Job description

Job responsibilities

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

• Work as agreed in accordance with the practice timetable
• The delivery of highly effective medical care to the entitled population
• The provision of services commensurate with the primary care contract
• Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective and plan clinical care accordingly, referring patients to other services/agencies in a timely manner, utilising practice and any other local guidelines
• Generic prescribing adhering to local and national guidance
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
• Effective management of long-term conditions
• Support patients to adopt strategies that promote healthy lifestyles and apply principles of self-care
• Processing of administration in a timely manner, including referrals, repeat prescription requests and other associated administrative tasks
• Review medications following the appropriate policies, NICE/local clinical guidelines and local care pathways
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with good practice, policy and guidance
• On a rotational basis, undertake telephone triage and duty doctor roles Work collaboratively, accepting an equal share of the practice workload
• Adhere to best practice recommended through clinical guidelines and the audit process
• Support the delivery of anticipatory care plans
• On an opportune basis, provide health promotion advice
• Contribute to the successful implementation of continuous improvement and quality initiatives within the practice
• Attend and contribute effectively to practice meetings as required
• Contribute effectively to the development and maintenance of the practice, including clinical governance and training
• Be aware of duties and responsibilities regarding current legislation and adhere to practice policies and procedures on Safeguarding Adults and Safeguarding Children
• Ensure compliance with the appraisal process
• Prepare and complete the revalidation process to remain fit to practice
• Commit to self-learning and instill an ethos of continuing professional development across the practice team
• Review and always adhere to practice protocols and policies
• Support the Partners in achieving the strategic aims of the practice
• Encourage collaborative working, liaising with all staff regularly, always promoting a culture of continuous improvement
• Conduct home visits as agreed
• Be an integral part of the general practice team as well as supporting the wider network and multi-disciplinary team
• There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks, this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels
• Conduct out-of-hours duties as mutually agreed

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified GP
• MRCGP
• JCPTGP or CCT
• National Performers List Registration
• Full GMC Registration

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 (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Newington Road Surgery

Address

100 Newington Road

Ramsgate

Kent

CT12 6EW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.newingtonroadsurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values. An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the essential criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer YES to the question: Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?

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The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.

If a DBS is required for your role, you are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee applies which is payable to the DBS Service.Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costswill be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

The Trust will not sponsor where the starting salary does not meet immigration rules

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• Accredited Train the trainer course.
• Manual Handling Link course.
• Must be physically able to demonstrate good practice in all aspects of moving and handling techniques and equipment using good posture.

Knowledge and experience

Essential

• Experience of working in direct patient handling role.
• Working knowledge / competence of use of mobile patient hoists, slide sheets and other transfer devices.
• Working knowledge of Lifting Equipment and Lifting Operations Regulations and the responsibility to examine hoist fabric equipment for safety, and willingness to undertake specialist training to do this is an integral part of the role.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Countess of Chester Hospital

Liverpool Road

Chester

CH2 1UL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.coch.nhs.uk/working-with-us.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Summary:

The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.

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 surgery 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
• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation
• Understand and apply legal policy that supports the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, being aware of statutory child/vulnerable adult health procedure and local guidance, including working within policies regarding family violence, vulnerable adults, substance abuse and addictive behaviour, and refer as appropriate
• 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.

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
• Undertaking any other duty as reasonably requested by the practice to facilitate adequate provision of services to patients
• Continuing personal development and education; attending training courses when relevant/required

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

Communication:

The post-holder should recognise 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.

Health & Safety:

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

• 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
• 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)
• 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
• 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 correcting 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 annually)
• Correct waste and instrument management, including handling, segregation, and container use
• Maintenance of sterile environments
• Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

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.

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.

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 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

This job description is issued as a guideline to help you understand the duties you will be expected to undertake. It may be changed from time to time to meet any new working requirements after discussion between you and the doctors. It does not form part of your contract of employment.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• - Understands the importance of evidence based practice and clinical effectiveness
• - Understanding of Clinical Governance and quality issues and health and social policy
• - Ability to make good clear concise medical notes, both computerized and manual
• - Experience of Microsoft Office applications
• - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• - A solutions focused approach
• - Ability to listen and empathize
• - Potential to cope with stressful situations
• - Ability to undertake responsibility
• - Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• - Understanding of the role of teamwork in providing quality care
• - Trustworthy
• - Flexible and a good time keeper
• - Good organizational and time management skills
• - Ability to manage and facilitate change
• - Understanding and acceptance of and adherence to the need to keep strict confidentiality
• - Ability to use own judgement, resources and common sense
• - Able to work under pressure and within an ever changing environment
• - Effective team worker
• - Decisive, confident working style with the ability to deal with competing priorities
• - Commitment to continuing professional development

Qualifications

Essential

• - Full GMC Registration, MBBS / MBChB or equivalent
• - Not subject to suspension under section 41A of the Medical Act 1983
• - Qualified GP with Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)
• - Currently on National Performers List
• - Has DBS clearance
• - Has had an annual NHS appraisal where applicable
• - Has been revalidated as required

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 (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Bolton Community Practice C.I.C

Address

Waters Meeting Health Centre

Waters Meeting Road

Bolton

BL1 8TT

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.boltoncommunitypractice.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

• Work as agreed in accordance with the practice timetable
• The delivery of highly effective medical care to the entitled population
• The provision of services commensurate with the primary care contract
• Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective and plan clinical care accordingly, referring patients to other services/agencies in a timely manner, utilising practice and any other local guidelines
• Generic prescribing adhering to local and national guidance
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
• Effective management of long-term conditions
• Support patients to adopt strategies that promote healthy lifestyles and apply principles of self-care
• Processing of administration in a timely manner, including referrals, repeat prescription requests and other associated administrative tasks
• Review medications following the appropriate policies, NICE/local clinical guidelines and local care pathways
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with good practice, policy and guidance
• On a rotational basis, undertake telephone triage and duty doctor roles Work collaboratively, accepting an equal share of the practice workload
• Adhere to best practice recommended through clinical guidelines and the audit process
• Support the delivery of anticipatory care plans
• On an opportune basis, provide health promotion advice
• Contribute to the successful implementation of continuous improvement and quality initiatives within the practice
• Attend and contribute effectively to practice meetings as required
• Contribute effectively to the development and maintenance of the practice, including clinical governance and training
• Be aware of duties and responsibilities regarding current legislation and adhere to practice policies and procedures on Safeguarding Adults and Safeguarding Children
• Ensure compliance with the appraisal process
• Prepare and complete the revalidation process to remain fit to practice
• Commit to self-learning and instill an ethos of continuing professional development across the practice team
• Review and always adhere to practice protocols and policies
• Support the Partners in achieving the strategic aims of the practice
• Encourage collaborative working, liaising with all staff regularly, always promoting a culture of continuous improvement
• Conduct home visits as agreed
• Be an integral part of the general practice team as well as supporting the wider network and multi-disciplinary team
• There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks, this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels
• Conduct out-of-hours duties as mutually agreed

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified GP
• MRCGP
• JCPTGP or CCT
• National Performers List Registration
• Full GMC Registration

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 (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Branston & Heighington Family Practice

Address

The Surgery

Station Road

Branston

LN4 1LH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.branstonsurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

• Work as agreed in accordance with the practice timetable
• The delivery of highly effective medical care to the entitled population
• The provision of services commensurate with the primary care contract
• Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective and plan clinical care accordingly, referring patients to other services/agencies in a timely manner, utilising practice and any other local guidelines
• Generic prescribing adhering to local and national guidance
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
• Effective management of long-term conditions
• Support patients to adopt strategies that promote healthy lifestyles and apply principles of self-care
• Processing of administration in a timely manner, including referrals, repeat prescription requests and other associated administrative tasks
• Review medications following the appropriate policies, NICE/local clinical guidelines and local care pathways
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with good practice, policy and guidance
• On a rotational basis, undertake telephone triage and duty doctor roles Work collaboratively, accepting an equal share of the practice workload
• Adhere to best practice recommended through clinical guidelines and the audit process
• Support the delivery of anticipatory care plans
• On an opportune basis, provide health promotion advice
• Contribute to the successful implementation of continuous improvement and quality initiatives within the practice
• Attend and contribute effectively to practice meetings as required
• Contribute effectively to the development and maintenance of the practice, including clinical governance and training
• Be aware of duties and responsibilities regarding current legislation and adhere to practice policies and procedures on Safeguarding Adults and Safeguarding Children
• Ensure compliance with the appraisal process
• Prepare and complete the revalidation process to remain fit to practice
• Commit to self-learning and instill an ethos of continuing professional development across the practice team
• Review and always adhere to practice protocols and policies
• Support the Partners in achieving the strategic aims of the practice
• Encourage collaborative working, liaising with all staff regularly, always promoting a culture of continuous improvement
• Conduct home visits as agreed
• Be an integral part of the general practice team as well as supporting the wider network and multi-disciplinary team
• There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks, this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels
• Conduct out-of-hours duties as mutually agreed

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified GP
• MRCGP
• JCPTGP or CCT
• National Performers List Registration
• Full GMC Registration

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 (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Croft Hall Medical Practice

Address

19 Croft Road

Torquay

Devon

TQ2 5UA

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.crofthallmedicalpractice.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

• Work as agreed in accordance with the practice timetable
• The delivery of highly effective medical care to the entitled population
• The provision of services commensurate with the primary care contract
• Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective and plan clinical care accordingly, referring patients to other services/agencies in a timely manner, utilising practice and any other local guidelines
• Generic prescribing adhering to local and national guidance
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
• Effective management of long-term conditions
• Support patients to adopt strategies that promote healthy lifestyles and apply principles of self-care
• Processing of administration in a timely manner, including referrals, repeat prescription requests and other associated administrative tasks
• Review medications following the appropriate policies, NICE/local clinical guidelines and local care pathways
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with good practice, policy and guidance
• On a rotational basis, undertake telephone triage and duty doctor roles Work collaboratively, accepting an equal share of the practice workload
• Adhere to best practice recommended through clinical guidelines and the audit process
• Support the delivery of anticipatory care plans
• On an opportune basis, provide health promotion advice
• Contribute to the successful implementation of continuous improvement and quality initiatives within the practice
• Attend and contribute effectively to practice meetings as required
• Contribute effectively to the development and maintenance of the practice, including clinical governance and training
• Be aware of duties and responsibilities regarding current legislation and adhere to practice policies and procedures on Safeguarding Adults and Safeguarding Children
• Ensure compliance with the appraisal process
• Prepare and complete the revalidation process to remain fit to practice
• Commit to self-learning and instill an ethos of continuing professional development across the practice team
• Review and always adhere to practice protocols and policies
• Support the Partners in achieving the strategic aims of the practice
• Encourage collaborative working, liaising with all staff regularly, always promoting a culture of continuous improvement
• Conduct home visits as agreed
• Be an integral part of the general practice team as well as supporting the wider network and multi-disciplinary team
• There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks, this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels
• Conduct out-of-hours duties as mutually agreed

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified GP
• MRCGP
• JCPTGP or CCT
• National Performers List Registration
• Full GMC Registration

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 (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Friary House Surgery

Address

2a Beaumont Road

St Judes

Plymouth

Devon

PL4 9DP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.friaryhousesurgery.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

• Work as agreed in accordance with the practice timetable
• The delivery of highly effective medical care to the entitled population
• The provision of services commensurate with the primary care contract
• Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective and plan clinical care accordingly, referring patients to other services/agencies in a timely manner, utilising practice and any other local guidelines
• Generic prescribing adhering to local and national guidance
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
• Effective management of long-term conditions
• Support patients to adopt strategies that promote healthy lifestyles and apply principles of self-care
• Processing of administration in a timely manner, including referrals, repeat prescription requests and other associated administrative tasks
• Review medications following the appropriate policies, NICE/local clinical guidelines and local care pathways
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with good practice, policy and guidance
• On a rotational basis, undertake telephone triage and duty doctor roles Work collaboratively, accepting an equal share of the practice workload
• Adhere to best practice recommended through clinical guidelines and the audit process
• Support the delivery of anticipatory care plans
• On an opportune basis, provide health promotion advice
• Contribute to the successful implementation of continuous improvement and quality initiatives within the practice
• Attend and contribute effectively to practice meetings as required
• Contribute effectively to the development and maintenance of the practice, including clinical governance and training
• Be aware of duties and responsibilities regarding current legislation and adhere to practice policies and procedures on Safeguarding Adults and Safeguarding Children
• Ensure compliance with the appraisal process
• Prepare and complete the revalidation process to remain fit to practice
• Commit to self-learning and instill an ethos of continuing professional development across the practice team
• Review and always adhere to practice protocols and policies
• Support the Partners in achieving the strategic aims of the practice
• Encourage collaborative working, liaising with all staff regularly, always promoting a culture of continuous improvement
• Conduct home visits as agreed
• Be an integral part of the general practice team as well as supporting the wider network and multi-disciplinary team
• There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks, this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels
• Conduct out-of-hours duties as mutually agreed

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified GP
• MRCGP
• JCPTGP or CCT
• National Performers List Registration
• Full GMC Registration

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 (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Wyke Regis & Lanehouse Medical Practice

Address

Portland Road

Weymouth

Dorset

DT4 9BE

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.wykeregisandlanehousemedicalpractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job summary

The Practice Manager will oversee day-to-day operations, support strategic development and ensure the smooth delivery of high-quality patient centred care. Strong leadership, effective communications, sound judgement and a collaborative approach are essential. Experience of managing a practice in primary care is highly desirable but not essential, and we welcome applicants who bring both operational expertise and a genuine commitment to supporting our team and patients.

Main duties of the job

• Provide effective leadership to the practice management and administrative teams.
• Manage HR, recruitment, induction, retention and workforce planning.
• Manage the practice facilities.
• Promote a culture of teamwork, accountability, openness and continuous improvement.
• Monitor and maintain contractual requirements, targets and performance indicators.
• Ensure the practice is prepared for inspections, reviews and contractual monitoring.
• Liaise with the ICB, PCN and other relevant NHS Organisations

Job responsibilities

The Practice Manager provides overall business leadership, setting direction, developing the practices systems and processes, leading its people functions and helping to build a financially sustainable practice for the long term. The role leads a small management team and works closely with the GP partners to translate strategic priorities into practical delivery.

The Practice Manager leads on facilities management and health and safety.

The role carries particular responsibility for continuing the CQC inspection readiness work and supporting the practice to maintain high standards of patient care

Leadership, Business Planning and Systems Development

Provide overall leadership of business planning, including monitoring practice performance against QoF, enhanced services and other contractual and national requirements.

Lead the ongoing development of practice systems and processes, ensuring they are implemented, modern and efficient.

Lead and support the practices management team, delegating operational and specialist delivery while retaining oversight of standards and outcomes.

Ensure all practice systems are used effectively to support safe patient care and good information management.

People and HR Management

Provide overall HR leadership across the practice, working closely with teams on day-to-day matters.

Maintain HR policies and processes, reflecting current legislation and good practice.

Apply practice HR policies consistently and fairly, leading recruitment and induction.

Compliance and Quality

Act as the Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO) for the practice.

Ensure the practice meets its obligations under health & safety, safeguarding (Adults and Children) and employment law.

Oversee clinical systems (EMIS Web), IT and Information Governance, including GDPR and data protection compliance.

Lead on incident reporting, significant event analysis and complaints handling.

Keep practice policies under regular review and ensure staff are aware of and trained on them.

Strategic and Partnership Support

Work closely with the GP partners to implement the practices action plan and priorities.

Represent the practice in dealings with the ICB, PCN and other external system wide stakeholders.

Support a positive, open working culture across the practice, in keeping with the practices approach to people management.

Person Specification

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Effective time management (planning, organising and prioritising) with excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure
• Ability to follow legal, ethical and professional standards, including policies and procedures
• Ability to use own initiative, discretion, and sensitivity
• Ability to work under pressure and in stressful situations
• Effectively able to communicate in a clear manner and understand the needs of the patient
• Ability to identify risk, assess and manage

Desirable

• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required

Qualifications

Essential

• Leadership and or a management qualification

Desirable

• Educated to degree level in healthcare or business
• Associate Member of IGPM in view of becoming a full member

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of management or leadership training or equivalent practical management experience
• Managing, supervising and developing staff, including recruitment, induction, performance management and handling staff issues
• Experience of managing day-to-day operations, implementing policies and improving efficiency and quality of services
• Experience of monitoring performance against objective, target and key performance indicators
• Competent use of IT, including Microsoft Office and healthcare/practice management systems
• Ability to lead, motivate and support a diverse team and promote a positive working culture
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with patients, staff, clinicians and external organisations
• Experience of implementing and reviewing policies and procedures

Desirable

• Previous experience specifically as a Practice Manager, Deputy Practice Manager, Business Manager or Operations Manager in general practice
• Good understanding of primary care/healthcare services and the operational requirements of a GP practice
• Knowledge of NHS Primary care contracts, PCNs, ICBs and relevant NHS policies and frameworks
• Experience with clinical/practice systems such as EMIS Web, Doman, Teamnet or similar systems
• Experience working with CQC requirements and preparing for inspections or regulatory reviews

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Lawrence Hill Health Centre

Address

Hassell Drive

Bristol

BS2 0AN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.lawrencehillhealthcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will provide support to meet the individual needs of Practices. Responsibilities may vary across Practices and can include:

Repeat prescribing and medication reviews.

Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.

Reduce inappropriate poly-pharmacy and wasteful prescribing and address public health and social needs of patients through clinical medication review. This would be a level 3 medication review looking at the patients full clinical condition e.g. blood monitoring, interface care arrangements, social isolation.

Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge.

Contribute to reductions in medicine related hospital admissions and readmissions by supporting patients to get the best outcomes from their medicines and identifying and addressing medicines related issues.

Interface with community and hospital pharmacy colleagues and develop referral processes between primary care professionals including the promotion of the repeat dispensing service.

Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates.

Manage Practice formularies to improve the quality, safety and cost effectiveness of prescribing.

Work with primary care professionals and patients to implement NICE and other evidence based guidelines.

Act as a source of medicines information for all of the Practice team and patients (e.g. around doses, side effects, adverse events, possible alternatives if stock issues).

Provide education and training to primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation.

Confidentiality

While seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow up 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 may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the PCN policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Health and Safety

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the PCN Health and Safety policy.

Safeguarding

All employees are responsible for taking all reasonable measures to ensure that the risk of harm to children and vulnerable adults are minimised. They should take all appropriate actions to address concerns, working to agreed local policies and procedures, including the guidance on Safeguarding, in partnership with other relevant agencies. This includes accessing appropriate training, advice, and support.

Disclosure and Barring Services

This post will be subject to a DBS Disclosure check at the point of recruitment and thereafter.

Infection Control

All employees have an individual responsibility to have knowledge of and employ the basic principles of infection prevention and control practice. All employees must comply with Infection Prevention and Control mandatory training requirements.

Equality and Diversity

The post holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers, and colleagues.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Accredited masters degree of pharmacy Degree (MPharm) (or equivalent)
• Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Completed, or working towards, a Primary Care Pharmacy Education pathway qualification (CPPE)
• Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience
• Experience of using System1.

Desirable

• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Independent prescriber or working towards/intent of gaining an independent prescribing qualification

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience
• In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare.
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing.
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for the improvement of prescribing.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients).
• Can work independently on a day-to-day basis and able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long-term conditions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (Email, telephone & online meetings).
• Evidence of consistent pattern of learning from education, training, and experience.
• Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines.
• Good IT skills.
• Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and can refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate.

Desirable

• Able to analyse and interpret prescribing data

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 (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

BWM PCN Limited

Address

Whitehall Surgery, Wortley Beck Health Centre,

Ring Road, Lower Wortley

Leeds

West Yorkshire

LS12 5SG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.bwmpcn.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will work alongside the Head of Library and Knowledge Services to deliver the Clinical Librarian service at EKHUFT. This will involve attendance at departmental meetings, journal clubs, ward rounds and any other sessions addressing patient care, research or clinical effectiveness issues.

You will be proactive in establishing information needs and conduct advanced searches using a wide range of local and national online and printed resources.

You will undertake complex literature searches to support patient care, research and improvements in services. You will provide full articles, abstracts, citation lists or summaries of evidence to meet needs based on careful selection and appraisal of available evidence to suit end-user requirements, and use various forms of dissemination to suit a wide user base.

You will pass less complex searches to other members of the team, and use your own skills to help others develop. You will ensure ongoing quality of searches conducted by members of the team.

You will promote available current awareness services such as Knowledge Share to all clinical staff and make search results available via these platforms where possible, and market relevant services and resources to the wider organisation on behalf of the library team. You will deliver inductions to staff and students joining EKHUFT.

You will be part of the senior management of the library services at EKHUFT and will contribute to the delivery of strategic aims of the service, including the delivery of the Quality and Improvement Outcomes Framework.

You will be a signatory for financial payments.

You will deputise for other LKS staff, where appropriate, including the staffing of the service on any site. You will take responsibility for the safety of library stock and equipment when working on any site, and ensure the safety of users working out of hours.

Accountability - You will be expected to work independently to further develop the Clinical Librarian role within the Trust, establishing KPIs, evaluation and impact measures to ensure the ongoing success of the service.

Communication and Relationship You will work with key stakeholders to encourage take-up of the service. You will use excellent communication skills with staff at all levels to promote the value of the service. You will work in liaison with similar post-holders in other organisations to share good practice.

You will use highly developed analytical skills to select and present the best results to the right audiences.

You will deliver reports, presentations, statistics and evaluation of the Clinical Librarian service as required. This may be to internal stakeholders or to the wider library community via study days, regional and national meetings, conferences.

You will work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals across the organisation to enhance the Library and Knowledge Services within the Trust.

Planning and organisational You will use highly developed organisational skills to plan your time in order to attend all relevant meetings. You will be able to work to tight deadlines, prioritising the needs of the clinicians you work with. You will contribute to the delivery of the Library & Knowledge Services Strategy and the Annual Business Plan.

You will maintain ongoing statistics from the start and work with the Head of Library and Knowledge Services to demonstrate the impact of the service

You will use these results to make recommendations for the development and potential expansion of the service.

You will contribute to the evaluation and development of the Library and Knowledge Services in general by participating in user survey development.

You will be able to travel and prepared to work across the whole Trust, as well as attending Health Education England events, meetings and training across the local health economy. You will have excellent IT literacy skills.

Responsibility for policy/service development As a member of the management structure of the service, you will be expected to attend and contribute to quarterly Manager's Meetings and full Team Meetings, and have direct input into service development and improvement initiatives.

Management Responsibility You will be expected to train staff of all levels and professions across the organisation in a range of information, study, and searching skills. Your training will need to be adapted to suit all types of learners, with differing needs and required outcomes. You will also be expected to use your expertise to increase the skill-base of Library & Knowledge Services Staff. You will be expected to deputise for the Head of Library & Knowledge Services alongside the other Band 6 Librarians, supervising junior staff as appropriate.

Physical effort Some moderate physical effort may be required if handling library stock.

Mental and emotional effort - This post will require high levels of concentration and an ability to move between complex search platforms in order to locate the best and most appropriate evidence. Attending clinical meetings and responding to information requests to support patient care and clinical decision making will require emotional effort, sensitivity and the ability to work with information in a confidential manner.

Responsibility for R&D You will not be expected to undertake direct research activity beyond the library remit to actively support all R&D activity being undertaken within the Trust.

Working conditions - This post will have a base at William Harvey Hospital Library, but the post-holder will be expected to attend clinical meetings, ward-rounds and other activities across the trust in order to carry out daily duties, working alongside clinical teams as they care for patients

General - It is core to Department of Health strategy and to the NHS Plan that the NHS becomes a knowledge-based service and that NHS health care staff have access to, and use, appropriate knowledge to support their practice, their learning and development and their research. To this end, NHS libraries provide services for:

• Accessing the international knowledge base of health and social care and allied disciplines
• Clinical decision making by health professionals, patients and carers, enabling the highest possible standards of patient care and safety
• Commissioning decisions, service development and health policy making
• Research and innovation
• Information and clinical governance
• Lifelong learning by health professionals
• Training the workforce to acquire and develop relevant information literacy and knowledge management skills

Person Specification

Qualifications and training

Essential

• Library or information graduate qualification or Chartered member of Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)
• Graduate

Desirable

• Masters degree

Skills and Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in library, information or research services
• Extensive knowledge of IT, web, healthcare databases and resources.
• Sound understanding of the concepts of evidence-based practice and clinical governance
• Expert-level literature searching skills
• Ability to review and critically appraise resources based on research methodology
• Ability to write reports and summaries of evidence
• Ability to record, analyse and present statistics
• Ability to plan strategically
• Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office applications

Desirable

• NHS Library experience
• Knowledge of the NHS
• Experience of service development

Governance

Essential

• Understanding of legislation with particular relevance to library work, such as copyright, intellectual property and data protection
• Awareness of current issues impacting on Library and Knowledge Services provision

Personal / professional attributes

Essential

• Highly developed interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of staff both internally and externally
• Excellent time management skills
• Self motivated and ability to motivate others
• Logical and methodical
• Innovative and proactive
• Flexibility to manage frequent interruptions
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Strong team leader and team player

Other requirements

Essential

• Ability to move between sites/ travel offsite
• Able to move books, journals and IT equipment
• Prepared to cover for other staff and undertake basic duties, including the lone staffing of the libraries at any site.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kent and Canterbury Hospital

Ethelbert Road

Canterbury

CT1 3NG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis
• Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly
• Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate interventions/treatments for patients with complex needs
• Demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process
• Manage patient risk effectively and safely, including high levels of complexity and uncertainty
• Evaluate the safety and effectiveness of your own clinical practice
• Utilise your clinical mentor and other clinical staff appropriately to ensure safe and effective patient care, demonstrating awareness of your own limitations
• Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care within the surgery, patients own home or other environment where patient care is carried out.
• Refer patients directly to other services/agencies as appropriate, utilising Practice and local guidelines and in a timely manner
• Pro-actively identify, diagnose, monitor and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition as appropriate
• Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug- and non-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan
• Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice, and national and practice protocols, and within own scope of practice.
• Work with patients in order to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments.
• Provide information and advice on prescribed and over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side-effects and interactions
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy living and to apply principles of self-care
• Recognise, assess and refer patients with mental health needs as appropriate
• Communicate with and support patients receiving bad news

Other responsibilities:

• Recognise and work within own competence and in accordance with the professional code of conduct of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or Faculty of Physician Associates (Royal College of Physicians) as appropriate
• Monitor the safety and effectiveness of own clinical practice through quality assurance strategies such as the use of audit, mentor feedback, case review and peer review
• Maintain accurate and complete documentation and records utilising I.T. as appropriate and in accordance with Practice protocol
• Use own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense
• Deliver care according to evidence based practice, following agreed protocols, local and national guidelines
• Understand and apply legal policy that supports the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, being aware of statutory child/vulnerable adult health procedure and local guidance
• Work within policies regarding family violence, vulnerable adults, substance abuse and addictive behaviour, and refer as appropriate
• Contribute to achievement of the highest possible quality standards such as the QOF and other agreed Key Performance Indicator targets
• Attend in-house governance, educational and staff meetings as appropriate
• Assist with the training of other staff members and also with the education of doctors, nurses and other health professionals in training as appropriate
• Pro-active engagement with the practice population and wider community to promote healthy living and encourage uptake of services. This may include visits to local schools, community centres and other groups as necessary
• Undertake additional tasks as required within your general role as a Primary Care Practitioner and senior member of the team

Leadership responsibilities:

• Act as a positive role model
• Provide professional leadership as required
• Support the development of others in order to maximise potential
• Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and external good practice
• Critically evaluate and review innovations and developments that are relevant to the area of work
• Participate in planning and implementing changes within the area of care and responsibility
• Contribute and participate in the development of local guidelines, protocols and standards
• Ensure the principles of infection control and local/national policies and guidelines are applied throughout the practice, monitoring and implementing changes as required

Person Specification

Physical Requirements

Essential

• Able to undertake the requirements of the post.

Desirable

• Reliable.
• Flexible.
• Excellent attendance record.

Other

Essential

• Aware of accountability of own role and that required of a Registered Physician Associate.
• Ability to assess and manage patient risk effectively and safely.
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies.
• Understanding of evidence-based practice.
• Negotiation and conflict management skills.
• Ability to form good working relationships with a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to listen and empathise.
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload.
• Demonstrable evidence and commitment to professional development.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to work as team player.
• Initiative and drive.
• Pleasant and articulate.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Self-motivated and positive.
• Empathetic, honest, caring.
• Adaptable and forward looking.
• Enthusiastic and energetic.
• Diplomatic and considered.
• Hard working, willing and flexible.
• Observance of strict confidentiality.
• Ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense.

Desirable

• Knowledge of Quality and Outcomes Framework.

Knowledge/Qualifications/Skills

Essential

• Registered Nurse (NMC) or Registered Paramedic (HCPC) or Registered Physiotherapist (HCPC).
• Masters Degree in Advanced Clinical Practice.
• Minor illness qualification at degree level assessed by OSCEs
• Minor injuries qualification.
• Current registration.
• Independent non-medical prescriber or working towards it or proven ability to use Patient Group Directions.
• Aware of accountability of own role and that required of a Registered Practitioner.
• Good communication (oral and written) and inter personal skills.
• Change management skills and ability to support patients to change lifestyle.
• Negotiation and conflict management skills.
• Keyboard skills.

Desirable

• At least two years experience post MSc qualification.
• Mentor/teaching qualification.
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies.
• Knowledge of Quality and Outcomes Framework.

Competencies/Qualities/Attributes

Essential

• Practitioner-led management of minor illness and injuries.
• Evidence of working autonomously, with some support and supervision.
• First contact care.
• Proven ability to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of own clinical practice.
• Ability to listen and empathise

Desirable

• Experience of Microsoft Office applications.
• Experience of GP Clinical IT systems.
• Proven competency as an Independent non-medical prescriber.

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 (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Haxby Group

Address

Haxby & Wigginton Health Centre

2 The Village

York

YO32 2LL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.haxbygroup.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB TITLE:ARRS General Practitioner

EMPLOYER:Wandsworth Primary Care Network Services Ltd

SESSIONS:Four sessions per week

ACCOUNTABLE TO:Clinical Directors - Dr Abid Shoaib & Dr Soleman Begg,

PCN Operations Manager - Mr Tim Hodgson

Naomi Lee - Service Manager, The Junction Health Centre

Dr Kulsum Ansari - GP Partner, Clapham Junction Medical Practice

PLACE OF WORK:The Junction Health Centre & Clapham Junction Medical Practice

CONTRACT:Fixed Term until 31 March 2027 with a view to change subject to national DES contracting.

The opportunity:

Wandsworth PCN is a forward-thinking Primary Care Network delivering care to a patient population of circa 54,000 across 6 practices:

• Chatfield Health Care
• Falcon Road Medical Centre
• The Begg Practice @ St John's Hill Surgery
• The Junction Health Centre
• Bolingbroke Medical Centre
• Clapham Junction Medical Practice

Our aim is to provide exemplary patient care, finding innovative solutions in general practice to deliver the best care we can to our patients.

Our PCN and practice teams have a positive and supportive working relationship, and this role is an opportunity to enhance our PCN services further. Due to the changes in the ARRS Scheme to introduce more experienced General Practitioners we are looking to expand our team by seeking to employ an experienced General Practitioner to work alongside our practice and PCN staff.

Our PCN ARRS staff currently includes GPs, Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Social Prescribers, a Physician Associate, a First Contact Physiotherapist and Advanced Nurse Practitioners.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a GP to support our health care service to continue to meet the demands over the winter period. The successful applicant will be based at 2 of our practices, between The Junction Health Centre (2 sessions) and Clapham Junction Medical Practice (2 sessions). There will be further scope to develop areas of personal interest with an aim to offer services that would have a positive impact on the network.

To perform as an autonomous general practitioner working independently with other health care professionals to assess, diagnose and treat the conditions of patients attending within a primary care setting. Provide expert professional advice to patients, carers and colleagues whilst maintaining clinical excellence. To be professionally accountable and responsible for all elements of clinical practice in accordance with the GMC code of conduct, ensuring the safety of patients and quality of their care is primary.

The post holder will need to be capable of independent travel within the local neighbourhood and work flexibly to meet the needs of the business.

This role is a fixed term position with a view to extend for further years subject to National DES contracting.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Clinical responsibilities

• In accordance with the practice rota, as agreed, the post-holder will be available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing/authorising repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
• 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.
• Expectation to complete a mandatory induction.
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.
• Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
• The post-holder will be required to visit patients during surgery time in an emergency if clinically indicated.
• The post-holder will undertake a fair percentage of enhanced access sessions as allocated on the network rota.

Generic Responsibilities:

All staff at this organisation have a duty of conform to the following responsibilities:

Quality

• To ensure that work is carried out within the clearly defined protocols, policies, and procedures of both practice and network.
• Recognises scope of job role and does not act beyond this boundary.
• Provide accurate information in a timely manner to patients and their carers/relatives

Quality and Continuous Improvement (CI)

• To preserve and improve the quality of our output, all personnel are required to think not only of what they do, but of how they achieve it. By continually re-examining our processes, we will be able to develop and improve the overall effectiveness of the way we work. The responsibility for this rests with everyone working within the practice to look for opportunities to improve quality and share good practice and to discuss, highlight and work with the team to create opportunities to improve patient care.
• At this organisation, we continually strive to improve work processes that deliver healthcare with improved results across all areas of our service provision. We promote a culture of continuous improvement where everyone counts, and staff are permitted to make suggestions and contributions to improve our service delivery and enhance patient care.
• All staff are to contribute to investigations and root cause analyses whilst participating in serious incident investigations and multidisciplinary case reviews.

Collaborative working

• All staff are to recognise the significance of collaborative working and understand their own role and scope and identify how this may develop over time. Staff are to prioritise their own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team
• Teamwork is essential in multidisciplinary environments and the post holder is to work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working, while working effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery.
• Effective communication is essential, and all staff must ensure they communicate in a way which enables the sharing of information in an appropriate manner.
• All staff should delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Experidenced GP of 5+ years ( with full GMC registration and license to practice).

Clinical knowledge and skills

Essential

• Ability to effectively triage, assess and diagnose
• Requesting pathology tests and processing the results; advising patients accordingly
• Assessing and managing acute deterioration/exacerbations of long-term conditions
• Understands the importance of evidence-based practices
• Ability to assess and manage patient risk effectively and safely
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to senior GPs

Desirable

• Knowledge of public health issues in the local areas
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Polite and confident, flexible and cooperative.
• Motivated, forward thinker with ability to use own judgement and common sense.
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required.
• High levels of integrity. Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations.
• Ability to work under pressure / in stressful situations.
• Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patients.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.
• Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort.
• Observance of strict confidentiality.

