gp general pratitioner full time/part time - Essex, United Kingdom - Lynwood Medical Centre

Description

Job summary

ONLY FOR UK RESIDENTS - NO TIME WASTERS PLEASE

We are looking for an enthusiastic GP who is willing to embrace change and thrives on innovation & challenge, including the immense potential for innovation due to the PCN DES. There is immense scope of progression for the right candidate. We encourage efficent working such as telephone/ video consultations, electronic prescribing, using online workflow, developing innovative care plans for health management & improvement and working as a team leader supervising other healthcare professionals working in the medical centre : nurses, ANPs, HCAs & the additional roles being recruited via the new PCN DES.

Please see Job description for further information. Very low home visits (ANP is recruited to do homevisits) Lynwood Medical Centre can provide sponsorship for tier 2 visa to suitable GP candidate. This position is only for UK residents.

Main duties of the job

Apart from clinical responsibilities , the candidate would be expected to have: 1. Awareness of & compliance with all relevant Practice policies. 2. Commitment to life-long learning and contributing to evaluation/audit/ training & clinical standard setting within the organisation, 3. Maintaining confidentiality of data, 4. Promoting & maintaining their own & others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, 5. Support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, 6. Strive to improve the quality of services in all spheres by reflecting on own & team activities & making suggestions on ways to improve & enhance the teams performance, 7. Recognise that effective communication is the key to relationships with colleagues and patients and contribute to ways of improving our communication methods.

Please refer to Job description and Person specification for further information.

About us

Lynwood Medical Centre is a progressive innovative expanding practice that embraces change with an excellent team and excellent are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our forward thinking innovative team of 9 Doctors, 3 Nurses, 2 HCAs, 2 First Contact Physios,1 Social Prescriber and 3 Pharmacists (via PCN ARR Scheme).We offer excellent salary, MDU cover and NHS weeks annual leave and two weeks study £10300-£11000 per session per year. We are to the north of A12 avoiding the traffic, there is dedicated parking for doctors and excellent relationship with neighbouring practices and size: 14,700+. Clinical System: Emis Web. High QOF find out more about us or to have a chat please give us a ring on

Job responsibilities

Jobtitle: General Practitioner

SUMMARY OF MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

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

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES/POSITION INSTRUCTURE

Will report to the Lead GP (Clinically) andto the Practice Manager (Administration)

SPECIFIC DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical Responsibilities:-

In accordance with the Practice timetable,as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake avariety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations andqueries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptionsand dealing with queries, paperwork, reports and correspondence in a timelyfashion.

Making professional, autonomous decisionsin relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred fromother health care workers within the organisation.

Assessing the health care needs ofpatients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.

Screening patients for disease riskfactors and early signs of illness.

In consultation with patients and in linewith current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans forhealth.

Providing counselling and healtheducation.

Recording clear and contemporaneousconsultation notes to agreed standards.

Collecting data for audit purposes andcomplying with QOF requirements.

Delivering enhanced services.

Compiling and issuing computer-generatedacute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions wheneverpossible).

Prescribing in accordance with thePractice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinicallyappropriate

In general the post-holder will beexpected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities

associated with a GP working within primarycare.

Other Responsibilities within theOrganisation:-

Awareness of and compliance with allrelevant Practice policies/guidelines, prescribing, confidentiality, dataprotection, health and safety.

A commitment to life-long learning andaudit to ensure evidence-based best practice.

Contributing to evaluation/audit andclinical standard setting within the organisation.

Contributing to the development ofcomputer-based patient records.

Contributing to the summarising ofpatient records and Read-Coding patient data.

Attending training and events organisedby the Practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

Willingness to work as part of thePrimary Care Network (PCN) team.

Confidentiality:-

In the course of seeking treatment,patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information inrelation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and havethe right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and actappropriately.

In the performance of the duties outlinedin this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidentialinformation relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and otherhealthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to thePractice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is tobe regarded as strictly confidential.

Information relating to patients, carers,colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may onlybe divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies andprocedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal andsensitive data.

Health and Safety:-

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

Using personal security systems withinthe workplace according to Practice guidelines.

Identifying the risks involved in workactivities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.

Making effective use of training toupdate knowledge and skills.

Using appropriate infection controlprocedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free fromhazards.

Reporting potential risks identified

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 theimportance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistentwith Practice procedures and policies, and current legislation.

Respecting the privacy, dignity, needsand beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.

Behaving in a manner which is welcomingto and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances,feelings priorities and rights.

Personal/Professional Development:-

In addition to maintaining continuededucation through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary toensure that professional development requirements for PREP are met, thepost-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by thePractice as part of this employment, such training to include:

Participation in an annual individualperformance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record ofown personal and/or professional development.

Taking responsibility for owndevelopment, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activitiesto others who are undertaking similar work.

Quality:-

The post-holder will strive to maintainquality within the Practice, and will:

Alert other team members to issues ofquality and risk.

Assess own performance and takeaccountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.

Contribute to the effectiveness of theteam by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways toimprove and enhance the teams performance.

Work effectively with individuals inother agencies to meet patients needs.

Effectively manage own time, workload andresources.

Communication:-

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

Communicate effectively with other teammembers.

Communicate effectively with patients andcarers.

Recognise peoples needs for alternativemethods of communication and respond accordingly.

Contribution to the Implementation ofServices:-

The post-holder will:

Apply Practice policies, standards andguidance.

Discuss with other members of the teamhow the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work.

Participate in audit where appropriate.

Qualifications

Essential

Desirable

Personal skills and qualities

Essential

Desirable

Experience

Essential

Desirable