GP -Newly Qualified inStalybridge inStalybridge PUBLISHED MON 9 DEC 2024

Are you a newly qualified GP looking for a dynamic and supportive environment to grow your career? Join the Stalybridge Primary Care Network (PCN) as part of our innovative hub-based model, working across 9 GP practices. This exciting role offers you the chance to provide care to a diverse range of patients, from acute to routine cases, while collaborating with a dedicated multi-disciplinary team. You'll be involved in everything from onward referrals and prescription management to supporting extended GP services.

If you're passionate about patient care, eager to work in a varied, fast-paced environment, and ready to be a key player in shaping the future of primary care, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

As a GP in Stalybridge, Dukinfield & Mossley PCN, you will provide patient consultations for both acute and routine cases across 9 practices, managing a varied caseload. You will care for patients with minor ailments, chronic diseases, and undifferentiated medical conditions while ensuring high-quality, protocol-driven care.

You'll handle referrals by assessing patients and making onward referrals to specialists or secondary care, working collaboratively with the referral management team.

For prescription management, you will review, sign off, and process prescriptions, supporting other PCN healthcare professionals with medication reviews, repeat requests, and resolving prescription-related queries.

Collaboration is key, and you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team including nurses, pharmacists, and ARRS professionals. You'll also contribute GP input and leadership to support patient care coordination across the network.

In addition, you'll participate in initiatives that extend GP services, such asenhanced care in homesandremote consultations,while working within the hub to deliver flexible, patient-focused care, whether through face-to-face appointments or telephone triage.

About us

Location: Stalybridge, Dukinfield & Mossley PCN Contract: Part-time, 5 sessions per week Experience: Newly Qualified GP (Under 2 Years)

Job Description

Overview:

We are seeking a dynamic and motivated GP to join our innovative hub-based model, working across 9 GP practices within the Stalybridge, Dukinfield & Mossley Primary Care Network (PCN). This role offers an excellent opportunity for a newly qualified GP to deliver high-quality patient care while gaining diverse clinical experience and professional development in a supportive environment.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Patient Consultations:
• Conduct consultations with both acute and routine patients across the 9 practices within the PCN.
• Manage a varied caseload, including minor ailments, chronic diseases, and undifferentiated medical conditions.
• Ensure patient care adheres to the clinical guidelines and practice protocols.
2. Referrals:
• Assess and triage patients, making appropriate onward referrals to specialist services or secondary care when necessary.
• Collaborate with referral management teams and other healthcare professionals within the PCN to ensure seamless patient care.
3. Prescription Management:
• Review and process prescriptions efficiently, ensuring compliance with best practice and clinical guidelines.
• Support other healthcare professionals in the PCN with medication reviews, repeat prescriptions, and resolving medication-related queries.
4. Collaboration with PCN and Extended Teams:
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team that includes nurses, pharmacists, healthcare assistants, physiotherapists, social prescribers, and mental health professionals.
• Provide GP input and leadership to ensure integrated care across the PCNs services.
• Participate in team meetings, case discussions, and quality improvement initiatives.
5. Extension of Practice Services:
• Participate in initiatives that extend GP practice services, such as enhanced care for care home residents, remote consultations, and supporting ARRS professionals.
• Adapt to patient needs by offering flexible service delivery via face-to-face appointments or telephone triage within the health hub or across the practices.

Skills and Qualifications:

• GMC registered GP with a license to practice in the UK.
• Newly qualified GP (under 2 years of experience) with a strong interest in primary care.
• Excellent communication and consultation skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage a varied caseload.
• Proactive and flexible approach to adapting to patient and practice needs.

Benefits:

• Diverse clinical experience across multiple GP practices and the central health hub.
• Collaborative working environment with multi-disciplinary teams and support from senior clinicians.
• Flexible working arrangements to balance work and personal life.
• Opportunities for professional growth through ongoing training, mentorship, and development of specialised skills.
• Chance to make a meaningful impact on the health and wellbeing of the local community.