GP Partner - Cinderford, United Kingdom - Forest Health Care

Description

Job summary

We are looking to recruit a dynamic GP Partner to join our team. Working 4 - 6 clinical sessions, you will have the opportunity to join a dedicated programme of support for Partners provided by the local training hub and LMC.

In addition, you will be given the opportunity to apply for a 1 session/week fellowship (12-month duration) with the University of Gloucestershire, developing a project (with a key focus on research and quality improvement) to support reduction of Health Inequalities for Cinderfords patient population. A CPD Bursary of up to £2k is also available to support your fellowship activities.

Nestling in the glorious Forest of Dean, with good travel links to Gloucester, Bristol, Birmingham and London, our Cinderford Surgery serves the town and surrounding rural communities. The Forest of Dean is a beautiful area rich in heritage and wildlife, and well known for outdoor activities including woodland walks and mountain-biking. The area is served by at least 5 secondary schools rated good or above. There are several leisure centres and many well-established football, rugby, hockey, cricket and running teams for all ages.

In spacious, environmentally friendly new premises, we occupy the first purpose-built dementia friendly surgery in the UK. With a growing list of over 11,600 patients and support from our practice team, patients can also access a full range of services at our branch sites in Ruardean, and Westbury.

Main duties of the job

In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Normal duties includes surgery consultations and queries, triaging, visiting patients at home, emergencies, telephone consultations and signing repeat prescriptions, patient test results, patient medical reports and examinations on behalf of the Practice, referral letters NHS and correspondence.

Recording clear and contemporaneous based consultation notes. Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)

Teaching and training of doctors and nurses.

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety, annual QOF Assessment of the Practice.

Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation. Attending training, Practice Meetings and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

About us

We are a friendly democratic partnership of 3, plus 2 salaried GPs supported by ANPs, prescribing nurses, a clinical pharmacist, and dedicated clinical and non-clinical teams. We also host an increasing number of PCNadditional roles including a Mental Health Practitioner, Pharmacy Technicians, Dietician and Physiotherapists. We continually strive to develop our practice, embracing new ways of working where beneficial.

Training practice suitable for newly qualified GPs and supportive of Spark CPD Projects.

Good balance of telephone and F2F appointments. Pro rata duty and patient list allocation

Specialist clinical interests encouraged and supported.

Regular breaks and admin time.

Regular social events and activities and promotion of staff wellbeing (including proactive workload management).

Monthly PLT sessions combining a mix of formal and informal training in practice or with colleagues across the PCN.

Fortnightly sexual health clinic

Dispensing practice

Provision of GP services for our local community hospital which is shortly moving into brand-new purpose-built premises in Cinderford.

Active participant of Forest of Dean PCN (10 practices)

TPP SystmOne

Good CQC rating (Aug 22)

Signed up for Green Impact for Health Toolkit and actively taking steps to reduce our carbon footprint

Job responsibilities

Clinical responsibilities:

Other responsibilities within the organisation:

Confidentiality and information governance:

Health & safety:

The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines

Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines

Providing advice on the correct and safe management of the specimens process including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements

Correct personal use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and ensuring correct use of PPE by others, advising on appropriate circumstances for use by clinicians, staff and patients.

Management of the full range of infection control procedures in both routine and extraordinary circumstances ( pandemic or individual infectious circumstances)

Hand hygiene standards for self and others

Managing directly all incidents of accidental exposure

Management and advice relating to infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practice

Active observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed and weaknesses / training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate to the responsible person

Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process

Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes

Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that proper use is made of hand cleansing facilities, wipes etc, and that these are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate to the responsible manager

Safe management of sharps use, storage and disposal

Maintenance of own clean working environment

Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management

Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised

Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with responsible managers

Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum twice annually)

Correct waste and instrument management including handling, segregation, and container use

Maintenance of sterile environments

Equality and diversity:

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

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:

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

Communication:

The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

Contribution to the implementation of services:

The post-holder will:

Qualifications

Essential

Desirable