Job summary
Valentine Medical Centre, 2 Smethurst Street, Manchester
Salaried GP - 6 sessions Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Are you looking to settle down and enjoy the benefits of a friendly, sociable, training practice? We are looking for a new member of our GP team.

Available in October, flexible start date for the right candidate

Salary from £10,500 per session per annum, depending on experience, plus indemnity.

Main duties of the job
Our practice ethos is to combine high standards of clinical care and training, in a supportive environment designed to encourage you to thrive and develop any interests or ambitions. We have daily informal meetings to catch up with each other and offer a named mentor GP partner to support newly qualified colleagues.

Excellent community support includes acute home visiting service and a dedicated care home team, so we genuinely have low home visit rates.

We are a GMS contract training practice in North Manchester. The practice population is a diverse list of around 11,000 patients. Our team includes 3 partner GPs, 5 salaried GPs, excellent experienced nurses, HCA, a focused care worker, practice pharmacist and dedicated prescription team, and a stable, accomplished administrative team lead by skillful managers. We highly value training & teaching and have medical students, GPSTs and Foundation Drs in practice.

About us
Practice website: https://www.valentinemedicalcentre.co.uk/
CQC rated Good: https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-544352441

Job responsibilities
Job purpose
To provide safe, effective and patient-centred general medical services to the practice population, working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary primary-care team.

The postholder will contribute to clinical care, appropriate administration, clinical governance, education and practice development within an agreed job plan and contracted hours.

Clinical duties

• Conduct face-to-face, telephone and online consultations.
• Assess, diagnose and manage patients presenting with acute and long-term conditions.
• Provide appropriate preventive care, health promotion and screening.
• Prescribe safely and appropriately within professional competence.
• Make referrals and seek specialist advice where clinically appropriate.
• Provide appropriate follow-up, continuity and safety-netting.
• Participate in duty-doctor or on-call work as per the rota.
• Undertake home visits when needed.
• Work collaboratively with nurses, pharmacists, healthcare assistants, administrative staff and other members of the wider team.

Administrative and clinical support work

• Complete clinical records accurately and promptly.
• Review and action investigations, correspondence, results and incoming clinical tasks arising from consultations.
• Complete referrals, reports and other necessary clinical documentation.
• Participate in significant-event reviews, complaints responses and clinical governance activity, with appropriate paid time provided.

Team contribution

• Attend practice, clinical and multidisciplinary meetings.
• Contribute to service development, audit, quality improvement and implementation of local policies.
• Support a respectful, inclusive and non-hierarchical working environment.
• Participate in practice education, mentoring or supervision where agreed and appropriately resourced.
• Maintain effective communication with colleagues and external healthcare professionals.

Professional responsibilities

• Maintain full GMC registration and inclusion on the appropriate performers list.
• Practice in accordance with GMC guidance, including Good Medical Practice.
• Maintain appropriate professional indemnity arrangements.
• Keep up to date with mandatory training and continuing professional development.
• Recognise and act on safeguarding concerns.
• Maintain confidentiality and comply with information-governance requirements.
• Participate in appraisal and revalidation processes.
• Work within professional competence and seek advice when required.

Person specification

• Registered medical practitioner with a licence to practice.
• Included, or eligible for inclusion, on the relevant performers list.
• MRCGP.
• Experience working in UK general practice.
• Ability to manage a broad range of presentations safely.
• Effective communication and consultation skills.
• Commitment to teamwork, continuity and high-quality patient care.
• Understanding of safeguarding, clinical governance and information governance.
• Ability to work within an agreed job plan and contracted hours.

Terms and benefits

• Six sessions per week (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday), with the working pattern agreed in advance.
• Salary paid pro rata to the full-time equivalent.
• NHS pension membership, subject to eligibility and scheme rules.
• Annual leave and sick leave in accordance with the contract.
• Protected CPD and professional-development time.
• Paid induction, including clinical systems, local pathways and practice procedures.
• Regular clinical support and access to a named senior GP.
• Practice support for appraisal, revalidation and professional development.
• LMC membership or levy arrangements in accordance with the applicable contract.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• MRCGP with CCT and GMC licence to practice with no restrictions.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.