Are you looking for a flexible salaried position to improve your work/life balance?
We are currently seeking GPs to join our Avenue Surgery Team, which is part of Sussex Primary Care, a larger network that provides support, collaboration, and development opportunities.
We offer £11,500 per session, per annum, flexible working hours, and a range of benefits, including professional development opportunities, pension scheme, and generous holiday entitlement. You will also have the chance to work alongside a diverse and experienced team of healthcare professionals, including nurses, pharmacists, and other specialists, to provide a truly integrated approach to patient care.
Applications extended to overseas Tier 2 workers seeking sponsorship with relevant skills and qualifications
Main duties of the job
As a GP in our practice, you will be responsible for providing primary medical services to the registered patients of the practice, ensuring the highest standards of care for all, undertaken in line with the relevant national primary care contractual regulations and guidelines. Provide care for both on-the day care for patients and pre-booked patients with long term conditions and be responsible for maintaining the smooth running of the practice.
About us
The Avenues Surgery is situated in Moulsecoomb a suburb of Brighton, and we have approximately 6,900 patients. We provide a wide range of services including minor surgery, asthma and diabetes clinics, cervical screening, contraception and sexual health clinics, childhood immunisations, smoking cessation and ante and post-natal care. We also provide a young persons sexual health drop-in clinic for anyone under 25 years of age. Our patient demographics include a higher-than-average percentage population with income deprivation, and higher levels of unemployment compared to national and local averages. We also have a higher-than-average proportion of patients aged 20-24, with a large transient student population registered, as well as higher percentage of patients aged 5 to 18 years of age.
The Avenues Surgery is a part of Sussex Primary Care (SPC) a GP Federation that came about in response to a need from GP Partners in local practices who were seeking a different future. In 2019 we took on our first two practices and now have seven practices and a remote GP service, SPC Connect, reflecting a combined list of over 50,000 patients.
We are a learning organisation that listens to our team of staff, patients and partners to guide our future. At the heart of our vision are our patients and their needs.
Our team benefit from working alongside a large NHS trust and the agility and pace of change you would expect from a small business.
Job responsibilities
All normal duties and responsibilities associated with a Salaried GP working within primary care as set by the regulatory and standard setting organisations, including but not limited to the points below. In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, will undertake a variety of duties including:
- Surgery consultations and emergencies, telephone consultations and queries, triaging, visiting patients at home, checking and authorising repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, patient test results, patient medical reports and examinations on behalf of the Practice as well as referral letters and other paperwork and correspondence in a timely manner.
- Provide health promotion and advice, signposting patients to appropriate services to maximise their health and social functioning and their ability to self-manage their care.
- Be constantly mindful of the need for the provision of personalised care and population health, including reducing health inequalities and ensure that these are reflected in daily practice.
- Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting patients, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation or external organisations.
- Assess the health needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems taking appropriate action as necessary.
- Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness taking appropriate action as necessary.
- Consult with patients and in line with current disease management protocols and care pathways, develop care plans for health related illnesses and share these in line with patient need and good information governance.
- Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards using IT systems.
- Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible) including EPS.
- Prescribe in accordance with locally agreed or nationally agreed prescribing formulary.
- Work in accordance with all relevant clinical guidelines, pathways and protocols.
- Responsible for tasks delegated to them, appropriate to their level of competence and expected to delegate tasks or responsibilities to other staff, as appropriate.
- In-hours duty doctor sessions; to be agreed.
- All General Practitioners are expected to participate in continuing professional development, annual GP appraisal, Revalidation and appropriate peer supervision and to remain up to date on professional developments as required by their professional body. GPs are actively encouraged to take their study leave entitlement in order to support the development needs identified in their PDP and appraisal. Undertake all requirements to remain on the Medical Performers List.
- Ensure that he/she remains up to date with and implements all relevant good clinical practice guidance (e.g. NICE guidance).
- Work in accordance with all relevant clinical pathways and protocols.
- Active engagement with professional development lead, to promote patient safety and quality of service.
- Participation in a range of clinical governance activities, including clinical audit and such quality improvement activities deemed necessary by either Sussex Primary Care or external accrediting bodies.
- Ensure that the requirements of the Care Quality Commission are reflected in his/her day to day practice and will maintain and develop the practices active management of CQC requirements.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- A medical practitioner whose name is included in the General Practitioner Register under article 10 of the General and Specialist Medical Practice Order 2003
- Accredited as a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) or have 5 years experience as a full time GP with a demonstrable commitment to quality practice.
- Currently on a performers list and not suspended from that list or from the medical register
- Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check
- Evidence of continued professional development
Experience
- Commitment to and experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary and skill mixed team environment
- Experience of working to achieve standards within the Quality and Outcome Framework (QOF)
- Clinical Governance
- Primary care prevention and screening services
- Self-audit and reflection
- Organised and efficient in record keeping and completion of paperwork
- Time management being able to prioritise work and work under pressure
- Adaptability to change
Skills & Knowledge
- Willingness to share and collaborate across entire primary health team
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams
- Ability to work flexibly
- Ability to recognise own limitations and act upon them appropriately
- Willingness to learn new skills and to problem solve on a daily basis
- An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
- Ability to work within the changing structures of the NHS and work to the requirements of other regulatory bodies
- Work in line with practice systems and processes
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.
Depending on experience Up to £11,960 per session
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