Salaried GP

Job summary

The post will be based at Ghafoor Family Practice, which is a small however, growing single handed practice currently located at Nye Bevan House, Rochdale. We are looking for two salaried GP positions to share ten weekly sessions. Experience in loan working within Primary Care is desirable.

Main duties of the job

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. Responsibilities will reflect requirements of the NHS GP Contracts, and as such may be subject to change as services adapt.

About us

GP practices across the Rochdale borough, who have historically worked independently, have come together to work in a federated model to improve healthcare across the Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale (HMR) neighbourhoods.

Rochdale Health Alliance (RHA) was established in 2016, by GP practices from across the Rochdale Borough, to streamline the way in which services are delivered and to contribute to the development of the wider health and social care provision across the Borough.

Retaining their own identity and autonomy, general practitioner (GP) practices will work together and support community and hospital services, including the public and voluntary sector, to ensure healthcare is coordinated for the residents of the Rochdale borough.

Each of the four localities of HMR, which include Rochdale, Heywood, Middleton and the Pennines elected GPs to represent their locality and become directors on the Board.

The Board is supported by a management team who ensure the day to day functioning of the organisation.

In a time of change for health and social care and in order to meet the needs of the public, health, social and voluntary sector providers are coming together to provide more efficient, cost effective healthcare system and to encourage and engage the public in managing their own care wherever possible. In HMR this is via the Local Care Organisation. RHA represents primary care on the board of the LCO.

Job responsibilities

- In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery face to face, telephone and online 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

- 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 handwritten 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.

- Completion of medical reports (including NHS and private services as required)

Person specification

Experience

Essential

• -Six months minimum experience of working in UK General Practice
• -Primary Care Experience Required
• -Experience of working with vulnerable groups

Desirable

• -Delivery of clinical audit
• -QOF management
• -Experience using EMIS Web, and Docman

Qualifications

Essential

• -GMC Registered, not subject to suspension
• -Qualified General
• -Practitioner
• -Currently on a ICB performers list
• -Clear enhanced DBS check.

Desirable

• -Evidence of CPD DFSRFH & competence in coil insertion
• -Work as a GPWSI
• -Minor surgery skills

Understanding Of

Essential

• -NHS system.
• -Challenges facing NHS vulnerable groups and how to support them

Desirable

• -QOF & Enhanced Services
• -Primary Care Networks/ Federations

Skills Abilities

Essential

• Team player.
• Calm under pressure.
• Friendly and inclusive.
• Commitment to development.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong Microsoft office
• skills. Excellent record keeping; Excellent time management.
• Able to work autonomously.
• Able to bring fresh ideas.

Desirable

• Leadership skills;