Salaried GP

Integrated Care System; Whitley Bay; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Whitley Bay is seeking a salaried GP to join their supportive team. The role involves patient assessments, surgical consultations, and health education. They prioritize staff well-being and provide development opportunities within the practice. Candidates at any career stage, including newly qualified GPs, are encouraged to apply.

Benefits

Supportive work environment

Continuous professional development

Strong focus on staff well-being

Qualifications

• Professional autonomy in clinical decision-making.
• Experience in managing undifferentiated patient problems.
• Ability to develop and implement care plans.

Responsibilities

• Conduct surgery consultations and follow-up calls.
• Provide counseling and health education to patients.
• Screen patients for disease risk factors.

Skills

Patient assessment

Clinical decision-making

Health education

Education

Medical Degree

GMC membership

Job description

Weare looking for a salaried GP to join our friendly and supportive team. We would prefer 4 sessions, but this could be negotiable for theright candidate. Wewould welcome applications from GPs at any stage in their career including newly qualified.

We are very focused on well being and team development holding about 8 Time In sessions per year which is a mixture of ICB led Time Out sessions and In House Team Development sessions per year. We have clinical meetings most weeks. We have a strong focus on staff well being and during the pandemic created a small garden and zen room to take time out in. We also have regular and one off social and well being events.

We are a 4-partner practice, and we employ a management team, 9 salaried GPs, 1 Practice Nurse, 3 Health Care Assistants, 2 Paramedics, 1 Physicians Assistant (On sabbatical), 3 Pharmacists and 1 Pharmacy technician. We also work with the PCN and have ARRS roles in Mental Health, Physiotherapy, NEAS paramedics for a home visiting service and administrators.

The Practice has excellent facilities for patients and staff, this comprises of 8 GP Consulting Rooms, 2 examination rooms & 3 Nurse Treatment Rooms with preparation areas: office accommodation, meeting rooms and communal kitchen area for lunch and coffee.

Main duties of the job

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

Make 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 un-diagnosed 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 using the RMS system
• An extension to the terms and conditions are held in a Staff Handbook available on request

About us

We have efficient systemsfor reducing GP workload:

Our pharmacists andnursing team play an integral role within the organisation delivering our Long-TermCondition Management as well as managing medication changes from hospitalletters and discharges.

We have pharmacyteam support daily which helps reduce GP workload and they are always availableto offer medicines advice.

Ouradministration team consists of skilled medical secretaries who deal with allreferrals and help with all correspondence to external health professionals.

We have aproficient coding team that will ensure your correspondence is kept to aminimum freeing your time up to concentrate on contact time with patients andgood clinical care.

Our friendlyreceptionists ensure that your surgeries run smoothly on a day-to-day basis.

We also have anavigator system that has been developed specifically to the Practices visionand this helps with continuity of patient care.

Job responsibilities

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. This role will be: -

Be a challenge

Improve clinical care to avulnerable patient population

Offeryou the chance to be innovative and shape the service and health care offered.

We are keen to recruit GPs who can provide additional skills and want to develop services within the practice.

The Practice is committed to the continuous development of staff and will offer the opportunity for the successful applicant to continue to develop their own areas of interest wherever possible.

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.
• Make 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 using the RMS system
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Collecting data for audit purposes and reflecting on practice by completing SEAs and Audit cycles
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
• Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary and within budget
• In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
• Take part in the daily on call rota.
• Take part in the in-house educational program including Time Ins, clinical meetings, meeting revalidation criteria and mandatory training
• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
• An extension to the terms and conditions are held in a Staff Handbook available on request.

The successful applicant will need to have personal cover with a professional defence organisation and will be required to prove evidence of insurance cover and GMC membership on an annual basis to the Manager. Presently Medical Indemnity is paid by the Practice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

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.