Salaried GP

Rope Green Medical Practice; Crewe; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare center in Crewe, Cheshire, is looking for enthusiastic and committed Salaried GPs to join their team. With over 21,000 patients, the practice offers opportunities for full-time, part-time, or job share. The role involves surgery consultations, home visits, and involvement in continuous professional development. Candidates must be fully qualified GPs with GMC registration and a commitment to high-quality care.

Benefits

Educational sessions for clinicians

Lunch time meetings and monthly protected learning sessions

Positive and supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Must maintain GMC registration and ensure continuous Medical Defence cover.
• Should have willingness to adopt electronic medical records.
• Compliance with health and safety legislation is essential.

Responsibilities

• Undertake surgery consultations and home visits.
• Make autonomous professional decisions in patient care.
• Contribute to strategic management and development of the Practice.

Skills

Commitment to high quality care

Ability to manage a wide range of health issues

Good communication skills

Interest in continuous medical education

Education

Fully qualified GP with GMC registration

Inclusion on the NHS England performers list

Job description

Overview

An opportunity has arisen with Rope Green Medical Centre in South Cheshire for a Salaried GP post. Located in a purpose-built health centre in a semi-rural location, you would be joining a positive, large, well organised and friendly practice.

We are looking to recruit one or two enthusiastic and committed salaried GPs with the desire to deliver a high quality of care and to continue the development of our well established and well regarded practice. We have a patient list size of over 21,000.

Full time, part time or job share opportunities. Educational sessions held for all clinicians including lunch time meetings and monthly protected learning sessions. EMIS Web practice.

If you feel you can bring commitment and enthusiasm to our team then we would love to hear from you.

About us

Our team comprises five GP Partners, six Salaried GPs, three Advanced Nurse/Clinical Practitioners, two clinical Pharmacists and a large Nursing team. We have Physiotherapists on site, along with Dieticians, Phlebotomy and Social Prescribing.

Job responsibilities

Clinical responsibilities

• In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, issuing and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
• Makes professionally autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred internally within the Practice.
• Receives patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and makes assessment of their health care needs.
• Screens patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Develops care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols.
• Provides counselling and health education.
• Prescribes in accordance with the CCG prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate.
• Admits or discharges patients to and from caseload and refers them to other care providers internally or externally as appropriate.
• Supports the trainers in teaching in the Practice and gives clinical supervision to training doctors.
• Complies with relevant Practice policy/guidelines (e.g. Child Protection, confidentiality issues).
• Is committed to lifelong learning, audit and effectiveness issues to ensure evidence based best practice.
• Maintains GMC registration and ensures continuous Medical Defence cover.
• Ensures inclusion on a local Performer’s list.

Other responsibilities within the Practice

• Consults with patients in the surgery and at home visits as agreed internally between all partners.
• Be available to answer patients’ telephone queries or carry out emergency home visits, or surgery consultations as appropriate.
• Contributes to the evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting with colleagues.
• Records clear and contemporaneous IT-based consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Compiles and issues computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible).
• Undertakes the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
• Contributes to the strategic management and development of the Practice, e.g. in developing and contributing to Practice policies and guidelines.
• Attends training, Practice Meetings and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
• Meets all tight timescales/deadlines for audits and written returns to ensure that the Practice meets quality standards and receives designated funding (e.g. Quarterly Enhanced Services returns, annual QOF audit).
• Ensures full accreditation including GMC registration, defence body membership and delivery of annual evidence for appraisal or accreditation purposes in keeping with National requirements.
• A commitment to lifelong learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.

Other policies

Confidentiality, Personal/Professional Development, Health & Safety, Equality and Diversity, Data Protection, Safeguarding and Quality.

• Confidentiality: information accessed in the course of treatment is confidential and should be treated accordingly.
• Personal/Professional Development: participates in annual performance review and GP appraisal, and maintains own personal and/or professional development records.
• Health & Safety: adheres to Health and Safety at Work legislation and the Practice policies.
• Equality and Diversity: treats co-workers, patients and visitors equally regardless of background.
• Data Protection: complies with GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.
• Safeguarding: committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of adults at risk and children.
• Quality: supports clinical governance, audits, and continuous improvement; manages time and resources effectively.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
• Inclusion on the NHS England performers list
• 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Interviews will be held on Friday 7th November