Session GP

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Valentine Medical Centre, 2 Smethurst Street, Manchester

Salaried GP - 6 sessions Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Are you looking to settle down and enjoy the benefits of afriendly, sociable, training practice? We are looking for a new member of our GP team.

Available in October, flexible start date for the right candidate

Salary from £10,500 per session per annum, depending on experience, plus indemnity.

Our practice ethos is to combine high standards of clinical care and training, in a supportive environment designed to encourage you to thrive and develop any interests or ambitions. Wehave daily informal meetings to catch up with each other andoffer a named mentor GP partner to support newly qualified colleagues.

Excellent community support includes acutehome visiting service and a dedicated care home team, so we genuinely have lowhome visit rates.

We are a GMS contract training practice in North Manchester. The practice population is a diverse list of around 11,000patients. Our team includes 3 partner GPs, 5 salaried GPs, excellent experienced nurses, HCA, a focused care worker, practice pharmacist and dedicated prescription team, and a stable, accomplished administrative teamlead by skillful managers. We highly value training & teaching and have medical students, GPSTs and Foundation Drs in practice.

Practice website:

CQC rated Good:

To provide safe, effective and patient-centred general medical services to the practice population, working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary primary-care team.

The postholder will contribute to clinical care, appropriate administration, clinical governance, education and practice development within an agreed job plan and contracted hours.

• Conduct face-to-face, telephone and online consultations.
• Assess, diagnose and manage patients presenting with acute and long-term conditions.
• Provide appropriate preventive care, health promotion and screening.
• Prescribe safely and appropriately within professional competence.
• Make referrals and seek specialist advice where clinically appropriate.
• Provide appropriate follow-up, continuity and safety-netting.
• Participate in duty-doctor or on-call work as per the rota.
• Undertake home visits when needed.
• Work collaboratively with nurses, pharmacists, healthcare assistants, administrative staff and other members of the wider team.

• Complete clinical records accurately and promptly.
• Review and action investigations, correspondence, results and incoming clinical tasks arising from consultations.
• Complete referrals, reports and other necessary clinical documentation.
• Participate in significant-event reviews, complaints responses and clinical governance activity, with appropriate paid time provided.

• Attend practice, clinical and multidisciplinary meetings.
• Contribute to service development, audit, quality improvement and implementation of local policies.
• Support a respectful, inclusive and non-hierarchical working environment.
• Participate in practice education, mentoring or supervision where agreed and appropriately resourced.
• Maintain effective communication with colleagues and external healthcare professionals.

• Maintain full GMC registration and inclusion on the appropriate performers list.
• Practice in accordance with GMC guidance, including
  
  Good Medical Practice.
• Maintain appropriate professional indemnity arrangements.
• Keep up to date with mandatory training and continuing professional development.
• Recognise and act on safeguarding concerns.
• Maintain confidentiality and comply with information-governance requirements.
• Participate in appraisal and revalidation processes.
• Work within professional competence and seek advice when required.

• Registered medical practitioner with a licence to practice.
• Included, or eligible for inclusion, on the relevant performers list.
• MRCGP.
• Experience working in UK general practice.
• Ability to manage a broad range of presentations safely.
• Effective communication and consultation skills.
• Commitment to teamwork, continuity and high-quality patient care.
• Understanding of safeguarding, clinical governance and information governance.
• Ability to work within an agreed job plan and contracted hours.

• Six sessions per week (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday), with the working pattern agreed in advance.
• Salary…