Salaried GP

NHS; Thirsk; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 11,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider in Thirsk is seeking a dedicated GP to join its expanding team. This role offers a supportive environment with opportunities for professional development, including clinical audits and in-house teaching. With a focus on patient care and a commitment to work-life balance, you will be part of a dynamic team dedicated to improving healthcare services. The practice provides a competitive salary and generous holiday entitlement, making it an attractive opportunity for both newly qualified and experienced GPs.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

NHS Laptop

Full Indemnity Cover

30 Days Holidays

Study Leave Entitlement

Qualifications

• Sound knowledge of clinical governance and service improvement activities.
• Eligibility for Medical Indemnity Membership.

Responsibilities

• Conduct surgery, telephone, and eConsultations as per practice timetable.
• Develop care plans in consultation with patients.

Skills

Clinical Governance

Communication Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Team Leadership

Empathy

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical degree

GMC registration

MRCGP

Tools

SystmOne

IT Skills

Job description

Thirsk Doctors Surgery is offering a fantasticopportunity for a newly qualified or experienced salaried GP to join ourwell-organised and friendly practice. We are expanding our GP team due to agrowing list size and looking for 4-6 sessions cover per week.

Our practice offers awell-managed workload and competitive salary. We have a great reputation forour patient care and provide a supportive working environment for all GPs andstaff.

Key Benefits for our Salaried GPs

3 monthly clinical audit meetings and in-house teaching. Monthlymultidisciplinary practice meeting & learning event reviews, joint palliative care meetings, 3 annual area wide PLT educational meetings with protected surgery cover and regular supervision and support from GP partners. Opportunities for mentoring in house, develop special interests enhancing clinical skills and undertaking project work in study time.

Membership of the NHS pension scheme

NHSlaptop available for individual use

FullIndemnity Cover

Salary is dependent on skills and experience, 10k to 11k per session

Holidays are 30 days plus 8 bankholidays pro-rata.Up to 4 weeks of leave within North YorkshireCouncil School holidays if required.

Study leaveentitlement is 1 week per year pro rata

Thirsk is a beautiful market town and easily commutablefrom much of North Yorkshire and Teesside. Flexible start date.

Informal visits welcome, pleasecontact Wendy Hunter, Practice Manager

Email: [e-mail] Telephone: [phone]

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, eConsultations, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.

Please view further details in the Job Description.

About us

We currently have 8100 registeredpatients, have 15 minute appointments and a low home-visit rate. We dispense toapproximately 1/3rd of patients.

We are committed to developing our team and achieving a sustainable work-life balance. We are dedicated to training future generations of healthcare professionals with established links to the Harrogate GP Training Scheme and Hull-York Medical School. We are a SystmOne Practice and part of the Primary Care Research Network. We were proud to have been awarded Gold in the Greener Practice Accreditation

Ourmedical team is currently made up of 5 Partners, 1 Salaried GP, 1 PhysicianAssociate, 1 ANP and 4 GP Registrars. We have 3 Practice nurses, a nurse associate and 2 HCAs. Weare supported by PCN Pharmacists and Care-Coordinators. We have a largeadministration, reception and dispensary team to offer support to GPs whererequired.

Weoffer a range of dedicated clinics including for chronic disease- diabetes,Asthma/COPD, Heart Failure clinics. We offer a full range of Minor Ops andImplant/Coil Fitting and have Ring Pessary Clinics.

Wehold monthly practice meetings, partners meetings, Vulnerable Adult,Safeguarding and GSF Meetings. We have a 3 monthly audit meetings and every 4months we hold our own in-house staff training afternoon.

Weput lots of emphasis on nurturing the team and there is an active social diarywith some favourite events including a practice Scavenger Hunt and going to dothe Bake off experience in Leeds.

Job responsibilities

In accordance with the practice timetable, asagreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a varietyof duties, including surgery consultations, telephone consultations,eConsultations, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeatprescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in atimely fashion.

Actioning a share of blood results andincoming clinical documents, both paper and electronic.

Making professional, autonomous decisions inrelation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from otherhealth care workers.

Assessing the health care needs of patientswith undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.

Screening patients for disease risk factorsand early signs of illness.

Developing care plans for health inconsultation with patients and in line with current practice disease managementprotocols.

Referring to other care providers asappropriate.

Recording clear and contemporaneousconsultation notes to agreed standards.

Prescribing in accordance with the localor practice prescribing formularywhenever this is clinically appropriate.

Pro-rata share of on-call.

Awareness of and compliance with all relevantpractice policies/guidelines, e.g., prescribing, confidentiality, dataprotection, significant reviews and health and safety.

A commitment to life-long learning and auditto ensure evidence-based best practice.

Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinicalstandard setting within the organisation.

Contributing to the development ofcomputer-based patient records.

Attending training and events organised by thepractice or other agencies, where appropriate

Equality,Diversity & Inclusion

Agood attitude and positive action towards ED&I creates an environment whereall individuals are able to achieve their full potential. Creating such anenvironment is important for three reasons: it improves operationaleffectiveness, it is morally the right thing to do, and it is required by law.

