Salaried GP

Job summary

We are a good humoured, forward looking and nurturing practice who are looking for a similarly minded GP to join our team for 4 to 6 sessions. We value fairness in workload and strive to achieve a positive work /life balance and develop resilience across our practice team, despite the current pressure on primary care. We pride ourselves on a team approach to continued service improvement and encourage all to share their experiences, knowledge, and skills. We meet at the end of each morning surgery for coffee and biscuits, to chat, debrief and unwind, before continuing with the day.

We are a forward-thinking practice, taking an active part in driving innovation in close collaboration with our neighbouring 4 practices, as the Severnvale PCN.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a candidate who is able to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a salaried GP working within primary care.

About us

With a growing practice population of 8800 patients, we are within an easy commute from the centre of Bristol, and proximity to the M5 means we are just a short drive to some of the most picturesque parts of the British countryside. The team at Severn View Family Practice is warm, welcoming, loyal, and supportive. We are a teaching practice and welcome GP Trainees, GP retainers, Foundation Drs, Medical Students, and Nurse Students, as well as prescribing paramedics and pharmacists, over the course of the year.

Practice profile:

PMS practice in South Gloucestershire Growing list of 8800+ patients Use Emis web and Ardens, with high QOF achievement A training and teaching Practice 2 Partners and 4 salaried GPs 2 Advanced Nurse Practitioners 2 Advanced Clinical Practitioner Pharmacy hub within our PCN Physiotherapist, Social Prescribers, Care co-ordinators, Fraility Practitioner, health and well-being coaches work alongside Clinicians. We provide the medical cover for Henderson Rehabilitation Unit.

We aim to keep GP workload manageable; we achieve highly for QOF and Enhanced services and take pride in the high level of care we offer within the practice.

The successful candidate will value family medicine, continuity of care and proactive development, and work well within a team.

Informal visits are welcome. Please contact the Practice Manager via email

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Clinical Responsibilities:

· In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holderwill make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties includingsurgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patientsat home, checking, and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries,paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion

· Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presentingproblems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workerswithin the organisation

· Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated andundiagnosed problems

· Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness

· In consultation with patients and in line with current practice diseasemanagement protocols, developing care plans for health

· Providing counselling and health education

· Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referringto other care providers as appropriate

· Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreedstandards

· 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 (orgenerically) whenever this is clinically appropriate

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

· There are plenty of opportunities for developing other roles in thepractice and we will be happy to support any CPD that would support this

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Post graduate qualification in General Practice MRCGP/MRCP Completion of GP vocational Training

Desirable

Family Planning Coil Fitting/Contraceptive Implants 8-week baby checks

Skills/ Abilities

Essential

Excellent clinical, communication and interpersonal skills. Willingness to contribute to multi-professional working. Ability to work well within a Practice team. Evidence of accountability.

Desirable

Knowledge of IT clinical systems. Understanding of the principles of audit.

Experience

Essential

Completion of vocational training. Experience of contribution working with Partners towards QOF

Desirable

Commitment to professional development/peer group learning.

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