Salaried GP – Newlands Medical Centre

Cleveland LMC Ltd; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Tees Valley is looking for a salaried GP to join their dedicated team. The ideal candidate will cover 4 to 6 sessions, providing essential patient care across various health needs. Responsibilities include consultations, handling prescriptions, and working collaboratively within a supportive environment. Applicants should possess a medical degree and be fully registered with the GMC. This position offers an opportunity to work in a well-organized practice dedicated to maintaining high healthcare standards, fostering both professional development and work-life balance.

Benefits

Supportive work environment

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Commitment to ongoing personal & professional development.
• Experience working to achieve standards within the Quality and Outcome Framework (QOF).
• Understanding of current issues and challenges facing Primary Care.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload dealing with a wide range of health needs.
• Undertake surgery consultations and home visits.
• Record clear consultation notes and issue prescriptions.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Strong attention to detail

Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team

Patience and calm demeanor

Commitment to continuing education

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical degree

Full registration with GMC

Certification of Completion of Training

Job description

Cleveland LMC is the representative body for all GPs on Teesside. Registered as a Company limited by guarantee. Registered Company No. 7857018.

Salaried GP – Newlands Medical Centre

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Address: Newlands Medical Centre, Borough Road, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS1 3RX

For questions about the job, contact:Practice Manager - Lorna Hughes - [e-mail]

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Job Reference – A5486-25-0001

Job summary
We are looking to recruit a salaried GP, ideally to cover 6 sessions but would consider 4 sessions, to join our existing team of 4 GP Partners and 4 Salaried GP’s. Alongside the clinical team, we have a fantastic nursing and admin team, to assist with the patient’s journey in the practice.

We are a well organised team who believe in a healthy work life balance, whilst ensuring the patient care is of a high standard. The successful applicant will work alongside our experienced team, managing their caseload in dealing with a wide range of health needs.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be expected to undertake all of the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working in primary care. In accordance with the practice timetable the post-holder will make themselves available, as agreed, to undertake a variety of duties, including surgery consultations, telephone and online consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions, resolving medication queries, and completion of paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion. The on-call rota is proportionately distributed.

About us

Newlands Medical Centre is a friendly GP practice based in Middlesbrough with a registered list size of 9700 patients. We achieve highly in QOF and have a CQC rating of good. We are a busy practice but believe in ensuring our staff are supported during the busy working week. We have numerous social events both onsite and a social evening at Christmas. We have Investors in People Gold Award and are committed to developing our team to provide quality.

We are a member of Greater Middlesbrough PCN and work closely with our other 7 member practices.

Our Primary Care multidisciplinary team currently consists of 4 GP Partners, 4 Salaried GPs, 3 Practice Nurses, 1 Nurse Associate, 2 Health Care Assistants, Clinical Pharmacist, and Pharmacy Technician. We also have allocated ARRS roles via our PCN which included an FCP, a Dietician, social prescribers, mental health workers. Attached staff include midwife, health visitors and district nursing team.

Job responsibilities

• In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties and responsibilities typical of working in Primary Care.
• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether -self referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.
• Assessing the healthcare 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 protocols.
• 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 concise consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding handwritten prescriptions whenever possible).

Other responsibilities within the organisation include but are not limited to:

• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies / guidelines, e.g., prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.
• A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence based best practice.
• Contributing to evaluation / audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation.
• Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records.
• Contributing to the summarising of patient records and coding patient data.
• Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies where appropriate.

In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary the post-holder will participate in any training programmes implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include;

• Participation in annual individual appraisal, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and / or professional development.
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Quality

• The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice and will; Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.
• Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.
• Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the team’s performance.
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients’ needs.
• Effectively manage own time, workload, and resources.

Communication

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

• Communicate effectively with other team members.
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers.
• Recognise people’s needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
• Contribution to the implementation of services

The post-holder will:

• Apply practice policies, standards and guidance.
• Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work.
• Participate in audit where appropriate.

Confidentiality

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately. In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential. Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Health & Safety

The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management, their own and others’ health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice health and safety policy, the practice health and safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and published procedures.

This will include (but will not be limited to):

• Ensuring a good clinical working environment where lack of facilities is to be escalated as appropriate to the responsible manager.
• Safe management of sharps use, storage and disposal.
• Maintenance of own clean working environment.
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards.
• Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management.
• Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with responsible managers.
• Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum twice annually).
• Correct waste and instrument management including handling, segregation, and container use.
• Maintenance of sterile environments.

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 recognises the importance of people’s rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with the practice procedures and policies, and current legislation.
• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers, and colleagues.
• Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities, and rights.

Person Specification

Experience – Essential

• Evidence of a commitment to ongoing personal & professional development
• Experience of working to achieve standards within the Quality and Outcome Framework (QOF)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact with patients and other healthcare professionals
• Ability to listen actively to patients in a non-judgmental manner
• Strong attention to detail
• Patience and a calm demeanour in stressful situations
• Formulating treatment plans and evaluation of progress
• Ability to work with integrated care pathways, protocols, and patient specific directives
• Ability to develop and deliver evidence-based care
• Demonstrate evidence of continuous professional development (CPD)
• Demonstrate awareness of the importance of working as part of a multi-disciplined team
• Ability to work flexibly to meet Practice demands
• Must value and appreciate the worth of others
• A recognition of the importance of showing respect, dignity and compassion to patients and colleagues
• Progressive and forward-thinking attitude
• Commitment to continuing education and professional development
• Understand the health and social needs of the local practice population
• Understanding of the current issues and challenges facing Primary Care
• Experience of supporting service changes
• Experience of service improvement and quality initiatives

Qualifications – Essential

• MBBS or equivalent medical degree
• Full registration with GMC
• Certification of Completion of Training
• Inclusion on Performers List

Qualifications – Desirable

• Specialist interest and appropriate qualification
• 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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (details can be found here)

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