Job summary
Due to continued growth in our patient list, we're looking for an experienced GP to join our proactive, forward-thinking practice for 4-5 sessions per week.

We're a dynamic, supportive team with a strong reputation for high-quality patient care, excellent teamwork and a welcoming culture. You'll be joining an experienced multidisciplinary team in a well-organised Practice where GPs are valued and supported.

Godolphin Health is a two site Practice, (one at Praze an Beeble and the other at Connor Downs), conveniently situated within a 10 mins drive off the A30.

We are a training practice looking after a list of 9303 patients over two sites, dispensing to 65% of them. The 3 partners are supported by a growing fantastic multidisciplinary team comprising 5 salaried GPs, 1 advanced nurse practitioners, 1 paramedic practitioner, 2 practice nurses, 2 HCAs and a phlebotomist. In addition, we have our GP trainees. Through our Primary Care Network, we have a share of 3 mental health practitioners, a first contact physiotherapist, a care home paramedic, 2 social prescribers, 2 pharmacists and 3 pharmacy technicians. We are all a friendly and supportive bunch!

Main duties of the job
We triage all appointment requests using Klinik. We do 12 consultations in the morning and afternoon surgeries and an equal share of duty sessions. There is protected time for pathology results processing. Home visits are rare and are shared amongst the clinical team allowing us to offer excellent care to our palliative and most frail housebound patients without being overburdensome. We provide Enhanced Access to General Practice services on a shared rota.

We have a weekly MDT with the whole clinical team which is a great time to come together for patient care and personal learning. We hold a three-monthly protected half-day clinical governance/educational meeting for all staff.

In Feb 2022 we were rated as good by the CQC in all areas.

We have modern high-quality premises and we are one of two members of the proactive and flourishing North Kerrier West Primary Care Network.

If you're an enthusiastic, patient-focused GP looking to be part of a friendly, progressive practice, we'd love to hear from you.

About us
To help you provide an excellent standard of practice and care, there is continuous support provided by very experienced, knowledgeable and caring Dispensary, Administration and Patient Care Navigation Teams. The Teams keep their professional knowledge up to date to ensure a safe caring and effective working environment that is responsive to the patients needs and is well led. Always aiming towards delivering best practice.

Job responsibilities
This document is merely a framework for the role and the post holder should have autonomy to develop the role according to the health care needs of the practice population, and in line with the Practices strategic direction. A full version of the Job Description is available on request.

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. The caseload of a practitioner is proportionate to the number of sessions he or she works and this will be reflected in the allocation of clinical responsibilities as set out below. A routine session is based on a clinic at one of the Practice sites containing up to 12 appointments. A session may also comprise acting as a site doctor or visiting doctor as part of the Practices duty team, seeing patients on the day. Core GMS hours of work are between 8.00 and 18.30 Monday to Friday and these shall be the usual hours of work but the postholder will be required to undertake his/her fair share of surgeries outside core GMS hours under the extended hours enhanced service, the improved access scheme or schemes which supersede, amend or supplement those.

Clinical responsibilities:
In accordance with the practice rota, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/herself available to undertake a range 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. The practice manages its urgent and on-the-day demand as a duty team and, as such, the postholder will be required to take his/her fair share of duties over the practices working hours and will work flexibly within that team to meet demand.

• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.
• Ensuring the timely review of all workflow within the practice systems to include: incoming documents, pathology results, medicines management/queries, practice emails and tasks.
• 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.
• Referring to other care providers as appropriate.
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Collecting data for audit purposes.
• 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 Practice is required to provide patients with details or copies of their medical records redacted in line with governing law. It is also required from time to time to supply medical reports or forms to third parties. Postholders will involve themselves to an extent reasonably & proportionately required in order to fulfil the Practices obligations and the expectations of our patients.
• 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:
The postholder will be required to undertake his/her fair share of surgeries outside core GMS hours under the extended hours enhanced service, the improved access scheme or schemes which supersede, amend or supplement them.

• The postholder will be required to undertake his/her fair share of surgeries outside core GMS hours under the extended hours enhanced service, the improved access scheme or schemes which supersede, amend or supplement them.
• Attendance at practice clinical meetings as scheduled.
• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety and safeguarding of children & vulnerable adults.
• A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.
• Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation.
• Commitment to data quality within computer-based patient records.
• Contributing to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data.
• Attending / undertaking training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate and ensure that training is kept up to date in line with Practice protocols.

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.

• In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder will have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They 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.

Health & safety:
The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management of their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and published procedures.

Equality and diversity:
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues.

Personal/professional development:
In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements for PREP are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment.

Quality:
Godolphin Health is committed to quality throughout the organisation. In line with that commitment the postholder will perform such work as may reasonably & proportionately be required to fulfil the requirements of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and other quality schemes to which the Practice may ascribe, such as the General Practice Prescribing Quality Scheme (GPPQS). Godolphin Health has consistently achieved 100% in QOF and regards consistency in those standards as central to preserving the reputation and status of the business. More generally the post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice.

Communication:
The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to communicate effectively with others.

Person Specification

Qualifications
Essential

• Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
• On Medical Performers List
• Annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate)
• General practice (Vocational Training Scheme) trained
• Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check
• UK driving licence
• UK work permit (if required)
• Current level 3 safeguarding certificate (adult and children)

Desirable

• Evidence of continued professional development
• MRCGP
• Experience of teaching undergraduate students
• Palliative care
• Womens health issues e.g. contraception implants

Experience
Essential

• 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
• Car owner

Desirable

• Experience of working in primary care
• Experience of working in a GP Practice
• Experience of working with KLINIK and EMIS software

Aptitude and Abilities
Essential

• Willingness to share and collaborate across entire primary health team
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with mutli disciplinary teams Ability to work flexibly
• Ability to work autonomously
• 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
• Teamplayer

Desirable

• Ability to input to strategic and practice development requirements
• Desire to develop specialist skills
• Ability to challenge traditional models of working and to suggest improvements for change in a positive and inclusive manner
• GP trainer

Motivation
Essential

• Commitment to primary prevention and health improvement
• Addressing health inequalities
• Patient empowerment
• Patient advocate
• Excellent communicator

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.