GP Salaried

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a Salaried GP (6 sessions) to join our team in Merrow Park Surgery, just outside Guildford.
Join our thriving team, as we seek to further develop high quality, accessible & holistic healthcare for our patient population as well as providing a supportive & learning work environment for the health & wellbeing of all of our staff.
A salaried GP role affords a significant opportunity for Quality Improvement or Medical Leadership and developing your own clinical interests.
Our vision for the practice, our staff and patients, is only achievable and sustainable, if clinicians have reasonable workloads, supported by excellent organisation and teamwork, which if necessary, challenge secondary care models or patient expectations of GP service delivery.
Our clinical team meet daily informally over lunch, and more formally in weekly extended lunchtime Monday meeting. Meeting notes are available for colleagues not present BMA model contract including 30 days holiday/2 NHS days pro rata.
Competitive salary including paid medical indemnity

Responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities of the salaried GP. There may be on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

• The delivery of highly effective medical care to the entitled population
• The provision of services commensurate with the GMS contract
• Generic prescribing adhering to local and national guidance
• Effective management of long-term conditions
• Processing of administration in a timely manner, including referrals, repeat prescription requests and other associated administrative tasks
• On a rotational basis, undertake telephone triage and duty doctor roles
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with good practice, policy and guidance
• Working collaboratively, accepting an equal share of the practice workload
• Adhere to best practice recommended through clinical guidelines and the audit process
• Contribute to the successful implementation of continuous improvement and quality initiatives within the practice
• Accept delegated responsibility for a specific area (or areas) or the QOF
• Attend and contribute effectively to practice meetings as required
• Ensure compliance with the appraisal process
• Prepare and complete the revalidation process
• Commit to self-learning and instil an ethos of continuing professional development across the practice team
• Support the training of medical students from all clinical disciplines
• Review and adhere to practice protocols and policies at all times
• Encourage collaborative working, liaising with all staff regularly, promoting a culture of continuous improvement at all times

Requirements

In this role, the GP will be responsible for delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to a diverse population, collaborating closely with a multidisciplinary team to provide holistic healthcare solutions. The successful candidate will actively engage in clinical meetings, audits, and quality improvement initiatives.

Experience

Essential
Fully qualified GP with GMC registration

Desirable
Experience of medicines management
Experience of ICB initiatives

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified GP
• MRCGP
• Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent JCPTGP
• General Practitioner (Certificate of Completion of Training CCT)
• Full GMC Registration
• National Performers List registration
• Eligibility to practice in the UK independently

About us

• Purpose built & partner-owned, single premises with staff parking and nearby amenities.
• List size 11,800
• Personal lists and equalisation of workload
• Dynamic partnership, particularly involved with PCN, LMC Liaison, Clinical Supervision, Quality Improvement and Lifestyle medicine, as well as a shared focus on staff wellbeing
• Encouraged/instilled a no-blame/learning culture raising Learning Events where workflow & process issues are identified before developing into Significant Events
• Specialist clinics developed out of individual GP clinical interests
• Dedicated organised administration team with a vision to decrease GP administrative work to allow focus on clinical decision-making.
• First Contact Physios – first point of contact for MSK issues
• Health & Wellbeing Coach furthering our vision towards patient empowerment
• Were proud to offer a range of innovative services to support our patients and enhance the care we provide:
  • GPiMHS Mental Health Support and Adult Social Prescribers & Young Peoples Social Prescribing initiative
  • Youth Worker Pilot Program, currently in its early stages, designed to place a dedicated youth worker at our surgery.
  • Onsite Chaplaincy Service
  • Prescribing Pharmacist and Pharmacy technician support remotely through ARRS PCN
• The practice has no nursing homes
• Protected, daily coffee meeting for the whole clinical team
• Extended Monday clinical meeting for clinicians CPD, shared learning +/- outside consultant speakers

Benefits package

• A salaried GP role affords a significant opportunity for Quality Improvement or Medical Leadership and developing your own clinical interests.
• Our vision for the practice, our staff and patients, is only achievable and sustainable, if clinicians have reasonable workloads, supported by excellent organisation and teamwork, which if necessary challenge secondary care models or patient expectations of GP service delivery.
• Our clinical team meet daily informally over lunch, and more formally in weekly extended lunchtime Monday meeting. Meeting notes are available for colleagues not present
• BMA model contract including 30 days holiday/2 NHS days pro rata
• Competitive salary including paid medical indemnity

Recent staff initiatives

• Staff logo design: the winning entry to be adopted on our letterhead, was submitted as encompassing our vision for learning and inclusivity.
• Our PST (Patient Services Team) represent the role previously referred to as receptionists. This reflects the important and diverse role they have in patient signposting and triage
• Standing desks
• Successful bid for Whole Team Practice-Based learning half day.
• Bonus Birthday leave – if you are scheduled to work on your birthday
• Weekly fruit box and filtered water
• Recent Social events including Charity Quiz night and Cricket and cocktails night out.

Feedback from members of our current clinical team, who have joined us soon after qualification in their respective roles, is that the program of inclusion, an open-door policy with the partners and regular formal and informal education meetings has been helpful in providing stability during induction and instructive in settling to the responsibility of 21st Century Primary care.

Ongoing Quality Improvement programme geared towards working smarter, not harder.

• We operate a usual doctor (personal list) system encouraging continuity of care, as this develops rapport with our patients & is more rewarding from a GP personal perspective
• Workflow optimisation of incoming clinical correspondence
• Established Total triage system with Digital access via AccuRx
• Good use of EMIS web with AccuRx & personalised templates
• GP model of 15 minute urgent F2F slots
• Most GPs work from home 1xday/week, to accommodate special interests & work-life balance
  • Home broadband is necessary
  • Work laptop is provided
  • This includes facility for recorded calls via cloud-based remote telephony
• Ongoing education-weekly CPD meeting, regular undergraduate Assistantships & Training practice
• An active induction programme and supportive appraisal
• Monthly CPD meeting with Palliative care and Community Teams
• A focus on Staff Wellbeing with Standing Desks and an outside seating bench donated by a patient, and lovingly refurbished by another
• Full engagement with East Guildford PCN
• Dr Larisa Han is the deputy chair of Surrey LMC
• The team is particularly supportive and works well together
• Opportunity for extended OOH work in addition to the contracted hours at the surgery.