Salaried GP

Job summary

Farnham Road Medical Group (FRMG) is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic SalariedGP to join our established and supportive working across our four practices in Slough. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package.

You will be part of a team of twelve Salaried GPs and 12 GP Partners, providing the full range of NHS General Practice services. You will provide consultations, diagnosis, treatment, prescribing and appropriate referral, alongside telephone/video/e-consultations, triage, home visits and duty/on-call work.

You will also have the opportunity to contribute to clinical meetings, service development and wider running of our practice. As part of the rota, morning duty sessions include Triage from 08:00 with Duty sessions finishing at 18:30. You will be based primarily at one site but have the opportunity to work across our other sites too.

The full job description and Person Specification for the role are attached.

Main duties of the job

• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.
• To promote and maintain optimum health of the registered patient population of FRMG by identifying, planning, and undertaking specific health promotional activities with identified individuals and target groups to improve their health and facilitate further service development.
• In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties, including:
• surgery consultations, telephone consultations and triage, video & electronic message consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, on-call/duty work, extended hours sessions.
• checking and signing prescriptions
• dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence as required in a timely fashion including but not limited to:
• Electronic Prescription Services (EPS)
• Checking and signing of repeat prescriptions (where EPS does not apply)
• Safeguarding reports
• Dealing with EMIS queries/tasks
• Patient test/blood results
• Patient medical reports and examinations (e.g., for insurance companies)
• Prescribing in accordance with the practice or local prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.

About us

Farnham Road Medical Group (FRMG) is an outstanding group of GP training practices, caring for just under 39,000 patients with a team of more than 100 colleagues. Our multidisciplinary team includes GPs, clinical pharmacists, physician assistants, nurses, paramedics, MSK practitioners, mental health practitioners, social prescribers, care care coordinators and more.

We are proud of our diverse workforce and our commitment to providing high-quality, patient-centred care while creating a positive, supportive and enjoyable environment for our staff.

Our vision is simple: Putting Patients First and providing services that tailor to their needs, which we strive to achieve through brilliant leadership, mentoring, teamwork, communication, problem sharing and solving, support, integrity, fun, training, education, and continued development.

Job responsibilities

To provide the full range of NHS General/Primary Medical Services to the patients registered to the Farnham Road Medical Group (FRMG), temporary residents and patients presenting for immediately necessary treatment including clinical examination, diagnosis, treatment and referral as appropriate.

• In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties, including:
• surgery consultations, telephone consultations and triage, video & electronic message consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, on-call/duty work, extended hours sessions.
• checking and signing prescriptions.
• dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence as required in a timely fashion including but not limited to:
• Electronic Prescription Services (EPS).
• Checking and signing of repeat prescriptions (where EPS does not apply).
• Safeguarding reports.
• Dealing with EMIS queries/tasks.
• Patient test/blood results.
• Patient medical reports and examinations (e.g. for insurance companies).
• 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.
• Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols.
• To promote and maintain optimum health of the registered patient population of FRMG by identifying, planning and undertaking specific health promotional activities with identified individuals and target groups in order to improve their health and facilitate further service development.
• 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 including following the practice policies for coding and recording information.
• Collecting data for audit purposes.
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.
• Prescribing in accordance with the practice or local prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified General Practitioner
• Registered and licenced to practice with the GMC.
• Cited on Medical Performers List
• Appropriate post-graduate qualifications

Experience

Essential

• Excellent clinical knowledge and an understanding of GP clinical IT systems is desirable.
• A minimum of 2 years experience as a practising GP.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, ability to work independently and as part of a team and perform effectively under pressure.
• To be highly motivated with excellent consultation skills.
• Excellent timekeeping with a commitment to providing high-quality care.