Job description

Job responsibilities

Your role will include:

• Providing face-to-face, telephone and digital consultations, including home visits where required.
• Managing a broad range of acute and chronic conditions, minor illness and injuries.
• Providing continuity of care and developing strong, trusted relationships with patients.
• Prescribing safely and appropriately and requesting and interpreting diagnostic investigations.
• Providing preventative healthcare, health promotion, screening and vaccination advice.
• Recognising and appropriately escalating safeguarding concerns.
• Working with the wider MDT and external healthcare professionals to coordinate care for patients.
• Supporting delivery of QOF and other contractual and quality requirements.
• Participating in clinical governance, audits and quality improvement.
• Keeping up to date with current clinical guidance, evidence-based practice and developments in primary care.
• Maintaining your CPD, mandatory training and professional development.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Primary care GP experience

Qualifications

Essential

• An experienced doctor with GP accreditation.
• Current registration with GMC and NHS performers list (with no conditions preventing working or restrictions on practice).

Specific Skills/Competencies

Essential

• Record of on-going CPD and learning.
• Knowledge of clinical governance.
• Knowledge of safeguarding and requirements.
• Good organisational and IT skills desirable.
• Will have excellent interpersonal skills and be committed to working as part of a team.
• Will have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Clear commitment to delivering quality and patient focused services.

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).

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 (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).

Employer details

Employer name

Spirit Primary Care Limited

Address

Satis House Medical Practice

10 Birmingham Road

Water Orton

B46 1TH

United Kingdom