Salaried Gp With View To Partnership

Stoneham Lane Surgery; Southampton; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Stoneham Lane Surgery in Southampton is seeking a Salaried GP with a view to partnership to support the four GP partners and manage a busy clinical caseload. The appointee will lead on key disease areas, training, and service development while contributing to audits and patient care planning.

The role involves six sessions per week with specific working days (Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday) and a one-year fixed-term contract, with progression to partnership subject to reviews at 6 and 12 months

Qualifications

• Qualified GP with current GMC registration.
• MRCGP or equivalent credential.
• CCT or equivalent training completion.
• Eligibility to practice in the UK independently.
• Performers List registration or eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Provide GP consultations, including telephone and home visits.
• Develop care plans in line with disease management protocols.
• Prescribe and manage repeat prescriptions.
• Contribute to audit, Read-Coding, and electronic patient records.
• Participate in service development and health promotion initiatives.
• Attend training and events organised by the Practice.

Skills

Clinical skills

Autonomous decisions

GP partner collaboration

Education

MRCGP

GMC registration

CCT/UK qualification

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

Working Arrangements

• Role: Salaried GP with a view to partnership
• Sessions: Six sessions per week
• Working days: Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
• Contract: One-year fixed-term contract
• Future opportunity: Progression to partnership, subject to successful reviews at 6 and 12 months and mutual agreement.

Main Purpose of Job

To support the 4 GP partners in the Practice to manage a busy, interesting clinical caseload. The appointee will also have the opportunity to take part in leading on key disease areas (monitoring trends in treatment, staff training and prescribing) and assist in developing appropriate healthcare services for a diverse suburban patient list; including Directed Enhanced Services commissioning, patient participation and health promotion.

The following are the core responsibilities of the Salaried GP in delivering health services

• 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, referrals and correspondence in a timely manner.
• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the Practice.
• 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.
• Ensuring that all work carried out which carries a private fee is properly recouped and accounted for; e.g. Medical Reports, Insurance reports, Private letters to third Parties etc.
• In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.
• A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.
• Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the Practice.
• Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records.
• Contributing to the summarising of patient records and accurate Read-Coding of patient data.
• Attending training and events organised by the Practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

The above list serves to illustrate the scope and responsibilities of the post and is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties. You will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by the development of this role as the practice develops, and the overall business objectives of the practice change.

Responsible to

The GP Partners and Practice Manager

Essential Qualifications

• Qualified GP
• MRCGP
• Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent JCPTGP
• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)
• Full GMC registration
• Performers List registration noting that confirmation on this list is adequate for DBS confirmation.
• England Conforms to the National Performers List and is able to perform any such service as detailed within Regulation 24 of the National Health Service (Performers Lists) (England) Regulations 2013.
• Eligibility to practice in the UK independently
• Appropriate defence indemnity

Desirable Qualifications

• SystmOne knowledge desirable but not essential

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer Contact

Practice Manager: Lynsey Giles

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