Job overview

Hours: Full / Part time available

We are currently looking to recruit salaried General Practitioners in any one of 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 post has now become vacant following the retirement of the current post holder.  

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.

Working for our organisation

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

·       Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest

·       Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire

·       48 general practices (five of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres

·       Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services

·       Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales”