Salaried GP

Cape Hill Medical Centre; West Bromwich; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in West Bromwich is seeking a permanent salaried GP to join their team. The practice focuses on high-quality care in a diverse community, addressing health issues such as poverty and migrant health. Successful candidates will engage in various clinical responsibilities, promote holistic care, and participate in a collaborative team environment. The ideal GP will have excellent communication skills, be registered with the GMC, and have a commitment to lifelong learning.

Qualifications

• Current GMC registration and membership with a recognized medical defence organization.
• Experience in general practice and an interest in specific disease areas.
• Willingness to take a leadership role in the practice.

Responsibilities

• Undertake normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP in primary care.
• Make autonomous decisions regarding presenting problems.
• Participate in the appraisal and clinical standard setting.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

IT proficiency

Education

Vocationally trained and accredited GP

Tools

EMIS Web

Microsoft suite of programmes

Job description

We are an innovative and caring, teaching andtraining PMS practice aiming to provide high quality care for an inner cityarea which has a vibrant and markedly diverse population, facing many of theexciting challenges and interests associated with health issues related to poverty,migrant health, multi-morbidity and varying culture and ethnicity. You will have the opportunity to work with the homeless service in Birmingham. We are looking for a permanent 6 session salariedGP to join our team and to bring with them a good team spirit and willingnessto contribute to the delivery of care.

Main duties of the job

• The post-holder will be expected to undertakeall the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP workingwithin primary care.
• In accordance with the rota, the post-holderwill make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of dutiesincluding consultations and emergencies, telephone consultations andqueries, triaging, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeatprescriptions and dealing with queries, patient test results, patient,referral letters NHS/private, paperwork and correspondence in a timelymanner;
• Making professional, autonomous decisions inrelation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred fromother health care workers within the organisation;
• Recording clear and contemporaneous IT basedconsultation notes;
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acuteand repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions wheneverpossible);
• Prescribing in accordance with locally agreedor national guidelines.

About us

The practice has been inthe Cape Hill area of Smethwick for over 50 years. It has grown into a GPpartnership and developed to become one of the most comprehensive primaryhealth care organisations in greater Birmingham. The practice moved to apurpose-built health centre in 2001 which was further extended to accommodatethe growing team. We are part of the Birmingham Cross City ClinicalCommissioning Group. The practice has approximately 12,100 patients with a teamof 6 partners, 4 part time salaried GPs, nursing team with ANPs, NPs, PNs andHCAs, link worker and chaplain, an administrative team and IT support. We arean innovative and caring teaching practice which is very in tune with the localneeds and responsive to its needs. Holistic care is an important part of thepractices ethos, we have link workers who care for the social aspects ofpatients lives, and a chaplain who see patients of all faiths and no faith tohelp with their spiritual and cultural needs through crises.

Job responsibilities

Clinicalresponsibilities:

Inaccordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will makehim/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgeryconsultations and emergencies, telephone consultations and queries, triaging,visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions anddealing with queries, patient test results, patient, referral lettersNHS/private, paperwork and correspondence in a timely manner;

Makingprofessional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whetherself-referred or referred from other health care workers within theorganisation;

Recordingclear and contemporaneous IT based consultation notes to agreed standards;

Collectingdata for audit purposes;

Compilingand issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoidinghand-written prescriptions whenever possible);

Prescribingin accordance with locally agreed or national guidelines.

Ingeneral the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties andresponsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Other responsibilities withthe Practice:

Teachingand training of doctors and nurses.

Awarenessof and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g.prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety, annual QOFAssessment of the Practice.

Acommitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based bestpractice;

Participatein the appraisal process.

Contributingto evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation.

Contributingto the development of computer-based patient records.

Attendingtraining, Practice meetings and events organised by the practice or otheragencies, where appropriate.

Meetall tight timescales/deadlines for audits and written returns to ensure thatthe Practice meets quality standards and receives the designated funding (e.g.Quarterly Enhanced Services returns, annual QOF audit etc.)

Confidentiality

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

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

Health & Safety

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

Usingpersonal security systems within the workplace according to practiceguidelines;

Identifyingthe risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a waythat manages those risks;

Makingeffective use of training to update knowledge and skills;

Usingappropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy andsafe way and free from hazards;

Equality and Diversity

Thepost-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carersand colleagues, to include:

Actingin a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting themin a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and currentlegislation;

Respectingthe privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues;

Personal/Professional Development

Inaddition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any coursesand/or study days necessary to ensure that professional developmentrequirements are met, the post-holder will participate in any trainingprogramme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such trainingto include:

Participationin an annual individual performance review, annual GP Appraisal including taking responsibility for maintaining arecord of own personal and/or professional development;

Takingresponsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstratingskills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Quality

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

Alertother team members to issues of Clinical Governance issues, quality and risk;participate in Significant Event Analysis reviews

Assessown performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly orunder supervision;

Contributeto the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities andmaking suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance;

Workeffectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs;

Effectivelymanage own time, workload and resources. He/she will also contribute to theoverall team-working of the Practice putting the needs of the Practice first.

Communication

The post-holdershould recognise the importance of effective communication within the team andwill strive to:

Communicateeffectively with other team members;

Communicateeffectively with patients and carers;

Recognisepeoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respondaccordingly.

Contribution to the planning and implementationof services

Thepost-holder will:

Applypractice policies, standards and guidance;

Discusswith other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines willaffect own work;

Participatein audit where appropriate.

Workwith the partners and management team to achieve standards of quality,performance standards, and targets without compromising levels of patienthealthcare.

Contributetowards the development and implementation of new standards, policies andprocedures that are/will be required of GP practices now and in the future (asdirected by NHS/ DoH/ CQC/ CCG, new legislation etc.)

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A vocationally trained and accredited GP.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Understanding of the pressures faced by GPs and healthcare teams.
• Willingness to contribute to and participate in a peer support group.
• Current registration with the GMC and has membership with a recognised medical defence organisation;
• Strong levels of IT proficiency and familiarity with primary care clinical systems (the Practice uses EMIS Web). Some experience in using the Microsoft suite of programmes;
• Proven ability to offer support within a clinical team and share learning points in Practice meetings;
• An understanding of PMS contracting requirements and the operation of the Quality Outcomes Framework process(QOF);
• Experience and an interest in a specific disease area.
• An interest in a particular disease area and the willingness to take a leadership role in it.

Experience

• A good knowledge of and interest in general practice and primary care.
• Initiative, creativity and motivation.
• A collegial team spirit and feel comfortable in a strongly multidisciplinary team environment.
• Able to take a consultative approach to their work, appropriately involving relevant people.
• A good working knowledge of and interest in national primary care strategies and ideas on how to implement these for the development of the Practice.
• Be able to put the needs of the Practice and Team ahead of individual needs at busy times, periods of increased workloads (QOF assessment, flu campaigns, sickness absences or unplanned leave etc.).
• Respond in a flexible way to fluctuations in workload.
• The Post-holder will be expected to participate in the delivery of the Practices long-term strategic goals.

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.