Salaried GP

Blackthorn Health Centre; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 200,000 +; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare practice in Hampshire is looking for qualified GPs to join its team, offering up to 6 sessions per week across multiple locations. Responsibilities include managing patient caseloads, leading in urgent care, and ensuring high standards of healthcare delivery. The practice provides a supportive environment with terms equivalent to the BMA model contract, welcoming newly qualified and experienced physicians alike. Competitive remuneration of £227 to £234 per session based on experience is offered.

Qualifications

• Registered GP with valid GMC registration.
• Experience in primary care and managing a caseload.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a healthcare team.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload and health needs in primary care.
• Participate in operation as the clinical lead for urgent care.
• Admit or discharge patients and maintain detailed records.

Skills

GP Clinical system

Experience with QOF

Evidence of learning from Significant Events

Microsoft Office

Education

Medical Degree

MRCGP

GMC registered

On Performers list

Enhanced DBS

Trainer

Tools

EMIS

Docman

Anima

eRS

Job description

Thank you for your interest in joining the team at HambleValley Health.

The Practice is committed to delivering high quality patientcare which requires us to have a supportive and cohesive team.

We currently have a number of sessions available in oursalaried GP team. We have a retirement and a maternity leave, as well as anincreasing patient list, so have around 16 sessions in total. We are lookingfor GPs able to work 4-6 sessions a week.

The location will be across Hedge End Medical Centre,Blackthorn Health Centre, and Bursledon Surgery.

In your covering letter, please state how many sessions areyour ideal, if there are any days you cannot work, and when you would beavailable to start. The vacancies are available from April / May, but we wouldbe willing to wait to August if needed for the right person

Each role will be list-holding (capped at 275 patients persession), and we offer Terms and Conditions equivalent to the BMA modelcontract. We are happy to consider newly qualified GPs as well as experiencedGPs.

If you are looking for a new GP role, we very much lookforward to receiving your application.

The Partners

Hamble Valley Health

Main duties of the job

Each post has a base as their main site. On a rolling basis, you will also work in our Urgent Care Centre which is at Bursledon Surgery. This is on a fair share rota. In the same way, you will be our "operational director" around once every 3-4 weeks. This means you are the clinical lead for urgent care in the practice, and requires a longer working day (8am to 6.30pm). Routine care is generally 13 appointments in the morning and 12 in the afternoon. Mornings are generally 8-1, and afternoons 2-6. We are a single practice PCN. We have visiting paramedics, so apart from terminal care, visits are rare. You will be responsible for the prescriptions, pathology results and incoming correspondence for your list size. On average, you will manage around 40 prescriptions a week, 20 results a week, and 5 letters a week per session. We have robust processes in place to support prescribing and document workflow.

About us

Ourlist size is over 37000, and our patients are mainly concentrated in Hamble,Bursledon, Hedge End and Botley. Our aim is to provide high quality, accessiblemedical care to our patients, whilst maintaining a supportive and pleasantworking environment for clinicians and staff.

Weare part of Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB, and offer General Medical Servicesto our patients.

Weare a training practice, and take registrar doctors and also teach medicalstudents from Southampton School of Medicine.

The practice has eight Partners.The current Partnership team is Dr Tomson, Dr Harris, Dr Cropley, Dr Graham, DrSonpal, Dr Shahsavanspour, Dr Yates and Dr McKenzie.

We employ fourteen salaried GPs,five Advanced Nurse Practitioners, a Nursing team of fifteen, and a reception/adminteam of seventy.

The practice uses Emis as aclinical system. We are paper light, so scan all incoming correspondence ontopatients medical records.

Job responsibilities

REPORTS TO: The Partners Clinically

The Practice Manager Administratively

Job Summary

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. The post-holder will be expected to work within the primary care team to enhance the service offered to the community, and to manage their illnesses and promote their health. The post-holder will hold a list of patients commensurate with their sessions worked in practice.

Special Requirements of the Post

GMC Registration

Membership of a recognised defence organisation

Inclusion on the Performers list with NHSE

DBS

Clinical Responsibilities:

• In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion
• 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
• In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health
• Providing counselling and health education
• Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards including appropriate coding and use of electronic templates and other electronic systems as agreed.
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
• Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
• In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Other Responsibilities within the Organisation:

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety which can be found on the practice intranet

• 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 coding of patient data
• Contributing to the collection of QOF data and any other targets that the Department of Health or CCG might set
• Attending training, meetings and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

Confidentiality:

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately

In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential

Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Health & Safety:

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines

Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks

Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills

Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards

Use the clinical bins and sluice room in accordance with procedure

Leave the consulting room clear and tidy.

Equality and Diversity:

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation

Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues

Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Personal/Professional Development:

In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements for appraisal and revalidation are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development

Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk

Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision

Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance

Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs

Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

Communication:

The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

Communicate effectively with other team members

Communicate effectively with patients and carers

Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Contribution to the Implementation of Services:

The post-holder will:

• Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
• Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
• Participate in audit where appropriate.

This Job Description will be reviewed periodically and may be amended according to the requirement of health care policies and job requirements. It is intended as a guide to the range of duties covered and should not be regarded as an inflexible specification and is not intended to be exhaustive.

Person Specification

Experience

• GP Clinical system
• Evidence of learning from Significant Events
• Experience with QOF
• EMIS
• Docman
• Anima
• eRS
• Microsoft Office

Qualifications

• Medical Degree
• GMC registered
• On Performers list
• Enhanced DBS
• MRCGP
• Trainer

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.

£227 to £234 a sessionDepending on experience