Job Title

We are a unique dispensing practice in a picturesque Cotswold town with excellent railway connections to both Oxford and London. Attractive Cotswold Stone single site premises with good on-site parking. Easy access to Charlbury Station, which is only a 15 minute journey from Oxford Station. We use EMIS Web, AccuRx and Docman 10 and are a dispensing practice. We are a forward thinking practice with a strong cohesive, happy team.We are seeking a Salaried GP for 2-3 sessions per week to include a Thursday.25 x 15 minute appointments and 2.5 hours admin per day.Contract includes Indemnity Insurance.Minimal home visits due to the support of Early Visiting Service.No Nursing Home.This post is offered as a permanent position with 6 weeks annual leave and 1 week study leave pro rata.Salary dependent on experience.Monthly afternoon practice meetings.Well supported by our existing team of clinicans and administrative staff.We are a Research Active Practice.Our team currently consists of GP partner, Paramedic/Managing partner, Salaried GPs, Practice Nurses, Nurse Associate, Health Care Assistants and we also have a physiotherapist, pharmacist and mental health practitioner working at our practice.Main duties of the jobWe are looking to appoint a part-time salaried GP to join our team for 2-3 sessions per week to include all day on a Thursday.About usThe Charlbury Medical Centre provides GP services to 5,489 patients in a rural area of the Cotswolds, in the small picturesque market town of Charlbury. The practice serves an area with an overall low level of deprivation, although there are pockets of rural poverty, with related issues of geographical isolation, including ease of access to medical care.The practice has two partners and 4 salaried GPs There are 2 practice nurses, a nurse associate and 2 healthcare assistants. We are a very friendly, strong, cohesive, happy team The surgery building was built in the late 1990s. There is an onsite dispensary which can provide pharmaceutical services to patients who live more than one mile (1.6km) from their nearest pharmacy premises. Two dispensers currently provide the services to approximately one third of the practices patients. The practice is fully open from 8am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday. The out of hours service is provided by Oxford Health and is accessed by calling NHS 111.Job responsibilitiesThe 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 temporarypatients. Responsibilities will reflect requirements of the NHS GP Contracts, and as such may be subject to change as services adapt.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 face to face, telephone and online consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashionMaking professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisationAssessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problemsScreening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illnessIn consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for healthProviding counselling and health educationAdmitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to othercare providers as appropriateRecording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standardsCompiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically)whenever this is clinically appropriateIn general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties andresponsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.Completion of medical reports (including NHS and private services as required)Other responsibilities within the organisation:Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g.prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safetyA commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practiceContributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisationContributing to the development of computer-based patient recordsContributing to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient dataAttending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, whereappropriate.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 inconfidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and actappropriatelyIn the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder mayhave access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practicestaff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to informationrelating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from anysource is to be regarded as strictly confidentialInformation relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or thebusiness of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordancewith the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and theprotection of personal and sensitive data.Health 'safety:The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and managementtheir own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practicehealth 'safety policy, the practice health 'safety manual, and the practice infectioncontrol policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practiceguidelinesAwareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory /contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelinesProviding advice on the correct and safe management of the specimens processincluding collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storageand transport arrangementsCorrect personal use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and ensuring correctuse of PPE by others, advising on appropriate circumstances for use by clinicians,staff and patients.Management of the full range of infection control procedures in both routine andextraordinary circumstances (e.g. pandemic or individual infectious circumstances)Hand hygiene standards for self and othersManaging directly all incidents of accidental exposureManagement and advice relating to infection control and clinically based patientcare protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practiceActive observation of current working practices across the practice in relation toinfection control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures arefollowed and weaknesses / training needs are identified, escalating issues asappropriate to the responsible personIdentifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in away that manages those risks across clinical and patient processMaking effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate andmanage the training of others across the full range of infection control and patientprocessesMonitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuringthat proper use is made of hand cleansing facilities, wipes etc, and that these aresufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of facilities to beescalated as appropriate to the responsible managerSafe management of sharps use, storage and disposalMaintenance of own clean working environmentUsing appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy,clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / correctiveaction where needed or escalation to responsible managementActively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards andinfection hazards immediately when recognisedKeeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, sterile,identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within thebusiness, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards ofcleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with responsiblemanagersUndertaking periodic infection control training (minimum twice annually) Correct waste and instrument management including handling, segregation, andMaintenance of sterile environmentsEquality and diversity:The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers andcolleagues, to include:Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting themin a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislationRespecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleaguesBehaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmentaland respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/orstudy days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements for PREP aremet, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by thepractice as part of this employment, such training to include:Participation in an annual individual performance review, including takingresponsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professionaldevelopmentTaking responsibility for own development, learning and performance anddemonstrating 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 riskAssess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly orunder supervisionContribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activitiesand making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performanceWork effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needsEffectively manage own time, workload and resources.Communication:The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within theteam and will strive to:Communicate effectively with other team membersCommunicate effectively with patients and carersRecognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respondaccordingly.Contribution to the implementation of services:The post-holder will:Apply practice policies, standards and guidanceDiscuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelineswill affect own workParticipate in audit where appropriatePerson SpecificationQualificationsFull GMC RegistrationFully Qualified GP with CCT, MRCGPNational Performers ListUK Driving LicenceEligibility to practice in UK independentlyEMIS WEBDocmanAbility to work independently and as part of a team.Coils/ImplantsEducational GP TrainerDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr