Salaried GP

The Methodist Church in Britain; Guide Post; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Guide Post Medical Group is recruiting a salaried GP to work 4–6 clinical sessions per week, focusing on surgery and telephone consultations with a mix of home visits and Enhanced Access sessions shared across GPs. A usual doctor system supports continuity of care within a multidisciplinary team.

Applicants must have completed CCT, be listed on the GP Register, and have DBS clearance; a commitment to annual NHS appraisal is expected.

Qualifications

• Completed CCT as a qualified GP.
• Current entry on the GP Register.
• DBS clearance.
• Annual NHS appraisal.

Responsibilities

• Surgery and telephone consultations, triage and home visits.
• Making autonomous clinical decisions on self-referred and team-referred problems.
• Assessing undifferentiated problems and screening for disease risk factors.
• Developing care plans and setting up systems for chronic conditions.
• Checking and authorising repeat prescriptions and issuing acute prescriptions.
• Prescribing from the practice formulary where appropriate.
• Responding to medical problems and referring for further opinion as needed.
• Recording clear notes and updating the clinical database.
• Participating in audit, QOF reporting and performance monitoring.
• Training GP registrars and medical students.

Skills

Excellent patient manner

Imaginative problem solving

Education

Completed CCT as a qualified GP

Job description

A salaried GP post at Guide Post Medical Group, a training practice serving about 8,000 patients and part of the Wansbeck Primary Care Network. The work centres on surgery and telephone consultations, managing a caseload, repeat prescribing and home visits, with Enhanced Access sessions shared between GPs. Four to six clinical sessions a week, a 'usual doctor' system for continuity and a multi-disciplinary team set this post apart. Entry to the GP Register and a completed CCT are required, along with DBS clearance.

What the job involves

• Surgery and telephone consultations, triage and home visits, per the practice timetable
• Making autonomous clinical decisions on self-referred and team-referred problems
• Assessing undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and screening for disease risk factors
• Developing care plans and helping set up systems for chronic conditions such as asthma and COPD
• Checking and authorising repeat prescriptions and issuing acute and repeat prescriptions
• Prescribing from the practice formulary where clinically appropriate
• Responding to medical problems presented by temporary residents
• Referring patients for further opinion and intervention per practice protocols
• Recording clear, contemporaneous consultation notes and keeping the clinical database updated
• Processing patient and hospital correspondence in a timely way
• Participating in audit, QOF reporting and performance monitoring
• Taking part in training plans for GP registrars and medical students

What’s required

Qualifications

• Completed CCT as a qualified GP

Registration & licences

• Entry in the GP Register under article 10 of the 2003 Order
• Not subject to suspension under section 41A of the Medical Act 1983
• Current entry on a PCT performers list, not suspended from it

Experience

• Recent experience of general practice in the UK
• Working in a multi-disciplinary, skill-mixed team
• Working to achieve QOF standards
• Taking full and independent responsibility for clinical care

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent patient manner
• Imaginative approach to problem solving and service provision

Checks & eligibility

• DBS clearance

Other

• Annual NHS appraisal

Nice to have

• Evidence of independent working in general practice
• Experience of supporting service change
• Teaching or supervising GP registrars, F2, medical or nursing students
• Evidence of audit participation
• Postgraduate and CPD activity in relevant fields
• MRCGP
• DRCOG and DCH
• DFSRFH and competence in coil insertion

What’s offered

• Personal mentor
• Protected study leave
• Practice support for continued professional development, including developing special interests