Salaried GP - 3 Month Contract

Surrey Lodge Practice; Manchester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare practice in Manchester is seeking a salaried GP to join their team, working between 4 to 6 sessions per week for a 3-month contract potentially leading to a permanent position. The role involves general practice responsibilities, including patient consultations, clinical management, and participation in continuous improvement activities. The practice promotes a supportive work environment, encourages professional development, and values teamwork. This is a great opportunity for healthcare professionals wanting to make a real impact in patient care.

Benefits

Support for specialist interests

Work/life balance

Friendly and experienced team

Qualifications

• Qualified as a doctor with a GMC number.
• Ability to manage clinical responsibilities effectively.
• Experience in primary care setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform in-person and telephone consultations.
• Screen patients for disease risk and follow up appropriately.
• Develop care and treatment plans in consultation with patients.

Skills

Clinical decision making

Patient assessment

Team collaboration

Education

Qualified doctor with GMC number

Job description

We are looking for a salaried GPs to join our established team working between 4 and 6 sessions per week for a 3 month contract which could go permanent.

In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care namely:

• In person consultations.
• Telephone consultations.
• Visiting patients at home and in nursing homes.
• Checking and signing repeat prescriptions.
• Dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence as required.
• All aspects of clinical administration.
• Contribute to new ideas and be part of the Practice Team.

Main duties of the job

Take accountability for the highest standards andprofessional decision making in relation to presenting problems, whetherself-referred or referred from other health care workers across the practice /PCN.

Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs ofillness.

Cover all the clinical management of the patients in surgeryas appropriate including initiating investigations, reviewing results, makingreferrals to secondary care or to other providers as appropriate.

Develop care and treatment plans in consultation withpatients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols as wellwider guidance such as that from NICE.

Ensure appropriate follow up of patients.

Record clear and immediate consultation notes to agreedstandards within clinical systems.

Actively participate in clinical audits, learning events andpractice meetings, within a culture of continuous improvement.

Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeatprescriptions avoiding hand-written prescriptions.

Prescribe generically whenever appropriately and inaccordance with the Practice prescribing formulary, NICE guidance and GoodPrescribing Practice (as defined by British National Formulary guidance).

Work with and provide support for other members of theprimary health care team.

About us

Surrey Lodge Group Practice is a thriving practice with an interesting& diverse population of around 10,000 patients. We have a strong andexperienced GP team with 2 partners and 7 salaried GPs. We have a veryexperienced nursing team and a varied health care team including a clinicalpharmacist, pharmacy technician, dietician, focussed care worker, mental healthpractitioner and First Contact Physio. The team has a variety of specialinterests, including Pain Management (GPwSI level), LARC, MSK medicine,Diabetes, Palliative Care and Travel Medicine. We are keen to support anyspecialist interests that you may have or are keen to pursue.

We aim to offer an excellent work/life balance and we aim to foster awarm and welcoming work environment. Our loyal administrative staff have allbeen with us for many years and are a vital part of the team. We have beeninvolved in the teaching and training of medical students. There is plenty of opportunityto expand this in conjunction with local teaching opportunities.

This is a terrific opportunity to join a forward thinking, highachieving practice located in a great part of central Manchester.

Job responsibilities

• Take accountability for the highest standards and professional decision making in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers across the practice / PCN.
• Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Cover all the clinical management of the patients in surgery as appropriate including initiating investigations, reviewing results, making referrals to secondary care or to other providers as appropriate.
• Develop care and treatment plans in consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols as well wider guidance such as that from NICE.
• Ensure appropriate follow up of patients.
• Record clear and immediate consultation notes to agreed standards within clinical systems.
• Actively participate in clinical audits, learning events and practice meetings, within a culture of continuous improvement
• Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions avoiding hand-written prescriptions.
• Prescribe generically whenever appropriately and in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary, NICE guidance and Good Prescribing Practice (as defined by British National Formulary guidance)
• Work with and provide support for other members of the primary health care team & Federation.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualified as a doctor with a GMC number

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.