Other Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) including recording of accurate clinical notes.
• Strong IT skills and competent in the use of Microsoft Office and Outlook.
• Effective time management (Planning, organising and prioritising), with excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to listen and empathise whilst being honest and caring.
• Ability to follow clinical policies and procedures with an understanding of the audit process.

Desirable

• Knowledge of General Practice clinical systems, e.g. EMIS

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a GP practice.
• Experience in triage.
• Experience of dealing with a range of clinical conditions.
• Experience of providing home visits.
• Proven ability to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of own clinical practice.
• Understanding of evidence-based practice.
• Evidence of working autonomously.

Desirable

• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area.
• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena.
• Knowledge of health-promotion strategies.
• Experience of supervising other clinical staff, including medical students

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 (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Wandsworth Primary Care Network Services Ltd

Address

The Junction Health Centre

Grant Road

London

SW11 2NU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://wandsworthpcn.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will work alongside the Head of Library and Knowledge Services to deliver the Clinical Librarian service at EKHUFT. This will involve attendance at departmental meetings, journal clubs, ward rounds and any other sessions addressing patient care, research or clinical effectiveness issues.

You will be proactive in establishing information needs and conduct advanced searches using a wide range of local and national online and printed resources.

You will undertake complex literature searches to support patient care, research and improvements in services. You will provide full articles, abstracts, citation lists or summaries of evidence to meet needs based on careful selection and appraisal of available evidence to suit end-user requirements, and use various forms of dissemination to suit a wide user base.

You will pass less complex searches to other members of the team, and use your own skills to help others develop. You will ensure ongoing quality of searches conducted by members of the team.

You will promote available current awareness services such as Knowledge Share to all clinical staff and make search results available via these platforms where possible, and market relevant services and resources to the wider organisation on behalf of the library team. You will deliver inductions to staff and students joining EKHUFT.

You will be part of the senior management of the library services at EKHUFT and will contribute to the delivery of strategic aims of the service, including the delivery of the Quality and Improvement Outcomes Framework.

You will be a signatory for financial payments.

You will deputise for other LKS staff, where appropriate, including the staffing of the service on any site. You will take responsibility for the safety of library stock and equipment when working on any site, and ensure the safety of users working out of hours.

Accountability - You will be expected to work independently to further develop the Clinical Librarian role within the Trust, establishing KPIs, evaluation and impact measures to ensure the ongoing success of the service.

Communication and Relationship You will work with key stakeholders to encourage take-up of the service. You will use excellent communication skills with staff at all levels to promote the value of the service. You will work in liaison with similar post-holders in other organisations to share good practice.

You will use highly developed analytical skills to select and present the best results to the right audiences.

You will deliver reports, presentations, statistics and evaluation of the Clinical Librarian service as required. This may be to internal stakeholders or to the wider library community via study days, regional and national meetings, conferences.

You will work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals across the organisation to enhance the Library and Knowledge Services within the Trust.

Planning and organisational You will use highly developed organisational skills to plan your time in order to attend all relevant meetings. You will be able to work to tight deadlines, prioritising the needs of the clinicians you work with. You will contribute to the delivery of the Library & Knowledge Services Strategy and the Annual Business Plan.

You will maintain ongoing statistics from the start and work with the Head of Library and Knowledge Services to demonstrate the impact of the service

You will use these results to make recommendations for the development and potential expansion of the service.

You will contribute to the evaluation and development of the Library and Knowledge Services in general by participating in user survey development.

You will be able to travel and prepared to work across the whole Trust, as well as attending Health Education England events, meetings and training across the local health economy. You will have excellent IT literacy skills.

Responsibility for policy/service development As a member of the management structure of the service, you will be expected to attend and contribute to quarterly Manager's Meetings and full Team Meetings, and have direct input into service development and improvement initiatives.

Management Responsibility You will be expected to train staff of all levels and professions across the organisation in a range of information, study, and searching skills. Your training will need to be adapted to suit all types of learners, with differing needs and required outcomes. You will also be expected to use your expertise to increase the skill-base of Library & Knowledge Services Staff. You will be expected to deputise for the Head of Library & Knowledge Services alongside the other Band 6 Librarians, supervising junior staff as appropriate.

Physical effort Some moderate physical effort may be required if handling library stock.

Mental and emotional effort - This post will require high levels of concentration and an ability to move between complex search platforms in order to locate the best and most appropriate evidence. Attending clinical meetings and responding to information requests to support patient care and clinical decision making will require emotional effort, sensitivity and the ability to work with information in a confidential manner.

Responsibility for R&D You will not be expected to undertake direct research activity beyond the library remit to actively support all R&D activity being undertaken within the Trust.

Working conditions - This post will have a base at William Harvey Hospital Library, but the post-holder will be expected to attend clinical meetings, ward-rounds and other activities across the trust in order to carry out daily duties, working alongside clinical teams as they care for patients

General - It is core to Department of Health strategy and to the NHS Plan that the NHS becomes a knowledge-based service and that NHS health care staff have access to, and use, appropriate knowledge to support their practice, their learning and development and their research. To this end, NHS libraries provide services for:

• Accessing the international knowledge base of health and social care and allied disciplines

  Clinical decision making by health professionals, patients and carers, enabling the highest possible standards of patient care and safety

  Commissioning decisions, service development and health policy making

  Research and innovation

  Information and clinical governance

  Lifelong learning by health professionals

  Training the workforce to acquire and develop relevant information literacy and knowledge management skills

Person Specification

Qualifications and training

Essential

• Library or information graduate qualification or Chartered member of Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)
• Graduate

Desirable

• Masters Degree

Skills and experience

Essential

• Experience of working in library, information or research services
• Extensive knowledge of IT, web, healthcare databases and resources
• Sound understanding of the concepts of evidence-based practice and clinical governance
• Expert-level literature searching skills
• Ability to review and critically appraise resources based on research methodology
• Ability to write reports and summaries of evidence
• Ability to record, analyse and present statistics
• Ability to plan strategically

Desirable

• NHS Library experience
• Knowledge of the NHS
• Experience of service development

Governance

Essential

• Understanding of legislation with particular relevance to library work, such as copyright, intellectual property and data protection
• Awareness of current issues impacting on Library and Knowledge Services provision

Personal and professional attributes

Essential

• Highly developed interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of staff both internally and externally
• Excellent time management skills
• Self motivated and ability to motivate others
• Logical and methodical
• Innovative and proactive
• Flexibility to manage frequent interruptions
• Excellent negotiation skills

Other

Essential

• Ability to move between sites/ travel offsite
• Able to move books, journals and IT equipment
• Prepared to cover for other staff and undertake basic duties, including the lone staffing of the libraries at any site

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.

