Salaried General Practitioner - Willow Group

Job summary
The Willow Group are looking for a Salaried GP to join our ever expanding team. You will be part of a dynamic team responsible for providing sustainable, population-based health and social care, while ensuring our patients are seen in a timely manner by the most appropriate clinician within the Extended Primary Care Team.

The Willow Group is unique; we are partnered with Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which is one of the largest Community and Mental Health Trusts in the UK. This comes with the opportunity to expand your knowledge and develop your skills within multidisciplinary teams in different specialties.

The Willow Group work over 4 Sites providing:

• GP led, working with a highly skilled team of ANPs, Nurses, Pharmacists, CPNs, First Contact Practitioners in MSK, Physician's Associate, Paramedic, Social Prescribers and supported by a motivated and efficient admin team
• Training for FY2s, GP Registrars, Nurses and Physicians Associates
• Primary Care Research
• Same Day Access Service
• Home Visiting Service
• A Strong MDT approach to routine care
• 15 minute appointments offering flexibility of telephone, video, on-line or face-to-face consultations
• Clinical administration sessions
• Forward thinking and innovative PCN

Main duties of the job
In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care including:

• Making professionally autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems
• Consults with patients in the surgery, at home visits and via telephone or on-line mechanisms
• Undertakes triage calls, triage visits, checking and signing of repeat prescriptions
• Screens patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, develops care plans for health.
• Provides counselling and health education as necessary.
• Admits or discharges patients to and from caseload and refers them to other care providers internally and externally as appropriate
• Complies with all relevant clinical governance and Practice polices and protocols.
• Assists in the establishment of appropriate systems to manage common chronic medical conditions.
• Records clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Provides active input to the wider Primary healthcare team in the process of health needs research/base line data collection/clinical audit.
• Compiles and issues computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions, prescribing in accordance with the Practice/Fareham & Gosport CCG prescribing formulary
• Meets professional learning and CPD requirements.

About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Qualifications
Essential

• Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
• Evidence of annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate)
• General practice (Vocational Training Scheme) trained
• On/eligible to be on a medical performers list
• Enhanced CRB check
• UK driving licence
• Current CPR certificate
• UK work permit (if required)

Desirable

• Evidence of continued professional development
• Other Post Graduate Diplomas

Experience
Essential

• Successfully Completed General Practice Specialist Training
• Appropriate range of previous experience in hospital posts
• Clinical and Information Governance
• 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

Desirable

• Completed GP specialist training within last 2 years
• Experience of working a variety of clinical software systems

Additional Criteria
Essential

• Evidence of self directed learning
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to articulate the core values of general practice
• Knowledge of current issues affecting general practice
• Counselling and Feedback skills
• Team working and interdisciplinary collaboration;
• Ability to maintain trust and confidence of patients;
• Leadership skills;
• Willingness to share knowledge and collaborate across entire primary health team;
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with multi- disciplinary teams;
• Ability to work flexibly;
• 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

Desirable

• Knowledge of service provision requirements in all clinical disciplines
• Ability to adapt to differing workplaces
• Ability to challenge traditional models of working and to suggest improvements for change in a positive and inclusive manner

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.