Job Description SALARIED GP Reporting to: The Practice Partners: Dr’s Marshall, Maclean, Jones & Kirkwood on clinical matters and the Business Practice Manager David Shand on administrative issues Hours of work: Seven sessions per week over five days (5 booked + on-call) plus home visits, & one week in 5, an additional Friday PM emergencies only session Contract type: Permanent position with a one year probationary period Role summary: The post-holder will manage a patient 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 Location: Cyncoed Medical Centre (N.W Cardiff) Annual leave: Six weeks (42 sessions) pro rata annual leave Study leave: week per annum to support CPD and Appraisal Salary: c£60,000 + professional indemnity cover Other terms and conditions: As per those described in the BMA GPC ‘Focus on Salaried GPs’ document The Contract of Employment will be broadly based on BMA’s model Contract of Employment document Main purpose of the role: To support the four GP partners in the Practice to manage a busy, interesting clinical caseload The appointee will also have the opportunity to take part in leading on key disease areas (monitoring trends in treatment, staff training and prescribing) and assist in developing appropriate healthcare services for a diverse suburban patient list; Including Directed Enhanced Services commissioning, patient participation and health promotion Clinical responsibilities: • • • • • • • • • In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork, referrals and correspondence in a timely manner Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether selfreferred 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 taw1666264788.doc 20/10/2022 • • • • Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding handwritten prescriptions whenever possible.) Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate Ensuring that all work carried out which carries a private fee is properly recouped and accounted for; eg Medical Reports, Insurance reports, private letters to rd Parties etc 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 with the Practice: • • • • • • Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety 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 Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records Contributing to the summarising of patient records and accurate Read-Coding of patient data Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate 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 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 may 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 assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others’ health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy, to include: • • • • • Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards Reporting potential risks identified Equality and Diversity The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include: • • • Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of people’s rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights Personal/Professional Development taw1666264788.doc 20/10/2022 In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include: • • • Participation in a Practice based annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development Maintaining skills and knowledge for CPD and accreditation via the annual GP appraisal process including attending monthly CPET sessions organised and coordinated by the University Local Health Board Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work Quality The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will: • • • • • Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the team’s performance Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs Effectively manage own time, workload and resources Communication The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to: • • • Communicate effectively with other team members Communicate effectively with patients and carers Recognise peoples’ needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly Contribution to the planning and implementation of services The post-holder will: • • • Apply practice policies, standards and guidance Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work Participate in clinical audits when requested or where appropriate taw1666264788.doc 20/10/2022 PERSON SPECIFICATION - Salaried General Practitioner The post-holder should have an interest and enthusiasm in developing their career in primary health care and general practice, in addition to an interest in continuing professional development Specifically, the appointee will demonstrate the following qualities: • • • • • • • A vocationally trained and accredited GP A good knowledge of and interest in general practice and primary care in an urban or suburban setting Initiative, creativity and motivation Have a collegial team spirit and feel comfortable in a strongly multidisciplinary team environment Able to take a consultative approach to their work, appropriately involving relevant people A proven interest in a particular disease area (e.g diabetes) and the willingness to take a leadership role on this particular issue A good working knowledge and interest in national primary care strategies and ideas on how to implement these for the development of the Practice Essential skills and experience • • • • • • • • • • • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills Ability to work as part if a multi-disciplinary team Ability to work with limited supervision Understanding of the pressures faced by GPs and healthcare teams Willingness to contribute to and participate in a peer support group Current registration with the GMC and appropriate representation with a recognised medical defence organisation IT proficient and familiarity with primary care clinical systems (the Practice uses Vision) Familiarity in using the Microsoft suite of programmes Proven ability to handle a busy and varied primary care case load Proven ability to offer support within a clinical team and share learning points in Practice meetings Ability to draft cogent, error-free letters and reports in a timely manner A good understanding of GMS contracting requirements and the operation of the Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF.) Desirable skills and experience • • • Experience and an interest in academic research and/ or medical education within a primary care setting Experience and an interest in either men’s or women’s health issues, osteoporosis, healthcare of the elderly or dementia Additional Language fluency – e.g Welsh taw1666264788.doc 20/10/2022 Dr Marshall & Partners (Cyncoed Medical Centre) Practice Profile Cyncoed Medical Centre is a four partner practice serving approximately 8900 patients The practice currently operates in a purpose built premises and can accommodate up to 10 medical and paramedical staff to consult at a time; whilst providing 48 car parking spaces, 18 of which are in a secure underground car park The practice is situated in a suburban part of Cardiff which sits on the boundary between mature, very high quality residential housing and an area of continuing major growth in a new housing development – including both private and housing association premises Cyncoed Medical Centre has provided medical services to the residents of Cyncoed and surrounding districts for over 60 years, during which time it has grown from a singlehanded practice to a 4-partner group practice The practice has three practice nurses plus a Nurse Practitioner, Health Care Assistants, a visiting health visitor and a Community Nursing team comprising of District Nurses (of all grades.) The practice has been paperless for approximately years and currently operates patient electronic files using Vision clinical software • • • • Dr Guy Marshall, Senior Partner (with specialist interests in COPD & Asthma as well as drug and alcohol treatment) Dr Anna Maclean (with specialist interests Child Protection, & Dermatology); Dr John Jones (with specialist interests in prescribing, Diabetes, and QOF); Dr Manon Kirkwood (with specialist interests in Gynae, QOF & Mental Health); All administrative aspects of the Practice are managed by David Shand (Practice Manager) The Practice employs one Nurse Practitioner, practice nurses, and 12 administrative & reception staff to support the Practice There is also a full range of attached staff comprising District Nurses, Health visitor, Midwife, and Phlebotomist The Partners describe their approach as ‘compassionate & business focussed’ and look forward to appointing another a salaried GP with similar vision and adaptability CMC has a reputation for excellent, long established patient relationships and have a refreshing innovative ethos The partners are very proud of their recent work in providing a first class process for patient access using and developing both Nurse led minor illness/triage clinics and telephone based GP surgeries to support the delivery of the NHS Wales directive that all patients will be able to access a member of the primary care team within 24 hours and much sooner in an emergency taw1666264788.doc 20/10/2022 ... 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... Phlebotomist The Partners describe their approach as ‘compassionate & business focussed’ and look forward to appointing another a salaried GP with similar vision and adaptability CMC has a reputation... and others’ health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy, to include: • • • • • Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines