Wawn Street Surgery
Full / Part time GP vacancies
4-8 sessions flexible worked over 3-4 days,
Salary negotiable based on experience
We are a large, well-established and thriving teaching Practice seeking to appoint GP’s to join our friendly team in 2016. The right candidate will be an enthusiastic and motivated doctor with an interest in developing General Practice to enhance our team and provide high quality patient-centred care.
• Well established with over 9,000 patients
• High QOF achieving GMS Practice
• Large purpose built premises offering excellent working accommodation
• Training Practice for GP registrars and Medical Students
• Proven track record of primary care innovation
• 3 GP Partners, 1 Managing Partner and 3 Salaried GP’s
• Excellent nursing, management and administrative support
• Well-developed clinical governance
Informal enquiries are welcome and visits are strongly encouraged
Closing date for applications: Friday 22nd January 2016
Please apply with a CV and covering letter outlining reasons why you feel you are suitable for the post and how you meet the person specification in the application pack to:
Mrs Debbie Hamilton, Managing Partner, Wawn Street Surgery, Wawn Street, South Shields,
Tyne and Wear. NE33 4DX. Telephone 0191 4936936 (direct dial)
Job Summary:
As a member of the Practice Clinical Team you will provide primary healthcare services to patients in all required environments. You will be expected to participate in Practice activities including clinical and staff meetings, audits, and relevant CPD activities; you will also take a role in the development of the Practice. In addition, you will be required to support the Practice’s activities relating to its function as a training practice.
The Practice
Wawn Street Surgery is a large GP Practice based in the coastal town of South Shields which serves over 9,000 patients and is within easy commuting distance of North-East England. Located in a large purpose-built Primary Care Facility provides our team with a modern working environment which has allowed the Practice to flourish and we envisage continued growth and development in the coming years. We consistently perform well against NHS targets and the Quality and Outcome Framework.
General Practice
The Practice is a dynamic one staffed by a hardworking, enthusiastic and friendly team committed to providing high standards of care to patients as well as exploring the opportunities that the continued evolution of the NHS brings. Effective communication and support of the team is core to our ethos and ensures that our work remains interesting and enjoyable.
Our association with other local health service providers has enabled us to maximise partnering and collaborative working opportunities for the benefit of our patients and staff. Allied to this, the Practice as a whole has a broad interest in leadership, education and training. The Practice is approved for the training of GP’s and medical students.
The Reason for the Vacancies
Our aspiration for growth and development along with recent changes in our clinical staffing has provided the opportunity to reassess our strengths and look to the future. As a result, we now require a number of flexible, enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join the team and add value as GP’s who will play an active part in strengthening our ambition for innovation and training ensuring that it remains central to our ethos.
The Successful Applicant
The successful applicant will be an enthusiastic and flexible team player with a keen interest in training, an eye on success, and the ambition to explore any future partnership potential. A key-member of the clinical team, they will provide primary healthcare services to patients in all clinical settings in addition to actively participating in Practice development activities including clinical and staff meetings, audits and relevant CPD. In addition, there will be a requirement to take an active role in the Practice’s training and education work. Eligibility to work in the UK, full GMC registration, placement on the Medical Performers List and membership of a recognised medical indemnity organisation are essential conditions of employment.
Daily Clinical Responsibilities:
You will be expected to undertake consultations in all clinical settings as directed during your paid clinical time. These consultations will cover the breadth of the Practice’s GMS and Enhanced Service obligations and you will be expected to support the Partners in providing such services as outlined in the GMS Contract and any national, directed or local enhanced services agreed with NHS England, South Tyneside CCG or any successor body.
You will be expected to maintain and keep good standards of clinical records at all times and to work within Practice policy for prescribing. Additionally, you will be required to work to the systems and processes developed by the Practice both clinical and non-clinical (e.g. Path Lab results and comments, appropriate read coding and so on) and contribute towards the efficient and effective management of such systems.
You will be required to give due regard to the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and contribute to achieving maximum points in all areas.
