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Job summary

Main area
General Practice
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Salaried GP
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
40 hours per week
Job ref
050-SGPWEMCC-1124
Employer
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
West End Medical Centre
Town
Conwy
Salary
£71,061 - £107,229 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
27/11/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board logo

Salaried GP West End Medical Centre

NHS Medical & Dental: Salaried GP

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB)  North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme. We also offer a number of family-friendly benefits, including work-life balance policies.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh.  Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2024/2025 and will be implemented in November 2024 backdated to 1st April 2024 where applicable. 

 

Job overview

GPs - are you looking for a new salaried position? To work in a beautiful location, with excellent commuter links, and a great relocation package to bring you here?

We have GP Vacancies our Health Board Practice, West End Medical Centre, in Conwy County;

Westend Medical Centre is situated in Colwyn Bay, with a list size of 18,400 patients. Newly merged from to Practices within the same building, West End Medical Centre is focused on delivering a social model of care and has a multi-Disciplinary team including GPs, Nurses, Physiotherapists and Pharmacists. The practice is also moving towards recruitment of other health care professionals such as Advanced Practice Paramedics and Physicians Associates.

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.

In accordance with an agreed practice timetable, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone, video, and email consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, providing advice to other colleagues, and dealing with queries, paperwork, referrals and correspondence in a timely manner.

Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, including undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation, with due reference to best practice and evidence based guidelines.

Screen patients for disease risk factors, early signs of illness and promote public health interventions.

Admit or discharging patients to and from the active caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate.

Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.

Collect data for audit purposes.

 

 

Working for our organisation

The Location:

Conwy County and Colwyn Bay both have a variety of independent coffee shops and bars and is close to the town of Llandudno with a good range of retail stores and a theatre and conference centre. Its coastal location also means that within minutes you can be in the countryside and heading to the Snowdonia National Park. There are also good road and rail links to Chester, Manchester and Liverpool. This family friendly town is close to a number of great state and independent schools, and the University Health Board has links with the two local Universities in Bangor and Wrexham (Glyndwr University).

Why Should You Apply?

  • Opportunity to be involved in developing the practice’s services.
  • Flexible working hours, with full, part time and portfolio applications welcomed.
  • Opportunities to develop professionally.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find a full job description and person specification within the additional documents section of the advert. You can also find a full GP Information pack.

Person specification

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Flexible approach
  • Motivated and efficient
  • Commitment to learn and best practice

General

Essential criteria
  • Satisfactory Immigration Status
  • Satisfactory Health Clearance
  • Satisfactory Disclosure Check
  • Valid Driving License
  • Car owner

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC Registration with a licence to practise and entry on the GP Register
  • Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Practice / Certificate Confirming Eligibility for General Practice Registration (CEGPR), or equivalent
  • Included on a Medical Performers List or eligible
  • Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
  • MRCGP
  • Academic excellence (prizes, merits, distinctions etc.)

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in general practice and working in multi-disciplinary team
  • Vocational GP training
Desirable criteria
  • Eligibility for minor surgery, obstetrics, family planning accreditation

Skills and Knowledge Ability

Essential criteria
  • Proven ability to handle a busy and varied primary care caseload and respond flexibly to workload fluctuations
  • Ability to take independent clinical decisions when necessary and to seek advice from senior doctors as appropriate
  • Commitment to team approach and multi-disciplinary working
  • Effective counselling and communication skills
  • Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance
  • Commitment to participating in and understanding of the management process
  • Good IT proficiency
  • Ability to develop and sustain relationships with a wide range of individuals and within groups
  • Ability to work across organisations to deliver a common objective
  • Ability to draft letters, reports and protocols in a timely manner
Desirable criteria
  • Audit
  • Research interests relevant to post
  • Teaching / Training experience
  • Ability to speak Welsh

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Working ForwardApprenticeships logoDisability confident leaderStonewall Top 100Stop Smoking Wales is the NHS Smoking Cessation Service in WalesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.hyderus o ran anableddTime to changeStonewall Top 100 EmployersCore principles

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Darryn Thomas
Job title
Senior Practice Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

[email protected]

Darryn Thomas - [email protected]

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