GP - Avenue Surgery

Are you looking for a flexible salaried position to improve your work/life balance?

We are currently seeking a 2 session GP to join our Avenue Surgery Team, which is part of Sussex Primary Care, a larger network that provides support, collaboration, and development opportunities.

We offer £11,669.67 per session per session, per annum, flexible working hours, and a range of benefits, including professional development opportunities, pension scheme, and generous holiday entitlement. You will also have the chance to work alongside a diverse and experienced team of healthcare professionals, including nurses, pharmacists, and other specialists, to provide a truly integrated approach to patient care.

As a GP in our practice, you will be responsible for providing primary medical services to the registered patients of the practice, ensuring the highest standards of care for all, undertaken in line with the relevant national primary care contractual regulations and guidelines. Provide care for both on-the day care for patients and pre-booked patients with long term conditions and be responsible for maintaining the smooth running of the practice.

The Avenue Surgery is situated in Moulsecoomb a suburb of Brighton, and we have approximately 6,500 patients. We provide a wide range of services including minor surgery, asthma and diabetes clinics, cervical screening, contraception and sexual health clinics, childhood immunisations, smoking cessation and anteand post-natal care. We also provide a young persons sexual health drop-inclinic for anyone under 25 years of age. Our patient demographics include ahigher-than-average percentage population with income deprivation, and higher levels of unemployment compared to national and local averages.

We also have ahigher-than-average proportion of patients aged 20 24, with a large transient student population registered, as well as higher percentage of patients aged 5 to 18 years of age.

The Avenue Surgery is a part of Sussex Primary Care (SPC) - an at scale provider, that came about in response to a need from GP Partners in local practices who were seeking a different future. In 2019 we took on our first two practices and now have six practices, reflecting a combined list of over 50,000 patients.

We are a learning organisation that listens to our team of staff, patients and partners to guide our future. At the heart of our vision are our patients and their needs.

Our Team benefit from working alongside a large NHS trust and the agility and pace of change you would expect from a small business.

All normal duties and responsibilities associated with a Salaried GP working within primary care as set by the regulatory and standard setting organisations, including but not limited to the points below. In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, will undertake a variety of duties including:

• Surgery consultations and emergencies, telephone consultations and queries, triaging, visiting patients at home, checking and authorising repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, patient test results, patient medical reports and examinations on behalf of the Practice as well as referral letters and other paperwork and correspondence in a timely manner.
• Provide health promotion and advice, signposting patients to appropriate services to maximise their health and social functioning and their ability to self-manage their care.
• Be constantly mindful of the need for the provision of personalised care and population health, including reducing health inequalities and ensure that these are reflected in daily practice.
• Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting patients, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation or external organisations.
• Assess the health needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems taking appropriate action as necessary.
• Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness taking appropriate action as necessary.
• Consult with patients and in line with current disease management protocols and care pathways, develop care plans for health related illnesses and share these in line with patient need and good information governance.
• Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards using IT systems.
• Compile and issue…