Salaried GP - Lifestyles Medicine - Mid Sus Division

NHS; Crawley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare partnership in Crawley is seeking a full-time Salaried GP to contribute to lifestyle medicine initiatives. The role involves both patient consultation and group interactions to enhance holistic health approaches. Ideal candidates will combine compassion with a strong desire to improve healthcare services, backed by GMC registration and commitment to teamwork. Excellent career progression and training in a supportive environment are offered.

Benefits

Enrolment to the NHS pension scheme

Annual leave minimum of 30 days plus bank holidays

Employee discounts and benefits scheme

Wellbeing support programme

Qualifications

• Registered with GMC and eligible to work in the UK.
• Must be on the UK performers list for primary care.
• Experience with clinical audit and working in a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide lifestyle medicine sessions and group consultations.
• Train in facilitating a holistic health approach.
• Support in managing patient care and satisfaction.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Time Management

IT skills (MS Office, Internet)

Experience with primary care clinical software

Education

GMC registered

CCST for primary care in the UK

Tools

System One

EMIS

Job description

ModalityMid-Sussex Division has a vacancy for a full-time Salaried GP, with a specialist interestin lifestyle medicine to assistus in the delivery and expansion of our already established and successful lifestyleprogrammes including the Diabetes Reversal Programme. Practicalexperience in lifestyle medicine is not an absolute requirement as you will bementored by a lead GP in house. The overall programme is led by Dr VipanBhardwaj FRCGP and Dr Helen Rutherford FRCGP who are subject matter experts intherapeutic carbohydrate restriction with an international profile havingspoken at various lifestyle conferences; their interview on DietDoctor can beseen here: https://www.dietdoctor.com/bringing-low-carb-people

This job issuitable for individuals who are compassionate, patient focused and have a realpassion for working in a GP super partnership, and who are committed to makereal changes to the health care services provided within Primary Care to improve patient care.

As an employee withus you can benefit from:

Enrolment to the NHS pension scheme

Annual leave minimum 30 days, plus 8 days bank holiday pro rata

Employee discounts and benefits scheme

24-hour external employee assistance programme

Wellbeing support programme delivered by the partnership.

Well established career pathway to partnership

24hr access to continuous professional development resources

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a GP to join our salaried GP workforce alongsideproviding lifestyle medicine sessions, (this would include group consultationswhich are often held in the evenings) Wewill provide you with the supervision necessary to safely de-medicate diabeticpatients and lead group consultations. You will be trained in facilitating a holistic approach to patient health and well-being, emphasising the importanceof movement, sleep, stress management, diet and exercise.

We are seeking dedicatedpostholders to join our team who can display our CARE values, Commitment,Accountability, Respect and Excellence.

About us

We are one ofthe largest GP super-partnerships in the UK, serving over 480,000 patients andwith a workforce of 1500+. We are unique, we are always looking at ways to improve our delivery of services through the implementation of new andinnovative solutions that we can scale across the organisation. Your role as aSGP is to work directly with key stakeholders (internal and external) to helpus to harmonise ways of working and improve working practices to improvepatient and staff satisfaction. This is a role that will equip you with aportfolio of working at scale to make sustainable changes within Primary Care.

All employeesare welcomed to take enrol in our employee benefits scheme and NHS pensionscheme. We are committed to developing our people through education and careerpathways and who align to our organisational values of CARE.

ModalityPartnership is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to ensuringequal employment opportunities for all our potential applicants in line withthe Equality Act, 2010.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the supporting documentssection to retrieve the JD detailing the core responsibilities of this role.

You will love this job if you have apassion for providing excellent patient care, thinking outside the box, areinnovative and are driven to find and implement solutions to improve the way wedeliver care in General Practice. You will be part of a national partnershipwhere there is resilience from a large group of GP Partners to support where itis needed but also who are there to work closely on key decisions that shapethe way in which we deliver patient care and influence serviceimprovement. We strongly encourage developmentto become a GP with a specialist interest and have opportunities for teachingand training.

If you feel this is the ideal careeradvancing opportunity for you and you want to rise to the challenge of thisopportunity, we welcome an application for you to join our growing team oflikeminded people.

Please Note: The Modality Partnership reserves the right to close thisvacancy at any time during the advertising period.

Pre-employment

As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we willbe checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manageindividual and environmental risks. We will offer support to those who may beundecided about vaccinations. Some vaccinations for certain roles aremandatory, and you will be asked to provide evidence of this where there is amandatory requirement.

For recruitment to this role, you must provide Hep b x 3,titre levels and/or booster, MMR and Varicella status/vaccination evidence.

Right to work check

All applicants invited for interview will need to prove theirright to work in the UK at the interview stage.

References

References must be secured prior to beginning employment, onemust be your current or most recent employer.

Employment history

You must notify us of any employment gaps of 6 weeks or more.

Performers List

Only applicantswith eligibility for the performers list need apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• We require high performing GPs to join our team. The following requirements must be met:
• GMC registered.
• CCST for primary care in the UK
• Eligible to work in the UK.
• On the UK performers list for primary care.
• Current valid driving licence/access to a car.
• Working with a GP clinical system (eg System One, EMIS etc) Clinical audit Working in a team

Skills

• IT skills (MS Office, Internet etc) able to competently use all basic IT software.
• IT skills (Use of Clinical Systems) experienced in use of a primary care clinical software system, and other remote consultation technology.
• IT skills (systems and software) able to independently problem solve to enable effective remote working and minimise disruption to working day.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Time Management

Experience

• We are able to accommodate salaried GPs with all types of experience in primary care. Your personal development plan will be built with you, dependant on your level of experience and your aspirations within primary care.

Knowledge

• Good understanding of the transforming landscape of primary care, new roles and the value of multi-professional teams
• General understanding of the GMS contract
• A good understanding of QOF
• An understanding of GP commissioning
• A good understanding of Patient Choice

Personal Qualities

• Caring and supportive personality
• Ability to perform well under pressure.
• Smart appearance
• Resourceful
• Flexible & Adaptable

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.