Salaried Gp

Northern Care Alliance Nhs Foundation Trust; Stretford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Flexible hours

Wellbeing hours

Job summary

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust in Salford is seeking a highly capable GP to join a multidisciplinary team delivering care to older adults in care homes. You will provide prescribing, care planning and comprehensive assessments, working with geriatricians and allied staff to optimise patient outcomes.

Applicants must be GMC registered with CCT in General Practice and be on the NHS performers list or eligible.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration with licence to practise is required.
• CCT in General Practice is essential.
• Inclusion on GP Performers List or eligibility is required.
• Experience with EMIS and Microsoft Office is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Prescribe repeat medications and process patient test results.
• Record clear IT-based consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Support admission avoidance with advanced care planning.
• Participate in governance, audits and QoF/ES schemes.
• Work in a multi-disciplinary team and with families on care planning.

Skills

Communication

IT proficiency

Teamwork

Care of the elderly

Education

Full GMC registration with licence to practise

Certificate of Completion of Training in General Practice

Inclusion on NHS England GP Performers List

Tools

EMIS

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job summary

Are you passionate about the care of frail older people? We have an exciting opportunity to strengthen our team to work in our unique general practice which cares and treats the population of older people living in care homes in Salford. By joining our high performing organisation and a multi-disciplinary team including GP's, Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Specialist Nurses skilled in the delivery of high-quality care, you will be able to enhance your skills further and participate in the education of care home health and social care professionals. This post will provide an opportunity to enhance your skills further and participate in the education of care home health and social care professionals. There are close working links with the hospital and daily input from community geriatricians including multidisciplinary meetings.

Practice Operating Hours

08.00am - 19.00pm Monday - Friday
08.00am - 17.00pm Saturday - Sunday

Main duties of the job

The post holder will require a variety of duties including Home Rounds and Acute Services. As the GP you will be responsible for prescribing repeat medications, processing and dealing with patient test results, patient medical reports and examinations, providing end of life care and working with families on advanced care planning. The post holder will make autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether on weekly home round review or acute on the day issue. The post holder will record clear and contemporaneous I.T. based consultation notes to agreed standards. The post holder support admission avoidance with advanced care planning, helping individuals live longer, healthier and more fulfilling lives. The post holder will collect data for audit purposes and participate in the delivery of the Quality and Outcomes Framework, Local Enhanced Services, Clinical Commissioning Incentive schemes and ensure compliance with the practices Key Performance Indicators. The post holder will prescribe in accordance with locally agreed or national guidelines and undertake all the regular duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Qualifications

Essential

• Full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a licence to practise.
• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Practice
• Inclusion on the NHS England GP Performers List (or eligibility for inclusion before commencing employment)..

Professional Registration

Essential

• Vocationally trained and accredited GP with MRCGP
• Registered on a performers list

Knowledge, Training & Experience

Essential

• Experience of caring for older people out of hospital
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong levels of IT proficiency and familiarity with primary care clinical systems (i.e.EMIS). Experience of using the Microsoft suite of programmes.
• Demonstrate a willingness to work in a multi-disciplinary team environment
• Acting as deputy to the GP Clinical Lead, supporting clinical leadership, governance, service development, and multidisciplinary team working.
• Up to date knowledge and interest in national primary care strategies and ideas on how to implement these for the development of the Practice.
• Ability to focus on long-term strategic goals as well as short-term issues/details.

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• 6 months experience in Care of the Elderly, and 6 months experience in specialist older people's mental health or equivalent.
• A good understanding of the operation of the Quality Outcomes Framework process (QOF) and how this relates to the elderly.

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).