Salaried GP

Job overview

Hours:  Part time available

We are currently looking to recruit a  salaried General Practitioner into our Hywel Dda University Health Board managed practice located in Tenby which joined the Hywel Dda University Health Board portfolio of Managed Practices from 1 August 2018, following the resignation of the GMS contract.

This is an opportunity to join a circa 7,200 patient Practice.  You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team that includes Advanced Nurse/Paramedic Practitioners, Pharmacist and Pharmacy Technician support as well as experienced and well established nursing and administrative teams.  The Health Board is committed to multi-disciplinary team working and will be looking to expand the team further in the coming months.     We are looking for a Salaried GP to join our team to provide leadership as well as a clinical commitment and can offer a mix of face-to-face consultations, telephone triage and remote consultations.  The Practice uses E-Consult and has signed up to Workflow Optimization.     You will be part of the wider Health Board GP team and have the opportunity to participate in a monthly Journal Club and have peer support through the Deputy Medical Director’s team, as well as from your salaried GP peers and from the Primary Care Cluster Locality Lead.  There is the opportunity for training and development in any areas of specialist interest.

Main duties of the job

• To provide, as part of a core multi-disciplinary team, a high quality general medical service to the registered patients of the practice (including temporary residents)
• To provide consultation and appropriate clinical management of patients attending the practice, or to those where a home visit is clinically necessary
• To provide leadership, clinical oversight and direction to the rest of the clinical team
• To provide telephone and/or virtual consultation and appropriate management of patients who contact the practice, where necessary
• To undertake telephone triage as and when necessary
• To keep accurate and legible records of all patient contacts and contribute to electronic data recording and audit as directed by the service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate for this Consultant post will be eligible to hold an Honorary Academic title at a partner university on the understanding that they will participate in undergraduate teaching, including acting as an examiner, and support and facilitate research activities in an appropriate university faculty and school. They will take direction in these activities via the appropriate academic lead. The agreement to define the Honorary Academic responsibilities and associated programmed activities in relation to teaching time and research will be negotiated jointly between the post holder, the university and the Health Board. It will form part of the successful candidate’s job plan. The award of the Honorary Academic contract will be dependent upon a formal application being submitted to the university in accordance with the Honorary Appointments procedures and will be available on a fixed term basis subject to satisfactory performance in the academic activity undertaken.

For full details of the role requirements please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for this vacancy.