SALARIED GP

Sidley Medical Practice; Bexhill-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in Bexhill-on-Sea seeks a qualified Salaried General Practitioner to deliver high-quality medical services. The role includes flexible working hours and responsibilities in patient care, clinical audits, and team collaboration. Ideal candidates should possess MRCGP and a commitment to ongoing professional development. Competitive salary and supportive work environment offered.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Supportive clinical team

Qualifications

• Qualified GP with eligibility to practice independently in the UK.
• Commitment to continued professional development.
• Experience with prescribing and clinical governance.

Responsibilities

• Provide a full range of medical services as defined in the core GMS contract.
• Make autonomous healthcare decisions regarding patients.
• Develop care plans in consultation with patients.

Skills

Experience in a primary care environment

Effective communication

Clinical auditing

Prescribing policies

Education

MRCGP

Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent

Full GMC Registration

Job description

Awell-established, two site training practice, which received a Good CQC rating inspection2018 and review 2019.

We arelooking to appoint a GP who is looking to work within an environment thatsupports new and innovative ways of working. Ideally for 6 to 8sessions per week but would consider less. BMA salaried GP pay scales and model contract offered with flexibility to negotiate favourable terms.

We hope that you will look towards running a personal list with a view to working towards Partnership with us in the future. This would enable you to contribute towards continuing improvement to patient services and access to healthcare for all ourpatients.

Main duties of the job

Benefitsof the role include:

Defined workload within your sessionsthat can be timed to suit family and school needs

Face-to-face appointments withdefined triage, telephone and video consultation times

No duty days or duty hours assalaried GP

Home visiting supported byParamedic and Nursing Practitioners

Support from our experiencedreception, administration and nursing teams

EMISWeb clinical system withDocMan10, Lexacom3 digital dictation and DXS intranet

Opportunity for development ofyour role within the team, undertaking training for services such as minorprocedures, sexual health services or chronic disease management. The surgerydoctors also support memory assessment clinics, acupuncture and GP trainees.

Indemnity payments cover for allactivity not related to the NHS Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practitioners (CNSGP) from 1st April 2019

Daily morning coffee meetings,weekly educational and business meetings

About us

You willjoin a clinical team consisting of 2 Partners, 5 salaried GPs, 2 AdvancedNurse Practitioners, 5 Practice Nurses, 3 HCAs, 1 Paramedic Practitioner.

We are part of the local GP federation Integrated Community Care. We were the lead Practice for the Bexhill Covid-19 Vaccination programme supporting 25,000 patients locally.

ThePractice already accommodates visiting Social Prescribing, Carers and MemoryAssessment clinics. We also have Health In Mind and Hidden Hearing clinicswithin the premises. Although non dispensing there is an on-site pharmacy atone of the surgery sites.

Job responsibilities

Job Title:Salaried General Practitioner

Responsible to:The Partners of Sidley MedicalPractice

Place of Work:Sidley Medical Practice and AlbertRoad Surgery

Job Summary

To work as an autonomous practitioner, responsible for theprovision of medical services to the practice population, delivering anexcellent standard of clinical care whilst complying with the GMS contract.Furthermore, the post-holder will adhere to the GMC standards for goodmedical practice, contributing to the effective management of the practice,leading by example, maintaining a positive, collaborative workingrelationship with the multidisciplinary team.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide a full range of medical services as definedin the core GMS contract, additional and enhanced services whereappropriate.
• Provide other general medical services to meetidentified patient need.
• Make professional, autonomous decisions in relationto presenting problems whether self-referred, or referred from otherhealthcare works within the organisation.
• Assess the healthcare needs of patients withundifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
• Screen patients for disease risk factors and earlysigns of illness.
• Develop care plans for health in consultation withpatients and in line with current practice; disease managementprotocols, provide counselling and health education.
• Work within current CCG policy for prescribing.
• Be available and accessible to patients at all timesas agreed.
• Maximise the effective use of current clinicalcomputer systems. Record clearand contemporaneous consultation notes to an agreed standard.
• Compile and issue computer generated acute and repeatprescriptions (avoiding hand written prescriptions whenever possible).
• Undertake all duties and responsibilities associatedwith a GP working within primary care.(These duties will include reports/cremation forms. The fees for this work would be retainedwithin the practice budget).
• To take part in, and lead on, areas includingclinical auditing and data collection.
• Support under-graduate student training in thesurgery.
• Support GP registrar training in practice.
• Attend team meetings and other clinical meetings asnecessary
• Provide short term emergency cover for unplannedabsence of colleagues
• Provide emergency on call cover for the practice.

ServiceDevelopment

• Be involved in developing primary care services to meet the needs of thepractice population.
• Working in close collaboration with the practice teamto ensure that access targets are reached.
• Support health development and ensure healthpromotion work is undertaken to allow the practice population to makeinformed choices.

