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Job summary

Main area
GP
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Contract
12 months (Fixed term)
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
265-6921282
Employer
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northampton
Town
Northampton
Salary
£59,175 - £110,330 Dependant on experience
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/02/2025 23:59

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Specialty Doctor

NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor

Job overview

Northampton General Hospital is looking for 2 salaried GPs (Specialty Doctors) to join our busy Urgent Treatment Centre. We can offer opportunities on a fixed term contract basis and although we would ideally like 10 sessions per week, we would be happy to discuss this.

We use Symphony as our clinical system and offer an open access model to our patients. Working as part of our multidisciplinary team, you will have the opportunity to support and care for a diverse patient group.

Main duties of the job

  • Undertaking a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork, reports and correspondence in a timely fashion;
  • Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting medical problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcare workers within the organisation;
  • Assessing the healthcare needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems;
  • Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness;
  • Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols;
  • Delivering enhanced services;
  • Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions;
  • All general duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

 

Working for our organisation

**Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications**

Northampton General Hospital NHS  Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

  • Compassion
  • Accountability
  • Respect
  • Integrity
  • Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. 

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups.  We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Silver Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. 

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Undertaking a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork, reports and correspondence in a timely fashion;
  • Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting medical problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcare workers within the organisation;
  • Assessing the healthcare needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems;
  • Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness;
  • Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols;
  • Delivering enhanced services;
  • Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions;
  • All general duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

 

Person specification

Knowledge and Expertise

Essential criteria
  • Significant ED or UTC experience
  • Experience of Clinical Governance processes
Desirable criteria
  • Competent with IT systems

Qualification

Essential criteria
  • MRCGP trained or ST3 trainee (Fully qualified)
  • Full GMC registration
Desirable criteria
  • Special interest in UTC and ED

Registration

Essential criteria
  • On GMC registered Medical Practitioner GMC specialist registration or within 6 months of CCT

Teaching

Essential criteria
  • Experience of teaching/supervision, training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff

Management and Audit

Essential criteria
  • Understanding the principles of clinical governance and its implications
  • Leadership skills
  • Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
  • Ability to organise research and work within research governance procedures
  • Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures
  • Ability to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives
  • IT skills and computer literacy
  • Understanding and experience of audit

Research/publications

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of research methodology
Desirable criteria
  • Training in research methodology
  • Publications in peer review journals
  • Presentations to learned societies

Language

Essential criteria
  • Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements

Personal Skills

Essential criteria
  • Energy and enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure
  • Team player
  • Adaptable/Flexible/energetic and enthusiastic
  • To be a reflective practitioner
  • An enquiring and critical approach to work
  • Caring attitude to patients
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other staff
  • Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development
  • Commitment to deliver a high quality service with patient welfare at forefront of practice
Desirable criteria
  • Challenge accepted practice
  • Drive change management

Employer certification / accreditation badges

We are a Living Wage EmployerApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerPositive about disabled peopleJob share policyDisability confident leaderPathway to excellenceDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - SilverMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.We offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.ENEI Gold '22NHS Rainbow badgeAccessAbleNHS 75th BirthdayHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingNHS Rainbow Badge - BronzeArmed Forces Covenant111 Help Us Help YouCycle to Work

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Kelly Ratcliffe
Job title
Directorate/Deputy Divisional Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07731 002075
Additional information

Dr Tristan Dyer,

Deputy Divisional Director for Urgent & Emergency Care, & Chief Clinical Information Officer

[email protected]

07701 372764

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