Job summaryAn exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated GP, committed to delivering high-quality patient care, to join our friendly and supportive team.
Glyndon Medical Centre is a well-established, three-partner PMS practice operating across two sites in Woolwich and Plumstead. Serving a diverse population of just over 7,000 patients, we pride ourselves on providing compassionate, patient-centred care and working collaboratively to meet the needs of our local community.
We are seeking a Salaried GP to join our experienced multidisciplinary team in delivering high-quality clinical care. The successful candidate will work closely with colleagues to provide excellent patient services, contribute to practice development, and help ensure the effective implementation of practice policies and procedures.
This role is offered on a part-time basis of 2-3 sessions per week (0.25-0.38 FTE) with a competitive salary dependent on experience. We offer a supportive environment for newly qualified GPs.
We offer:
- A friendly, supportive and collaborative working environment
- Flexible working opportunities
- Six weeks' annual leave plus one week of study leave (pro rata)
- On-site parking
- Quarterly Protected Learning Time events through our PCN and local borough federation, Greenwich Health
- Opportunities for professional development and continued learning
If you are looking to join a welcoming practice team committed to delivering outstanding patient care, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Main duties of the job- Provide high-quality, patient-centred clinical care to a diverse suburban patient population, undertaking the full range of duties associated with a GP working in primary care.
- Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, effective and evidence-based care, treatment and advice to patients.
- Undertake a mixture of face-to-face and telephone consultations within 3-hour clinical sessions, supported by dedicated time for associated administrative work.
- Maintain accurate and timely clinical records, ensuring compliance with practice policies, professional standards, confidentiality, data protection and health and safety requirements.
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of high-quality patient records, including the use of electronic patient record systems, summarising records and clinical coding where appropriate.
- Participate in clinical audit, quality improvement initiatives and the evaluation of services to support continuous improvement and best practice.
- Contribute to clinical governance, standard setting and the ongoing development of practice services.
- Engage in continuing professional development and attend relevant training, educational events and practice meetings as required.
Administrative support is provided by an experienced team to assist with clinical correspondence, results management and referrals.
About usWorking collaboratively with our PCN colleagues, the local ICB and other neighboring practices, our experienced multidisciplinary team consists of 3 GP Partners, a Salaried GP, 2 Practice Nurses, a Clinical Pharmacist, Physiotherapist, Social Prescriber, Mental Health Nurse and Podiatrist, who are very well supported by established and highly committed management, reception and administrative teams.
We are a small, close-knit team, who are very supportive of each other, and encourage the sharing of information and ideas.
Clinical software: EMIS Web, Docman10, Accurx
Job responsibilitiesClinical responsibilities:- In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork, reports 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 and complying with QOF requirements.
- Delivering enhanced services.
- Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written 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.
Other responsibilities within the organisation:- 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 Read-Coding patient data.
- Attending training and events organised by the Practice or other agencies, 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 and safety:The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:
- Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines.
- Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.
- Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.
- Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.
- Reporting potential risks identified.
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 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.
Personal and professional development:In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training to include:
- Participation in an annual individual performance review, 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 and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams' 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.
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.Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
