Gp, Doctor​/Physician

Minimum of 3 sessions a week required - 2 of which will be on Wednesdays.

We are looking for motivated and committed team-players to join our very friendly and supportive team of GPs in Faversham, Kent.

Weare happy to support GPs in their special interests and are actively involved in training. A course and experience in minor surgery is desirable.

Previous experience in emergency medicine or urgent care is beneficial but not essential.

Daily catch up for chat and clinical discussion

Based in two purpose built Health Care facilities in Faversham - Faversham Medical Practice and Newton Place Surgery

Driving licence and access to car on working days essential

We run a thriving Urgent Care Practitioner led Urgent Treatment Centre on-site

We are an active training practice

We offer a number of non-core services to our 34,000patient population including minor surgery, joint injections, LARC fitting

We offer a number of community services including ophthalmology, gynaecology and orthopaedics

X-ray facilities available at Faversham Medical Practice

Weekend shifts may be available if desired

8 weeks combined holiday and study leave

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.

Duties include:

Two Clinical Sessions a day

On Call responsibilities on a rota basis

Home Visits

Clinical Administration

You will hold a list of patients proportionate to the number of sessions worked. The number of patients will be calculated using the total number of patients on Newton Place Surgerys and Faversham Medical Practices patient lists and divided by the total number of sessions being worked by the Salaried GPs and GP Partners. Therefore, this number will change from time to time and may go up or down.

Please see the job description for further details.

Faversham Medical Group consists of 2 GP surgeries;

Faversham Medical Practice and Newton Place Surgery. We also run an Urgent Treatment Centre based at Faversham Health Centre.

We are a friendly and supportive team.

Faversham is a beautiful, historic market town. It is closeto the vibrant city of Canterbury; just 60 miles from London and yet within easy reach of attractive coastline areas and beaches.

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE:

SALARIED GENERAL PRACTITIONER

Hours - UP TO FULL TIME - 2 SESSIONS ON FRIDAYS ARE ESSENTIAL

REPORTS TO:

THE PARTNERS (Clinically)

THE BUSINESS MANAGERS (Administratively)

HOURS:

Job summary:

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.

Clinical responsibilities:

In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties, including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion

Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation

Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems

Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness

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

Providing counselling and health education

Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate

Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards

Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)

Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate

In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Other responsibilities within the organisation:

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety

A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice

Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical…