GP Maternity cover

We are seeking a salaried GP to cover maternity leave for four sessions per week - ideally Wednesday and Thursday. We are a forward thinking, well organised training practice with a good reputation for quality and high standards. We encourage and support the personal development of all our staff and are keen to ensure the right person joins our friendly and efficient team.

Key responsibilities and duties

Surgery consultations (telephone and F2F), triaging calls/online consultations as appropriate, occasional home visiting and care home cover, duty doctor sessions and administration associated with patient care

Work as a team member with all relevant providers of primary and community care services within the practice

Ensure appropriate records are maintained at all times regarding patients care and that relevant team members are kept fully informed regarding patients seen on behalf of the practice

Ensure that the practice achieves the highest possible QOF outcomes

Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols

Support the proactive care agenda by participating in care planning and multi-disciplinary meetings

Attend team and healthcare meetings when required

Other responsibilities in the practice

Maintain confidentiality at all times

Work in accordance with and comply with all practice policies and procedures/guidelines. e.g. health and safety, prescribing, GDPR, and assist in their development

Fulfil any monitoring requirements attached to the post as required

Maintain and develop individual skills and knowledge, ensuring statutory, mandatory and Trust required training updates are completed in a timely manner.

Attend training and events organised by the practice or external agencies where appropriate

Actively participate in clinical governance within the practice

Newtons Practice is an established, stable Partner run GP practice. We like to look after our staff and understand the importance of making Newtons a great place to work. We listen to our staff and actively encourage sharing of best practice and innovative ideas.

Reports to: The Partners (Clinical matters), The Practice Manager(Administratively)

Sessions -TBC

Days -To fit in with clinical needs of the practice and negotiated with above party

Annual leave -Entitlement will be 7-week pro-rata

Study leave -Entitlement will be 1-week pro-rata (£250 study budget available)

General Day to Day Structure

Morning surgery 8.30am to 12.30 (times flexible for equivalent number of patients) with admin break of 30 minute mid-morning and additional team huddle, surgery comprised of between 12-15 patients, mix of telephone andF2F. Telephone apps 10mins, F2F 15mins.

Home visits To be shared with doctors present in the surgery thatday as required and deemed medically necessary for ongoing patient care. Onaverage one per day (although may be more related to day to day needs) thiswill approximate 30 mins clinical work.

Afternoon surgery 3pm to 5.30pm (times flexible for equivalent number of patients) comprised of on average 12 appointments, again mix of telephone and F2F.

Administration time (between clinical sessions) Equating to 1.5hours for various task including but not limited to referrals, reviewing letters and blood tests, insurance form etc.

Duty doctor There will be an expectation that you will be required to cover duty doctor sessions on a rotational basis shared out proportionally to the amount of session worked/week (usually one session/week). A mixture of telephone and face-to-face appointments for urgent, on the day problems, after being triaged by the paramedic, who works with you. We aim tocap the number of contacts - AM (15) and PM (12) and the reception aim toroll-over cases after 5.30pm onto the next day.

Obviously professional responsibility remains over the duration of your shift and if clinically appropriate care for additional patients may be required. You are expected tobe present as Duty Doctor until 6.30pm on an afternoon shift.

Triage doctor We are not a triage first surgery but are managinge

Consults on a shared rotational basis between all the GPs. This is clearly an evolving area but at present there is a 1-hour slot for a doctor AM and PM toreview the undetermined eConsults. Urgent matters are dealt with by the paramedic team, purely administrative tasks are managed by the reception teamand uncertain/intermediate/routine requests are reviewed by the triage doctor.

The aim of this is to triage the request rather than to be managing the case,although this may be possible with any left over time. At present these are amounting to approximately 15 per session.

Patient list All patients register with the practice, however,each GP will have an individual allocation of patients.

Caseload

Thepost holder will manage a caseload of patients assigned to them to ensure continuity of care (although each patient has the right to be seen by his/her preferred doctor…