Employer details

Employer name

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

William Harvey Hospital

Kennington Road

Ashford

TN24 0LZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Practice in accordance with the professional, ethical and legal codes of the Nursing and Midwifery Council and Trust's protocols and guidelines.

Demonstrates concise, accurate, timely record keeping.

Supports more junior staff and students to deliver high standards of effective patient centred care.

Displays good analytical ability and sound decision making in changing clinical situations.

Develops insight into evidence underpinning care.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC registered

Experience

Essential

• Must have current or recent experience in an NHS Hospital.
• Nursing experience in an acute medical setting

Desirable

• Recent post qualification experience

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

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Intensive Care Unit, South Block, London Road

Reading

RG1 5AN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

• Work as agreed in accordance with the practice timetable
• The delivery of highly effective medical care to the entitled population
• The provision of services commensurate with the primary care contract
• Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective and plan clinical care accordingly, referring patients to other services/agencies in a timely manner, utilising practice and any other local guidelines
• Generic prescribing adhering to local and national guidance
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
• Effective management of long-term conditions
• Support patients to adopt strategies that promote healthy lifestyles and apply principles of self-care
• Processing of administration in a timely manner, including referrals, repeat prescription requests and other associated administrative tasks
• Review medications following the appropriate policies, NICE/local clinical guidelines and local care pathways
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with good practice, policy and guidance
• On a rotational basis, undertake telephone triage and duty doctor roles Work collaboratively, accepting an equal share of the practice workload
• Adhere to best practice recommended through clinical guidelines and the audit process
• Support the delivery of anticipatory care plans
• On an opportune basis, provide health promotion advice
• Contribute to the successful implementation of continuous improvement and quality initiatives within the practice
• Attend and contribute effectively to practice meetings as required
• Contribute effectively to the development and maintenance of the practice, including clinical governance and training
• Be aware of duties and responsibilities regarding current legislation and adhere to practice policies and procedures on Safeguarding Adults and Safeguarding Children
• Ensure compliance with the appraisal process
• Prepare and complete the revalidation process to remain fit to practice
• Commit to self-learning and instill an ethos of continuing professional development across the practice team
• Review and always adhere to practice protocols and policies
• Support the Partners in achieving the strategic aims of the practice
• Encourage collaborative working, liaising with all staff regularly, always promoting a culture of continuous improvement
• Conduct home visits as agreed
• Be an integral part of the general practice team as well as supporting the wider network and multi-disciplinary team
• There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks, this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels
• Conduct out-of-hours duties as mutually agreed

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified GP
• MRCGP
• JCPTGP or CCT
• National Performers List Registration
• Full GMC Registration

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 (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

County Surgery

Address

202-204 Abington Avenue

Northampton

NN1 4QA

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.countysurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of the duties and responsibilities of the role including :

About You: Do you have a real passion for making a difference and positive impact for young people with a Learning Disability and/or Autism up to the age of 25? Are you a professional who can lead and inspire a team and a broad network of delivery partners? Do you have a good record of managing staff and working with complex networks of multi-disciplinary teams?

You will be a reflective professional who will bring relevant experience of leading or managing services working with CYP who have Autism and/or a Learning Disability and are often seen to have behaviour that challenges. You have experience of, and a commitment to, multi-disciplinary working with CYP, their families, carers, and networks of professionals. You will be an innovative individual with a passion for service improvement. You will have a profound understanding of the needs of young people with a Learning Disability and/or Autism and their families.This role is suitable for a wide range of qualified practitioners who may wish to develop their managerial or leadership potential, e.g., Social Worker, Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Speech & Language Therapist, Teacher, with experience of working at a senior level and with experience specific to Autism, Learning Disabilities and children & young people (0-25).

For a discussion about the role or if you have any questions, contact Gerry Baker [email protected] and Magda Beaver [email protected]

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
• Evidence of continued professional development.

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Ability to work across organisations, influence and develop close working relationships with key stakeholders across stakeholder networks
• Knowledge of risk management and clinical governance
• Ability to critically analyse practice and identify and implement improvements
• Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
• IT literate with skills for the use and application of information technology systems including file management, safe and effective internet use, Microsoft 365.
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescale

Experience

Essential

• Experience of managing a multi-disciplinary team and leading operational change
• Experience of working a complex environment and interpreting complex information
• Experience of working in an environment relating to children and young people with a learning disability, autism or both and their families including experience in undertaking comprehensive, evidence based assessments and developing personalised care and support plans
• Experience of service development
• Experience of working at system level across organisational boundaries

Experience

Essential

• Experience of managing a multi-disciplinary team and leading operational change
• Experience of working a complex environment and interpreting complex information
• Experience of working in an environment relating to children and young people with a learning disability, autism or both and their families including experience in undertaking comprehensive, evidence based assessments and developing personalised care and support plans
• Detailed understanding of relevant legislation e.g. The Children and Families Act 2014, Health and Social Care Act 2012, Mental Capacity Act.

Other

Essential

• Tenacity: demonstrates high levels of self-belief, drive, enthusiasm and stamina to achieve goals and see things through
• Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity, valuing diversity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.
• Demonstrates knowledge of working in coproduction with children and young people and families:

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.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS South East London Integrated Care Board

Address

Tooley Street

160 Tooley Street

London

SE1 2TZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.selondonics.org/ (Opens in a new tab)