You will be required to share the daily responsibility of checking and signing prescription requests, dealing with patient queries and providing clinical supervision to the nursing team and support to the management team and administrative staff as appropriate.
You will be expected to support and input into the aims of the Practice in areas including clinical governance, best practice, clinical audits and any other improvement activity as determined by the Practice.
Contribution to the Implementation of Services:
You will be expected to:
• Apply Practice policies, standards and guidelines
• Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
• Participate in audit where appropriate
Confidentiality:
In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately. You will be expected to adhere to this.
In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, you may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. You may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation.
All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.
Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
Personal/Professional Development:
The post includes paid CPD time in accordance with the Salaried GP Model Contract. Flexibility will be afforded to CPD time in order to enable you to meet the objectives laid out in the GP appraisal PDP. You will be expected to attend educational and training activities provided by the Practice as part of your CPD commitment.
Quality:
You will be expected to strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will:
• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
• Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
• Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the team’s performance
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients’ needs
· Effectively manage own time, workload and resources
Communication:
You will be required to recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:
• Communicate effectively with other team members
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers
• Recognize people’s needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly
Hours of Work:
Your working hours will be conducted in accordance with an agreed job-plan following clarification of the sessions to be worked. Generally we would expect you to work between 3-4 days dependant on the agreed sessional mix, Monday to Friday.
You will be expected to be flexible with regards to the agreed schedule of hours stated in the job plan in order to assure business continuity as and when the business need indicates. It is anticipated that this will happen by exception and in such circumstances an agreed minimum notice period will be exercised.
Leave Entitlement:
Annual and study leave entitlement with CPD time will be based on standard BMA Salaried GP Contract and applied pro rata.
The Package
Salary based on experience. You will also be entitled to join the NHS pension scheme. Annual and study leave entitlement with CPD time will be based on standard BMA Salaried GP Contract and applied pro rata.
If You Want to Join Us
If you would like to apply for this post then please send a CV and covering letter detailing current salary, reasons why you feel you are suitable for the post and how you meet the person specification, and forward to:
Mrs Debbie Hamilton, Managing Partner, Wawn Street Surgery, Wawn Street, South Shields, Tyne and Wear. NE33 4DX
The closing date for all applications is Friday 22nd January 2016. Candidates who have been shortlisted for interview will be informed in writing.
Wawn Street Surgery – GP Person SpecificationEssential / Desirable / Evidence
Qualifications & Training / · Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
· Annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate)
· General practice (Vocational Training Scheme) trained
· On a medical performers list
· Enhanced DBS check
· UK driving licence
· Current CPR certificate
· UK work permit (if required)
· Medical defence union cover / · Evidence of continued professional development
· MRCGP
· Experience of teaching undergraduate students
· Area of specialism / · Application / CV
· Reference
· Interview
· Certification
Experience & Skills / · Chronic disease management
· Primary prevention & screening services
· Clinical Governance
· Delivery of QoF targets
· Self-audit and reflection
· Organised and efficient in record keeping and completion of paperwork
· Time management – being able to prioritise work and work under pressure
· Computer literacy / · Experience of working a variety of clinical software systems
· Adaptability to change
· Service Development / · Application / CV
· Interview
Aptitude & Abilities / · Willingness to share and collaborate across entire primary health team
· Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with multi-disciplinary teams
· Ability to work flexibly
· Ability to recognize own limitations and act upon them appropriately
· Willingness to learn new skills and to problem solve on a daily basis
· An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality / · Ability to input to strategic and practice development requirements
· Involvement in CCG/Commissioning
· Desire to develop specialist skills
· Ability to challenge traditional models of working and to suggest improvements for change in a positive and inclusive manner / · Application / CV
· Interview
Motivation / · Commitment to primary prevention and health improvement
· Addressing health inequalities
· Patient empowerment
· Patient advocate
· Excellent communicator / · Actively engage in shaping the Future of General Practice
· Work collaboratively across Primary Care services / · Interview
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