Job summary
The practice currently has an exciting opportunity available
for a Salaried GP to complement its existing team of
dedicated GPs and staff. You would join a
friendly and committed practice team who were winners of the 2017 Lincolnshire
GP Practice of the Year Award and are currently rated outstanding by CQC.
We have between 4-8 clinical sessions available so are looking for 1 or 2 GPs to cover these clinical sessions and we would be willing to wait for the right candidate.
Main duties of the job
A trained General Practitioner, willing to use the online consultation software,
AskMyGP on a daily basis and SystmOne
As we are a teaching practice, provide as part of a team training, teaching and supervision of other healthcare professionals
Home Visits as part of a rota
Ensure own clinical practice is safe and
effective and remains within boundaries of competence and to acknowledge
limitations, arranging referral to other members of the primary and secondary
health care team if necessary.
We are not looking to fulfil any areas of specialty. However there will be opportunity in the future to develop.
About us
We are a semi-rural practice situated
3 miles north of Lincoln and currently has approximately 12,600 patients. There
are two sites, with Nettleham being the main site and a branch surgery at
Cherry Willingham.
We have an extensive multi-disciplinary primary care team comprising of GPs, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Nurses, Healthcare Assistants, Phlebotomists, Clinical Pharmacists, First Contact Physiotherapist and Primary Care Chaplains.
The practice has the following values which are shared by
all staff:
- Integrity
- Quality
- Compassion
- Respect
The practice prides itself in care to the highest
standard (having regularly gained maximum clinical points in the Quality
Outcomes Framework) and is currently rated outstanding by the Care Quality
Commission (CQC).
As part of our committed, innovative and friendly practice
team you will receive a competitive salary and annual leave allowance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs
in a primary care setting, ensuring the high quality medical services to all
patients in accordance with the practices procedures and protocols.
Will
be part of a multidisciplinary team providing a full range of general medical
services to patients. In addition to providing primary care services, the post
holder will be expected to be involved in liaison with other agencies.
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 face to
face consultations, online consultations (using AskMyGP), video
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
- Carry out home
visits as required
- Making
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
- 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
- Provide Family
Planning, contraceptive and ante/post natal care
- Carry out
virtual and face to face medication reviews.
- Prepare medical
reports for insurance companies, employers and other statutory bodies.
- Maintain
appropriate level of communication with other agencies for whom care is
being given to the patients for whom the practitioner is responsible.
- In general the
post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and
responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
Other
responsibilities within the organisation:
- 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 organisation
- Contributing to
improving the efficiency and effectiveness of chronic disease management.
- Active
participation in the management arrangements of the practice.
- Contributing to
the development of computer-based patient records
- Contributing to
the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data
- Attending
training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where
appropriate.
- Participate in
the teaching, training and supervision of other professionals, GP
Registrars, undergraduate students attached to the practice both formally
and informally.
- Assist the
practice in maintaining GP training status.
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, practice staff and other healthcare
workers. They may also have access
to information relating to the practice 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 practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in
accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality
and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
Health
& Safety:
The
post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management
their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the
practice health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual,
and the practice infection control policy and published procedures. This will
include (but will not be limited to):
- Using personal
security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
- Awareness of
national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory /
contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines
- Providing
advice on the correct and safe management of the specimens process
including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean
containers, storage and transport arrangements
- Correct
personal use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and ensuring correct
use of PPE by others, advising on appropriate circumstances for use by
clinicians, staff and patients.
- Management of
the full range of infection control procedures in both routine and
extraordinary circumstances (e.g. pandemic or individual infectious
circumstances)
- Hand hygiene
standards for self and others
- Managing
directly all incidents of accidental exposure
- Management and
advice relating to infection control and clinically based patient care
protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practice
- Active
observation of current working practices across the practice in relation
to infection control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that
procedures are followed and weaknesses / training needs are identified,
escalating issues as appropriate to the responsible person
- Identifying the
risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way
that manages those risks across clinical and patient process
- Making
effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and
manage the training of others across the full range of infection control
and patient processes
- Monitoring
practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control,
ensuring that proper use is made of hand cleansing facilities, wipes etc,
and that these are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment.
Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate to the responsible
manager
- Safe management
of sharps use, storage and disposal
- Maintenance
of own clean working environment
- Using
appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a
tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of
remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible
management
- Actively
identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and
infection hazards immediately when recognised
- Keeping own
work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, sterile,
identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas
within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of
general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation
(where appropriate) with responsible managers
- Undertaking
periodic infection control training (minimum twice annually)
- Correct waste
and instrument management including handling, segregation, and container
use
- Maintenance of
sterile environments
Equality and diversity:
The
post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers
and colleagues, to include:
- Acting in a way
that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a
way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, 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.
Personal/professional development:
In
addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses
and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development
requirements for PREP are met, the post-holder will participate in any training
programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training
to include:
- 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:
The
post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:
- 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.
Communication:
The post-holder
should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and
will strive to:
- Communicate
effectively with other team members
- Communicate
effectively with patients and carers
- Recognize peoples
needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
Contribution to the implementation of services:
The
post-holder will:
- Apply practice
policies, standards and guidance
- Discuss with
other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will
affect own work
- Participate in
audit where appropriate.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full registration with GMC
- Registered on Performers List as a General Practitioner
Experience
Desirable
- AskMyGP experience
- SystmOne experience
- Clinical supervision or mentoring
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
- Organisational skills/ time management
- Team Player
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.
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 .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Nettleham Medical Practice
Address
14 Lodge Lane
Nettleham
Lincoln
LN2 2RS