Patientsand their families have the right to be treated fairly and be routinelyinvolved in decisions about their treatment and care. They can expect to betreated with dignity and respect and will not be discriminated against on anygrounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civilpartnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexualorientation. Patients have a responsibility to treat other patients and ourstaff with dignity and respect.

Staffhave the right to be treated fairly in recruitment and career progression.Staff can expect to work in an environment where diversity is valued, andequality of opportunity is promoted. Staff will not be discriminated against onany grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civilpartnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexualorientation. Staff have a responsibility to ensure that you treat our patientsand their colleagues with dignity and respect.

Safety,Health, Environment and Fire (SHEF)

This practice is committed to supporting andpromoting opportunities to for staff to maintain their health, well-being, andsafety. You have a duty to takereasonablecare of health and safety at work for you, your team, and others, and tocooperate with employers to ensure compliance with health and safetyrequirements. All personnel are to comply with the Health and Safety at WorkAct 1974, Environmental Protection Act 1990, Environment Act 1995, FirePrecautions (workplace) Regulations 1999 and other statutory legislation.

Confidentiality

This practice iscommitted to maintaining an outstanding confidential service. Patients entrustand permit us to collect and retain sensitive information relating to theirhealth and other matters, pertaining to their care. They do so in confidenceand have a right to expect all staff will respect their privacy and alwaysmaintain confidentiality. It isessential that if, the legal requirements are to be met and the trust of ourpatients is to be retained that all staff protect patient information and providea confidential service.

Quality & ContinuousImprovement

Topreserve and improve the quality of our output, all personnel are required tothink not only of what they do, but how they achieve it. By continuallyre-examining our processes, we will be able to develop and improve the overalleffectiveness of the way we work. The responsibility for this rests witheveryone working within the practice to look for opportunities to improvequality and share good practice.

This practicecontinually strives to improve work processes which deliver health care withimproved results across all areas of our service provision. We promote aculture of continuous improvement, where everyone counts, and staff arepermitted to make suggestions and contributions to improve our service deliveryand enhance patient care.

Learning and Development

The effective useof training and development is fundamental in ensuring that all staff areequipped with the appropriate skills, knowledge, attitude, and competences toperform their role. All staff will be required to partake and completemandatory training as directed by the Practice Management Team, as well asparticipating in the practice training programme. Staff will also be permitted (subject toapproval) to undertake external training courses which will enhance theirknowledge and skills, progress their career and ultimately, enable them toimprove processes and service delivery.

Allstaff are to recognise the significance of collaborative working. Teamwork isessential in multidisciplinary environments. Effective communication isessential, and all staff must ensure they communicate in a manner which enablesthe sharing of information in an appropriate manner.

ServiceDelivery

Staffat Thirsk Doctors Surgery must adhere to the information contained withpractice policies and regional directives, ensuring protocols are alwaysadhered to. Staff will be given detailed information during the inductionprocess regarding policy and procedure.

Security

Thesecurity of the practice is the responsibility of all personnel. Staff mustensure they always remain vigilant and report any suspicious activityimmediately to their line manager. Under no circumstances are staff to sharethe codes for the door locks to anyone and are to ensure that restricted areasremain effectively secured.

ProfessionalConduct

At Thirsk Doctors Surgery, staff are requiredto dress appropriately for their role. Administrative and Nursing staff will beprovided with a uniform whilst staff on the GP timetable must dress inaccordance with their role. This can be uniform, non-uniform or scrubs, aspreferred.

Safeguarding

Complies with safeguarding training requirementsas set out by employment terms and any relevant professional and nationalbodies

Takes prompt and timely action when there areany welfare or safeguarding concerns

Forms appropriate relationships with those theycare for and maintains professional boundaries in their work.

Works within organisational policies, proceduresand guidance.

Is committed to demonstrating the organisationsvalues and behaviours in their work

Thisdocument may be amended following consultation with the post holder, tofacilitate the development of the role, the practice, and the individual. Allpersonnel should be prepared to accept additional, or surrender existingduties, to enable the efficient running of the practice.

Person Specification

Experience

• Sound knowledge of clinical governance, including audit and service improvement activities
• Eligibility for Medical Indemnity Membership

Aptitude and Abilities

• Broad range of IT skills
• Able to use own initiative and work without supervision
• Able to effectively co-lead a team and the service
• Able to cope with and effectively organise the workload
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and non-verbally daily
• Practical problem-solving skills
• Ability to motivate and inspire self and others
• Accurate written and verbal communication of information
• Ability to show empathy and understand the difficulties faced by people affected by adverse life events
• Ability to prioritise own workload
• Ability to ask sensitively about information needs
• Ability to retrieve and consolidate information from a wide range of sources and in different formats
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Ability to show evidence of leadership
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team

Personal Qualities

• Ability to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations
• Familiarity with issues of service organisation, transformation and development
• Adhere to policies around confidentiality, health & safety, equality & diversity
• Calm and objective
• Confident, yet approachable
• Recognition of own limitations
• Non-judgemental, respectful of others privacy, needs & beliefs
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to address and work to overcome any equality, diversity and rights of service users
• Identify and mitigate potential risks to health, safety and policy

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical degree
• GMC registration
• MRCGP
• Evidence of continued role development
• Teaching qualification

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.