Salaried Gp

Mayford House Surgery; Hambleton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mayford House Surgery is seeking a salaried GP to join our friendly team in Northallerton. The post involves managing a caseload, undertaking surgery and telephone consultations, home visits and support for care homes, with training available for GPSTs and F2 doctors.

The practice is a dispensing, multi-partner training site with high QOF attainment, CQC good rating, and a proactive team delivering comprehensive GMS services including injections and joint care. Driving is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Primary care experience
• Experience of working in a GP practice and delivering patient care within primary care guidelines
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team and participate in training of junior staff

Responsibilities

• Adhere to practice policies and guidelines (prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety)
• Commit to life-long learning and participate in audits
• Contribute to evaluation, clinical standard setting and development of computer-based patient records
• Summarise patient records and code data in the EPR
• Attend training and events organised by the practice or partner agencies

Education

Medical degree recognised by the General Medical Council

Foundation course of general training which takes 2 years

General practice specialist training which takes 3 years

Job description

Job summary

We are looking for a 4-5 session salaried GP to join our very friendly practice based in the thriving and bustling market town of Northallerton (close to a Betty's tea shop!). Northallerton is the county town in the heart of Herriot countryside. It is on the East Coast main rail line and the A1 is 10 minutes drive away.
The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.

Main duties of the job

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, online consultations, home visits, care home visits, checking and signing repeat prescriptions.
Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.
Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
Developing care plans for patients.
Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
Compiling and issuing acute and repeat prescriptions, typically computer-generated
In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
Assist and be involved with training other team members including GPSTs and F2 doctors.

About us

Mayford House is a dispensing practice with a list of about 10,000 patients. We use SystmOne but training can be provided for unfamiliar candidates. We are a 4 partner, well established training practice for GPSTs, F2 doctors, and medical students. We have 5 salaried GPs and an ANP. Full range of GMS services offered, and also coil, implant and pessary fits and removals, plus joint injections. We have high QOF attainment and a recent CQC good rating, with some areas outstanding. We are also a research site, including commercial studies.
We are a dynamic, forward-thinking practice shown by our continual commitment to improving patient care and reducing staff workload by:

• Low home visit requirement (paramedic linked to the surgery).
• Practice pharmacist team managing medication queries, prescription changes, medication reviews.
• Letter management team dealing with discharge letters and coding.
• Frailty nurse invaluable with liaising with our local nursing homes.
• Physiotherapist triaging first presentation of MSK problems.
• Social prescriber providing additional support.
• Care navigators use toolkits to triage consultation requests.
• Active members of Hambleton North PCN, Heartbeat Alliance (local federation) and our LMC.
• Dementia friendly and Veteran friendly practice.
• Follow the RCGP and Marie Curie Daffodil standards for Palliative Care.

Job responsibilities

Other responsibilities within the organisation:

• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
• A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice
• Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation
• Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records
• Contributing to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data
• Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Primary Care experience

Other Requirements

Essential

• Ability to drive
• Disclosure & Barring Service check

Qualifications

Essential

• A medical degree recognised by the General Medical Council
• A foundation course of general training which takes 2 years
• General practice specialist training which takes 3 years

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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