GP Partner

Overview

Exciting opportunity for a GP Partner to join our successful, supportive, stable and friendly team from 1st January 2027.

Personal list system, high QOF achievement and well-renumerated

Teaching practice with Registrars, FY2s, medical, nursing and pharmacy students

Supportive, dedicated, cohesive clinical, administrative and management team

Team of nurses, HCAs, prescribing nurse manager, care-coordinators, pharmacist, GP assistants, mental health workers and first contact physiotherapists

Minor surgery facilities including skin surgery and vasectomy

Womens and sexual health hub

Actively involved in research

Forward thinking team and early adopters of new technology, prioritising ways of working that promote wellbeing and work life balance, benefit our patients and ensure resilience for the future

Support of a dedicated outreach Home Visiting Service

Geographically small practice area with good roads and transport links

Good CQC with Outstanding in the responsiveness category rating in 2023

Focus on sustainability and engaged PPG group to develop a wellness garden area and significant solar generation (Gold Green Impact award)

Regular social and team building events

ABOUT THE PRACTICE

We are a 9 partner, long-established teaching practice situated in the north of Norwich City, near to the city centre and the developing Magdalen Street area. We have approximately 15,000 patients and are well-liked by our patients with consistently good patient satisfaction scores.

About us

Healthwatch Norfolk visited the Practice in June 2023 and their report can be here:

CQC visited in November 2023 and their report can be found here:

• Key responsibilities clinical
• Caring for patients
• Practice evidence based medicine, in line with national and locally agreed guidelines
• Conduct patient consultations during the practice's clinical appointment hours
• Undertake duty consultations on a rota basis
• Triage patients presenting to the practice in person, by telephone and E Consults
• Conduct telephone consultations and home visits as appropriate
• Check and sign repeat prescription requests
• Check, manage and process patient test results
• Prescribe in line with local and national guidelines
• Refer patients to secondary/urgent care and additional interventions as appropriate
• Manage long-term conditions and patients with complex problems
• Promote healthy living strategies and give health and wellbeing advice, generally encouraging patients to follow a healthy lifestyle
• Carry out patient testing and screening as required
• Make autonomous clinical decisions relating to patients health needs
• Communication with patients
• Use communication that is appropriate to the situation, including: communicating sensitively with patients and carers when delivering bad news
• Establishing appropriate communication methods to suit patients and carers level of understanding, cultural/language needs, and preferred communication method
• Anticipating and overcoming barriers to communication, seeking support from other staff members where necessary
• Use appropriate communication skills and style to make patients aware of risk, to obtain consent where necessary, and to ensure patients comply with treatment
• Delivering high-quality services
• Provide services to the practice's patient population to the highest possible standard, in line with competencies and professional code of conduct
• Monitor and maintain the standard of care provided, taking appropriate action if standards are not met, through self- and peer-review, benchmarking and evaluation
• Undertake clinical governance and clinical audit activities to ensure the continual improvement of service delivery
• Participate in reviewing and responding to complaints and other shared learning activities within a structured framework
• Support and mentor staff in training to ensure they deliver the highest standards of care
• Support the performance of team members and collaborate in improving the quality of healthcare and service provision, in line with local and national policy and strategy
• Practice-related duties
• Process medical reports, referrals and correspondence
• Record and collect data for audit purposes
• Make timely, clear, computer-based records of consultations and contact with patients
• Maintain administrative records relating to the practice contract, enhanced services and QOF
• Contribute to providing a supportive environment for other staff through informal catch ups and contact
• Attend and contribute to in-house meetings, including clinical, educational/training-related and administrative meetings
• Attend meetings and events held by external agencies and stakeholders
• Contribute to teaching and training clinical staff as appropriate
• Personal and professional development
• Comply with the GMC Code of Conduct
• Prepare for and complete annual external appraisals
• Prepare for and complete revalidation process
• Act as a mentor and positive role model to students and junior members of staff, sharing information and good practice
• Prioritise own…