Managerial

• Awareness of, and compliance with, all relevantorganisation policies and procedures, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality,data protection, health and safety and infection control. Apply these to all aspects of onesown work.
• Undertake all mandatory training as determined by thepractice.
• Committed to life-long learning and audit to ensureevidence-based practice.
• Contribute to evaluated audit and clinical standardssetting within the organisation.

Quality

Adhereto GMC Good Medical practice.

Maintainaccurate and timely medical records.

Adhereto National and local guidelines (e.g NICE)

Engagewith local quality frameworks e.g. QoF, Quality Improvement, PrescribingIncentive Schemes

Reflecton personal practice through SEA, NHS appraisal, patient complaints

Confidentiality

• All patients have the right to expect that allpractice staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately at alltimes.
• In the performance of duties, the post-holder mayhave access to confidential information relating to patients and theircarers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access toinformation relating to the practice as business organisations. All such information from any source isto be regarded as strictly confidential.
• Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues,other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may be divulgedto authorised persons in accordance with the organisations policies andprocedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personaland sensitive data.

Communication

• The post-holder must recognise theimportance of effective communication within the team and will strive tocommunicate effectively with other team members, patients, carers andrecognise peoples needs to alternativemethods of communication andrespond accordingly.

Equality andDiversity

A good attitude and positive action creating anenvironment where all individuals are able to achieve their full potential.Creating such an environment is important for three reasons: it improvesoperational effectiveness, it is morally the right thing to do, and it isrequired by law.

Patients and their families have the right to betreated fairly and be routinely involved in decisions about their treatmentand care. They can expect to be treated with dignity and respect and will notbe discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, genderreassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race,religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Patients have a responsibilityto treat other patients and our staff with dignity and respect.

Staffhave the right to be treated fairly in recruitment and career progression.Staff can expect to work in an environment where diversity is valued andequality of opportunity is promoted. Staff will not be discriminated againston any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage andcivil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex orsexual orientation. Staff have a responsibility to ensure that you treat ourpatients and their colleagues with dignity and respect.

Health andSafety

The Salaried General Medical Practitioner has a duty totake reasonable care to avoid injury to themselves or to others and toco-operate with the practice in meeting its statutory requirements, by:

• Assisting in promoting and maintaining their own andothers health, safety and security as defined in the organisationsHealth & Safety Policy.
• Use of personal security systems within the workplaceaccording to practice guidelines.
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities andundertaken such activities in a way that manages those risks.
• as far as is reasonably practicable, you minimisingthe risk of infection to themselves and others and in doing so must:-
• be familiar with and adhere to, the organisationspolicies and guidance on infection prevention and control
• attend statutory education programmes in infection,prevention and control.
• Include infection prevention and control as anintegral part of your continuous personal and professional development.
• Take responsibility, so far as is reasonably practicable,in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of healthcareacquired infections is embedded into everyday practice and appliedconsistently by themselves and their colleagues.

Personaland Professional Development

Maintaincontinued education through attendance at courses and/or study days asnecessary and as identified within clinical and organisation appraisals(Personal Development Plan).

Ensureappropriate professional registration and licensing are met through continuedprofessional development.

Participate inall training programmes implemented by the practice/organisation as part ofthis employment. This training wouldinclude:

• Participation in an annual performance review. Maintaining a log of all personaland/or professional development.
• take responsibilities for own development, learningand performance.
• demonstrate skills and activities to others who areundertaking similar work.
• Active involvement in the Annual NHS Appraisalprocess
• Active involvement in the GMC Revalidation andLicensing procedures

Allstaff are to recognise the significance of collaborative working. Teamwork isessential in multidisciplinary environments. Effective communication isessential and all staff must ensure they communicate in a manner whichenables the sharing of information in an appropriate manner.

Security

Thesecurity of the practice is the responsibility of all personnel. Staff mustensure they remain vigilant at all times and report any suspicious activityimmediately to their line manager. Under no circumstances are staff to sharethe codes for the door locks to anyone and are to ensure that restrictedareas remain effectively secured.

You should understand that this is a description of thejob as it is presently constituted.Whilst this job description sets out the duties which such a jobnormally entails, you should appreciate that this is not to be regarded asexhaustive. You should furtherunderstand that job titles and job descriptions may be amended by theemployer, and that employees may be called upon to carry out additional orother duties as may reasonably be required by the employer. Furthermore, it is the practice of theemployer periodically to examine and review job descriptions to ensure thatthey continue to relate to the job which is being performed. In addition, the employer, during suchexamination or review, may consider that changed must be made to the jobdescriptions. Whilst there will beconsultation on such issues, employees should understand that, if agreementcannot be reached, then the employer reserves the right to make changes tojob descriptions where it considers such necessary.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Experience of continued professional development
• Experience of QOF and clinical audit
• Experience of medicines management
• Experience of CCG initiatives
• General understanding of the GMS contract

Qualifications

• Qualified GP
• MRCGP
• Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent JCPTGP
• General Practitioner (Certificate of Completion of Training CCT)
• Full GMC Registration
• Eligibility to practice in the UK independently
• National Performers List registration
• Appropriate defence indemnity (MPS/MDU)

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.