General Practitioner; ARRS funded

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.

Working Arrangements

You will have a base at College Lane Surgery (which will also be used for the purposes of claiming mileage) but will be required to work flexibly across the PCN GP practices and premises and potentially across the Wakefield District.

As the role requires you to commute across the Wakefield District applicants should either hold a full driving licence, which is valid in the UK, and hold the relevant car insurance to cover travel for business purposes or have the ability to be mobile by using other modes of transport for which reasonable expenses will be payable.

Hours of work are 37.5 hours per week (full time) to be worked flexibly between 8am and 6.30pm Monday to Friday. Where you may be required to support clinical services outside of these hours, time off in lieu will be made available.

In accordance with the PCN/General Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themself available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients athome, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork, reports and correspondence in a timely fashion.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for details of the role.

Conexus Healthcare is a community interest company and is the federation for general practice in Wakefield. The following job description outlines the role's purpose, the working arrangements and then details the specific duties and responsibilities for this job. The job description should be read in conjunction with other information you have been provided with as part of the recruitment and selection process.

Wakefield Health Alliance South Primary Care Network (PCN) comprises five GP practices located in the South of the district:
White Rose surgery, The Grange Medical practice, Park Green surgery, Langthwaite Surgery and College Lane surgery. Collectively we deliver health care services to approximately 65,000 registered patients.

WHA South is a forward thinking and supportive PCN that encourages personal development and growth. We are committed to improving patient health care with a particular focus on inequalities across the Network footprint.

The PCN team currently consists of Nurses, Pharmacists, Technicians, Care Co-ordinators, Physiotherapists, HWCs and MHPs. Together we encourage an MDT approach to patient care, integrating the vision of neighbourhood health and delivering the same excellent care and support for both our patients and staff within each of our busy surgeries.

The role holder may be placed at any of the five member practices within the South Network.

For the full job description and person specification of this role, please see the supporting document attached.

• MBBS or equivalent medical degree
• Full registration with GMC
• Certification of Completion of Training (JCPTGP/PMETB)
• Inclusion on Performers List
• MRCGP
• Evidence of a commitment to on-going personal & professional development

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English, both written and verbally.
• Good organisational skills
• Able to work under pressure
• Working on own initiative
• IT skills (including word processing and database work) as relevant to General Practice
• Committed to quality and patient satisfaction
• Committed to equal opportunities

• Must not have been substantively employed as a GP in general practice previously; or
• Is not employed in a temporary capacity as a locum; and/or
• Upon commencement of employment is less than 2 years beyond their certificate of completion of training being issued by the GMC.
• Committed to working as part of a multi- disciplinary, multi-agency primary care team
• Openness to explore alternative working practices

• Experience of working in primary care in an area with significant health problems
• Experience of providing primary care in and out of hours
• Development of areas of clinical expertise
• Experience of audit and improving care for patients
• Understanding the role of medical services in a wider public health agenda
• Knowledge of the demographic characteristics that affect health and health care in the area
• Understanding current NHS policies

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.