Salaried General Practitioner

East Lancashire Hospitals Nhs Trust; Pendleton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Part time

Job summary

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) invites applications for a Salaried GP in their ELHT Primary Care network. The post covers 4 sessions per week and offers a diverse mix of clinical work, including routine and complex consultations, home visits, and participation in the on-call rotation.

This role supports development of special interests and collaborative working between primary and secondary care within a large hospital trust, with a flexible, patient-centered approach to care.

Qualifications

• Must be a medical practitioner on the General Practice Register.
• Must be on the performers list and not suspended from the list or medical register.
• Accredited as a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) MBBS or equivalent degree.

Responsibilities

• Practice-based consultations - telephone and face to face.
• Home-based consultations.
• Participation in the GP on-call rotation.
• Triaging requests for appointments and ensuring patients are seen by the most appropriate team member.
• Make professional and autonomous decisions.
• Health screening and developing and managing care plans.
• Chronic disease management.
• Prescription management.
• Other duties commensurate with role.

Skills

English communication

Leadership

Record keeping

Mentoring junior staff

Education

MBBS or equivalent

MRCGP

General Practice Register

Tools

EMIS

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our busy General Practice as a Salaried GP.

ELHT Primary Care is a group of East Lancashire General Practices sitting within East Lancashire Hospitals Trust. Being a part of ELHT enables more collaborative working between Primary and Secondary Care and a great interface with the Community Services that ELHT host.

The practices have excellent multidisciplinary teams and supportive clinical leadership. We strive to continuously drive improvements in the development of high quality, patient centred care.

As a salaried GP you will undertake a wide variety of clinical work including routine and complex consultations with patients, rotational on call duty, home visits and workflow and admin tasks.

We are keen to develop any special interests you may have to further enhance the services we offer and wherever possible will support you to pursue this.

This is a part time position covering 4 sessions per week.

Main duties of the job

• Practice based consultations - telephone and face to face
• Home based consultations
• Participation in the GP on call rotation
• Triaging requests for appointments and ensuring patients are seen by the most appropriate member of the team.
• Make professional and autonomous decisions
• Health screening and developing and managing care plans
• Chronic disease management
• Prescription management
• Other duties commensurate with role

About us

As a GP within ELHT primary Care you will have the benefit of being a part of a large hospital trust. This enables collaborative working between Primary, Community and Secondary care supporting patients right across their health journeys.

ELHT are committed to offering all staff a rewarding career as part of a flexible workforce that constantly seeks fresh ways of delivering the best care for our patients.

Job responsibilities

A detailed job description and person specification is attached and we welcome calls and pre arranged visits

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• A medical practitioner on the General Practice Register under Article 10 of the Specialist Medical Practice Order 2003
• Not the subject of suspension under section 41A if the Medical Act 1983
• Qualified General Practitioner(completed certificate of Completion of Training
• Currently on a performers list and not suspended from the list or the medical register
• Accredited as a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) MBBS or equivalent degree

Experience

Essential

• In practice as a GP or Locum
• Experience of and commitment to working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of working to achieve standards within Quality and Outcome Framework (QOF)
• Experience of working in a Primary Care environment in areas with significant health problems
• Development of areas of clinical expertise
• Experience of audit and improving care for patients

Desirable

• Experience of using EMIS

Knowlwdge and Skills

Essential

• Understanding the roles of medical services in a wider public health agenda
• Knowledge of the demographic characteristics that affect health and health care in the area
• Undertanding current NHS policy
• Understanding health and social needs of a practice population
• Understand the issues and challenges facing primary care

Personal

Essential

• Commitment to ongoing personal development / education and training
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English. This includes written and verbal communications
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Good organizational skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Excellent record keeping skills
• Provision of enhanced services - i.e. minor surgery
• Ability to work under pressure and on own initiative
• Ability to support and mentor GP Registrars, Medical Students and other Health Professionals

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.

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