will screen patients for health education.
• You will refer patients to other care providers as appropriate.
• You will record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
• You will collect data for audit purposes and contribute to the practice audit programme as required.
• You will compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions using ESP (avoiding physical or hand-written prescriptions whenever possible).
• You will prescribe in accordance with the accepted prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
• In general, the you will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care, as set by Royal College of General Practitioners, General Medical council, all other Royal colleges and councils applicable to the staff within the practice, Department of Health, Clinical Commissioning Groups and all other regulatory and standard setting organisations.

Person Specification

Experience

• - Experience of working within the NHS, with general public & team working
• - Well developed IT skills and an enthusiasm for new applications and software
• - Good time management and highly organised
• - Ability to use initiative, judgement, resourcefulness, common sense and local knowledge
• - Interest in quality improvement work
• - Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
• - Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors when appropriate
• - Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
• - Produce timely and informative reports
• - Gain acceptance for Recommendations and influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/agreed course action where there may be significant barriers.
• - Work effectively independently and as a team member
• - Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision

Qualifications

• - Eligible to work in UK
• - Newly qualified GP (no more than 2 years qualified) with no previous substantive post
• - Able to carry out duties with or without premises adaptation
• - Full GMC registration
• - Included on a Medical Performers list or eligible

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.