Salaried Gp - Maternity Cover

South Coast Medical Group; Merley; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

South Coast Medical Group is seeking a motivated Salaried GP to work 6 sessions per week at Denmark Road Medical Centre for a 9-month fixed-term maternity cover. The role includes face-to-face and telephone clinics, with a strong emphasis on safe, compassionate, high-quality primary care within a collaborative team.

The post requires working Tue, Thu and Fri, delivery of comprehensive primary care, and participation in a wide range of duties alongside our multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• GMC registration and MBBS or equivalent are essential for the role.
• MWRCGP qualification preferred; active UK practice eligibility is required.
• Inclusion on the Performers List and DBS check are mandatory.
• Valid UK driving licence and access to a car are advantageous for home visits.
• Experience in primary care and multidisciplinary team working is expected.

Responsibilities

• Provide the full range of general medical services within primary care.
• Manage a varied caseload with acute and long-term conditions; conduct face-to-face and telephone consultations.
• Prescribe, review investigations, make referrals and occasionally conduct home visits.
• Participate in team meetings, audits, and PCN activities; maintain high clinical standards.
• Ensure confidential, compassionate care and support maternity cover period.

Skills

GMC Registered

MBBS or equivalent

MRCGP

UK Driving Licence

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical degree

GMC Registration

MRCGP

Inclusion on Performers List

DBS Enhanced Check

Job description

Job summary
South Coast Medical Group is looking to recruit a motivated and patient-focused Salaried GP for 6 sessions per week, based at Denmark Road Medical Centre (DRMC), on a 9-month fixed-term contract to provide maternity cover. The required working days are Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a large, forward-thinking and award-winning Primary Care Network serving more than 55,000 patients across Bournemouth. You will work alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team including GPs, nurses, pharmacists, frailty clinicians and administrative colleagues, with a strong emphasis on collaborative working, continuity of care and high clinical standards. We are looking for a GP who is confident working autonomously, enjoys being part of a wider team and shares our commitment to delivering safe, compassionate and high-quality primary care. Our values Seek Solutions, Care and Be Compassionate, Mean What You Say and Grow Relationships underpin the way we work and the culture we continue to develop across the organisation. Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide the full range of general medical services expected within primary care, managing a varied caseload and assessing patients with both acute and long-term conditions. The role will include face-to-face and telephone consultations, clinical decision-making, prescribing, reviewing investigations, referrals, occasional home visits and management of associated clinical administration. You will work collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team, contribute to safe and effective patient care, and support continuity across the practice. The post may also include participation in Duty Doctor responsibilities and clinical meetings, in line with the needs of the service.

• Seek solutions – We look for ways to improve what we do and embrace innovation, pro‑activity and continuous learning.
• Care and be compassionate – Consideration is at the heart of excellent care, high standards and a positive work environment.
• Mean what you say – Honest input from staff and patients is the driving force behind the continuing development of the organisation.
• Grow relationships – We work collaboratively with staff and patients to build strong relationships that help us uphold our values.

The successful candidate will be expected to contribute positively to these values, work effectively as part of the wider multidisciplinary team and support our commitment to delivering safe, high-quality and compassionate primary care throughout the maternity cover period.

Job responsibilities
The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting. They must act within professional boundaries and provide the highest quality of holistic care for all patients. A successful candidate will be working alongside a friendly, hardworking team of general practitioners, nursing colleagues, admin and reception staff in the care of practice patients. The post-holder will need to ensure they are readily available to work alongside the Practice timetable, undertaking a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries. Effectively manage paperwork and correspondence which need to be completed within a timely fashion. Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within 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. Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards. Collecting data for audit purposes. Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible). Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate. In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care. File abnormal blood tests, as well as those for absent GPs include microbiology as these arent marked abnormal if positive. File blood test for absent GPs in next 2 working days. Deal with ALL DOCTORS tasks. Complete scanned documents/workflow ALL DOCTORS group including necessary referrals/etc. Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safe. A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice. Contributing to evaluation / audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation. Computer data and patient records entry, allocation and collation, processing and recording information in accordance with practice procedures. Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records. Contributing to the summarising of patient records and Read-Coding patient data. Initiating contact with and responding to requests from patients, other team members and associated healthcare professionals and providers. Attending training and events organised by the Practice or other agencies, where appropriate. Helping to keep all practice areas tidy and free from obstructions and clutter. Helping to maintain a positive, patient focussed culture. Helping to maintain a positive, supportive culture across the whole of the practice. Filing pathology results and actioning related clinical work. Filing of scanned documents/ workflow and the actioning of clinical work related to them. Authorisation of acute and repeat prescriptions. SystmOne Tasks and actioning related clinical work. Completion of paper documents e.g. child protection forms and insurance documents. Occasional home visits. During busy periods including holidays & sickness you may be requested to see additional patients. Attendance of clinical meetings at site and PCN level.

• Urgent telephone appointments.
• Urgent Tasks.
• Limited pre-booked telephone appointments to increase telephone capacity and for continuity (limited on busiest days, Monday and Friday).
• Supervise/support urgent/same day queries pharmacy team, NPs, nursing team, frailty team
• Assist with triage/allocation of home visits Paramedics triage from 8.30-5.30.
• See face to face appointments if urgent and all other appointments taken, often after paramedic triaged patient.

Patient services
To provide medication review services to patients via clinics in the practice, domiciliary visits and in residential and nursing homes, and to deliver pharmaceutical care plans that maximise cost-effective prescribing and improve the quality of patient care. To present at patient group meetings or other appropriate events to give advice on the appropriate use of medicines. To produce patient information leaflets and posters and run medicine awareness projects throughout the year. Assist Partners with the appropriate monitoring and management of their prescribing budgets. To prepare evidence based resources and information to support the medicine management team and all other relevant health professionals in the implementation of rational cost-effective prescribing. To help plan, develop and support the introduction of new working processes within the practice to optimise the quality of prescribing.

• Communicate effectively with other team members.
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers.
• Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Confidentiality
In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately. In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Surgery staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Surgery as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential. Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Surgery may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Surgery policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Surgery guidelines.
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.
• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.

Equality and Diversity
Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Surgery procedures and policies, Surgery Values and current legislation. Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues. Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights.

• Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Quality
Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk. Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision. Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance. Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs. Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

• Apply Surgery policies, standards and protocols.
• Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work.
• Participate in audit where appropriate.
• Position may include other duties as determined by SCMG.
• Good communication on all levels
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Patient sensitive
• Ability to work in a highly confidential environment
• Sensitive to patient issues
• Ability to stay calm in a crisis
• Willingness to undertake continuing professional development
• Full UK driving licence and use of car
• Knowledge of current guidelines
• Knowledge of current General Practice environment
• Understanding of demographic characteristics that affect health in the local area

Qualifications
Essential

• GMC Registered
• MBBS or equivalent medical degree
• MRCGP
• Inclusion on the Performers List
• MPS/MDUS/MDDUS membership
• DBS Enhanced Check
• Worked within a GP Practice
• Working in Primary Care in an area with significant health problems
• EPS prescribing
• Clinical systems

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).