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Are you a newly qualified GP (within the last two years, without a substantive post) looking for an exciting and supportive role to launch your career?
Deal and Sandwich Primary Care Network is seeking an enthusiastic, forward-thinking GP to join our team.
You will have the unique opportunity to work across our 5 practices, with three being training practices. Our PCN is highly supportive, fostering a close-knit working environment where collaboration and work-life balance are prioritized. We pride ourselves on an open-door ethos, ensuring you feel supported throughout.
This is a fantastic opportunity to experience the diversity of primary care within Deal and Sandwich, particularly as we navigate through the winter period.
Join us and become a part of a thriving network dedicated to excellent patient care and a positive work environment
As a GP with Deal and Sandwich Primary Care Network, you will play a vital role in delivering patient care, following the GMS contract and Enhanced Services objectives. Key responsibilities include:
Conducting routine and urgent appointments, both face-to-face and via telephone, ensuring high-quality care.
Prescribing according to local and national guidelines.
Handling home visits for routine and emergency cases.
Managing administrative tasks, such as letters, results, referrals, and emails, in a timely manner.
Making appropriate referrals and managing related admin.
Checking and signing repeat prescriptions to maintain care quality.
Providing cover for colleagues in emergencies, considering individual commitments.
Participating in on-call sessions as per pro-rata hours.
Supporting Extended Hours services, enhancing patient access.
Collaborating with other health and social care providers to deliver integrated care.
Maintaining accurate consultation records using the EMIS clinical system.
Offering clinical support to colleagues, helping the team meet high standards in patient care and QOF/Enhanced Services targets.
This is a dynamic role that offers both patient care and team collaboration in a supportive environment.
About usClinical responsibilities:
In accordance with the practice rota, as agreed, the post-holder will be available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing/authorising 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 in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health.
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.
Collecting data for audit purposes.
Expectation to complete a mandatory induction.
Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.
Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
The post-holder will be required to visit patients during surgery time in an emergency if clinically indicated.
The post-holder will undertake a fair percentage of enhanced access sessions as allocated on the network rota.
Communication
Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
Recognise the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating.
Delivering a quality service
Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality, including participating in shared learning across the practice, PCN and wider organisation. Work as part of the team to seek feedback, continually improve the service and contribute to business planning.
Managing information
Use technology, read codes and appropriate software as an aid to planning, implementing and monitoring care, communicating information and reviewing and processing data for audit purposes.
Learning and development
Take responsibility for own learning and performance through continuous professional development, including participating in supervision, acting as a positive role model and assessing own learning needs.
Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice.
Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments (e.g. courses and conferences).
Equality and diversity
Support the equality and diversity of patients, carers and colleagues by recognising the importance of peoples rights and interpreting them in a way that is consistent with policy, procedures and current legislation.
Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues by behaving in a manner which is welcoming, non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Professional development
Participate in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own professional development
Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working
Work with your line manager to undertake continual personal and professional development, access regular supervision and take an active part in reviewing and developing the roles and responsibilities of the post.
Miscellaneous
Work as part of the team to seek feedback, continually improve the service and contribute to business planning.
Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post and the scope of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner.
Duties may vary from time to time, without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility.
Are you a newly qualified GP (within the last two years, without a substantive post) looking for an exciting and supportive role to launch your career?
Deal and Sandwich Primary Care Network is seeking an enthusiastic, forward-thinking GP to join our team.
You will have the unique opportunity to work across our 5 practices, with three being training practices. Our PCN is highly supportive, fostering a close-knit working environment where collaboration and work-life balance are prioritized. We pride ourselves on an open-door ethos, ensuring you feel supported throughout.
This is a fantastic opportunity to experience the diversity of primary care within Deal and Sandwich, particularly as we navigate through the winter period.
Join us and become a part of a thriving network dedicated to excellent patient care and a positive work environment
As a GP with Deal and Sandwich Primary Care Network, you will play a vital role in delivering patient care, following the GMS contract and Enhanced Services objectives. Key responsibilities include:
Conducting routine and urgent appointments, both face-to-face and via telephone, ensuring high-quality care.
Prescribing according to local and national guidelines.
Handling home visits for routine and emergency cases.
Managing administrative tasks, such as letters, results, referrals, and emails, in a timely manner.
Making appropriate referrals and managing related admin.
Checking and signing repeat prescriptions to maintain care quality.
Providing cover for colleagues in emergencies, considering individual commitments.
Participating in on-call sessions as per pro-rata hours.
Supporting Extended Hours services, enhancing patient access.
Collaborating with other health and social care providers to deliver integrated care.
Maintaining accurate consultation records using the EMIS clinical system.
Offering clinical support to colleagues, helping the team meet high standards in patient care and QOF/Enhanced Services targets.
This is a dynamic role that offers both patient care and team collaboration in a supportive environment.
About us
Clinical responsibilities:
In accordance with the practice rota, as agreed, the post-holder will be available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing/authorising 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 in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health.
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.
Collecting data for audit purposes.
Expectation to complete a mandatory induction.
Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.
Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
The post-holder will be required to visit patients during surgery time in an emergency if clinically indicated.
The post-holder will undertake a fair percentage of enhanced access sessions as allocated on the network rota.
Communication
Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
Recognise the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating.
Delivering a quality service
Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality, including participating in shared learning across the practice, PCN and wider organisation. Work as part of the team to seek feedback, continually improve the service and contribute to business planning.
Managing information
Use technology, read codes and appropriate software as an aid to planning, implementing and monitoring care, communicating information and reviewing and processing data for audit purposes.
Learning and development
Take responsibility for own learning and performance through continuous professional development, including participating in supervision, acting as a positive role model and assessing own learning needs.
Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice.
Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments (e.g. courses and conferences).
Equality and diversity
Support the equality and diversity of patients, carers and colleagues by recognising the importance of peoples rights and interpreting them in a way that is consistent with policy, procedures and current legislation.
Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues by behaving in a manner which is welcoming, non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Professional development
Participate in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own professional development
Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working
Work with your line manager to undertake continual personal and professional development, access regular supervision and take an active part in reviewing and developing the roles and responsibilities of the post.
Miscellaneous
Work as part of the team to seek feedback, continually improve the service and contribute to business planning.
Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post and the scope of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner.
Duties may vary from time to time, without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility.
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