Salaried GP

St Austell Healthcare; St. Austell; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare practice in Cornwall is seeking a salaried GP to join its dedicated team. The role involves managing a varied doctor caseload in a busy primary care setting, with responsibilities including patient consultations and home visits. The practice emphasizes a supportive environment, offering mentorship and opportunities for professional growth. Minimum requirements include GMC registration and experience in chronic disease management. Competitive remuneration and excellent leave benefit arrangements are available.

Benefits

6 weeks annual leave

Study leave

In-house education programme

GP mentorship scheme

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Must possess a valid GMC registration and be on the performers list.
• Experience in chronic disease management and delivery of QOF targets.
• Willingness to teach postgraduate and undergraduate students.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of patients ensuring high standards of care.
• Conduct surgeries, consultations, and home visits as per practice rota.
• Record clear consultation notes and manage referrals appropriately.

Skills

Chronic disease management

Clinical Governance

Leadership experience

Adaptability to change

Time management

Education

Fully qualified GP with GMC registration

Higher post graduate membership e.g. MRCGP

General practice trained

Tools

SystmOne IT

Various clinical software systems

Job description

St Austell Healthcare is looking to recruit a salaried GP to complement our diverse clinical team and support our expanding list size. We are a 37,000 patient practice operating across St Austell and Mevagissey . We are a national leader in cutting edge general practice and a single practice PCN.

• 4 to 8 sessions per week with opportunities for partnership
• Competitive remuneration
• 6 weeks annual leave and one week study leave
• Extremely supportive and close-knit environment with In-house education programme and GP mentorship scheme
• Portfolio/specialist interest roles encouraged and developed
• Options to be non-list holding or list holding
• Excess work from doctors on annual leave is shared amongst partners, providing a consistent and predictable work load year round.
• Full range of ARRS roles including CPNs, Physio, Paramedics, Pharmacists and Social prescribers amongst others to help to reduce work-load and improve quality of care.
• NAPC Primary Care Home of the Year award 2019/20
• Commitment to the best quality care and equitable access for all
• Dedicated urgent care centre and visiting service.
• SystmOne IT
• Established training practice- medical student, F2s and STs
• High QOF and enhanced service achievement
• Good CQC rating with Outstanding features

Main duties of the job

Job Summary

Manage a usual doctor 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 with St Austell Healthcare . Some sessions are undertaken at the urgent care hub well supported by a team of other doctors, ECP and ANPs

Be available to carry out all the duties reasonably expected of an NHS GP using the standards expected by the GMC, RCGP in line with appropriate national, local clinical guidelines.

Must be included on the Medical Performers List and be registered with the General Medical Council.

Will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

About us

St Austell Healthcare (SAH) formed in May 2015 comprising the four former practices in St Austell. The GP surgery in Mevagissey joined in 2021. We have a total list size of 37,000 patients. We are a Primary Care Network (PCN) in our own right and winner of NAPC Primary Care Home award for 2019/20. The practice offers unparalleled peer support, the chance to influence the future of community based medical care and the opportunity to earn well alongside an experienced and friendly team.

SAH is keen to support GPs who wish to develop flexible, diverse, portfolio careers or work part time or as a locum, to fit in with other commitments.

There are options to be non-list holding or list holding. Excess work from doctors on annual leave is shared amongst partners, providing a consistent and predictable work load year round.

Full range of ARRS roles including CPNs, Physio, Paramedics, Pharmacists and Social prescribers amongst others to help to reduce work-load and improve quality of care.

Job responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities

• In accordance with the Practice rota, as agreed, be available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery, telephone and electronic consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion
• Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation
• Assess the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
• Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
• In consultation with patients and in line with SAH disease management protocols, develop care plans
• Provide counselling and health education
• Appropriately refer patients to other care providers as appropriate
• Make appropriate and timely referrals using Choose and Book where possible. Following all local guidelines including those for urgent and 2 week wait standards
• Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards including the recording of appropriate information for the Enhanced Services and Quality and Outcomes Framework and any other such data gathering to achieve targets set for the Practice.
• Collect data for audit purposes
• Prescribing for both acute and repeat requirements must be in accordance with the Cornwall Joint formulary and guidelines and prescriptions should be generated electronically whenever possible.
• Undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care and any other duties as reasonably required by the Practice.

Surgeries

• Surgeries run between 830am-530pm on a routine day and from 8am-8pm (2 shifts) on an Urgent Care Hub day.

Home visits

• The postholder will be required to carry out home visits.
• The postholder will be required to visit patients during surgery time in an emergency, if clinically indicated.
• Home visits must be undertaken in a timely manner but to suit the postholder.

Administration

• All relevant administration must be completed in a timely manner
• An awareness of and compliance with all relevant SAH policies / guidelines e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection.
• A contribution to evaluation, audit, learning and clinical standard setting within the Practice will be expected.
• All Safeguarding Policies and processes must be adopted.
• To support SAH sustainability and recognise the shared responsibility of carrying out duties in a resource efficient way.
• To undertake any other duties as appropriate.

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 recognises 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 are met, the post-holder will participate in any appropriate training programme implemented by the Practice together with:

• 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 supervisionContribute 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 recognise 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 postholder 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

Working hours will be between 8am and 8pm Monday to Friday will involve some weekend working (especially Saturdays) at the agreed standard rate. Thirty minutes unpaid break must be taken at lunchtime.

The details contained in this Job Description are not exhaustive and may change as the post develops.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
• Evidence of annual appraisal and revalidation and continued professional development.
• Higher post graduate membership e.g. MRCGP
• General practice (Vocational Training Scheme) trained
• On a medical performers list
• UK driving licence
• Current CPR certificate
• UK work permit (if required)
• Experience of teaching postgraduate and undergraduate students
• GP with specialist interest

Experience

• Chronic disease management
• Primary prevention & screening services
• Clinical Governance
• Delivery of QOF targets
• Self audit and reflection
• Organised and efficient in record keeping and completion of paperwork
• Time management being able to prioritise work and work under pressure
• Recent experience of a Leadership role
• Experience of working a variety of clinical software systems
• Adaptability to change

Aptitude and Abilities

• Willingness to share and collaborate across entire primary health team
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with multidisciplinary teams
• Ability to work flexibly
• Ability to recognise own limitations and act upon them appropriately
• Willingness to learn new skills and to problem solve on a daily basis
• An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
• Ability to input to strategic and practice development requirements
• Ability to challenge traditional models of working and to suggest improvements for change in a positive and inclusive manner

Motivation

• Commitment to primary prevention and health improvement
• Addressing health inequalities

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.