SESSION GP

This is an exciting opportunity for a4-6 session salaried GP to join our dynamic forward-thinking team here at Godolphin Health, a two site Practice, (one at Praze an Beeble and the other at Connor Downs), conveniently situated within a 10 mins drive off the A30 andclose to the most beautiful Cornish coastline.

We are a training practice looking after alist of 9032 patients, dispensing to 65% of them. The 3 partners are supported by a growing fantastic multidisciplinary team comprising 5 salaried GPs, 1 advanced nurse practitioner, 2 practice nurses, 2 HCAs and a phlebotomist. In addition, we have our GP trainees.

Through our Primary Care Network, we share 3 mental health practitioners, a first contact physiotherapist, care homeparamedic and a share of 2 pharmacists and 3 pharmacy technicians. We are all a friendly and supportive bunch.

We triage all appointment requests using Klinik. We do up to 12 x 15 mins consultations in the morning and afternoon surgeries and an equal share of duty sessions. There is protected time for pathology results processing. Home visits are rare and are shared amongst the clinical team allowing us to offer excellent care to our palliative and most frail housebound patients without being overburdensome.

We provide Enhanced Access to General Practice services on a shared rota.

We have a weekly MDT with the whole clinical team which is a great time to come together for patient care and personal learning.

We hold a three-monthly protected half-day clinical governance/educational meeting for all staff.

In February 2022 we were rated as good by the CQC in all areas.

We have modern high-quality premises and we are one of two members of the proactive and flourishing North Kerrier West Primary Care Network.

To help you provide an excellent standard of practice and care, there is continuous support provided by very experienced, knowledgeable and caring Dispensary, Administration and Patient Care Navigation Teams. The Teams keep their professional knowledge up to date to ensure a safe caring and effective working environment that is responsive to the patients needs and is well led. Always aiming towards delivering best practice.

This document is merely a framework for the role and the post holder should have autonomy to develop the role according to the health care needs of the practice population, and in line with the Practices strategic direction. A full version of the Job Description is available on request.

Job summary:

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. The caseload of a practitioner is proportionate to the number of sessions he or she works and this will be reflected in the allocation of clinical responsibilities as set out below.

A routine session is based on a clinic at one of the Practice sites containing up to 13 appointments. A session may also comprise acting as a site doctor or visiting doctor as part of the Practices duty team, seeing patients on the day. Core GMS hours of work are between 8.00 and 18.30 Monday to Friday and these shall be the usual hours of work but the postholder will be required to undertake his/her fair share of surgeries outside core GMS hours under the extended hours enhanced service, the improved access scheme or schemes which supersede, amend or supplement those.

Practice ethos: The Partners of Godolphin Health believe in a practice ethos whereby all clinicians and staff are involved in and contribute to maintaining and encouraging a robust, resilient and sustainable business offering a supportive working environment for all. Within this we encourage salaried general practitioners to put forward their ideas on suggestions for improvement & development. Essential to this approach is a recognition that such an environment can only be maintained if the Practice is successful as a business, generating sufficient funds to maintain & improve services to its patients without placing unsustainable demands upon those working within the Practice.

Essentially, we regard all our GPs as stakeholders in the business working alongside Partners to achieve common aims and postholders are expected to subscribe to working on that basis.

Clinical responsibilities:

In accordance with the practice rota, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/herself available to undertake a range of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.

The practice manages its urgent and on-the-day demand as a duty team and, as such, the postholder will be required to take his/her fair share of duties over the practices working hours and will work flexibly within that team to meet demand.

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