Salaried General PractitionerGP Practice
Job summary
Park Lane Practice Swindon are seeking a forward thinking
innovative GP or GPs to join our practice in an exciting time of working with
Primary Care Network within the Brunel Health Group. We are looking for at
least 6-8 sessions and would consider a combination of GPs to cover these
sessions i.e. 2 GPs undertaking 4 sessions each or any other combination would
happily be considered. This opportunity is being offered on a permanent
basis. We are a friendly, proactive & dynamic practice looking to develop
and explore new opportunities as they present themselves. Current
initiatives the practice are working with are Primary Care Network workforce
team of physiotherapists, clinical pharmacists
Main duties of the job
Our Contract for salaried doctors includes a
defined workload with a fixed number of patient contacts, no extended hours and
minimal paperwork.
We are keen to hear from doctors who want to be
part of a happy, positive, family friendly team.
The practice welcomes both
newly qualified GPs and those looking to further their career in a
professional, supportive environment.
About us
The practice profile is: Registered patients 7400. GP Partner, Salaried GPs, FCP, Nurse Team, Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Pharmacy Tech , GP Assistant .
Training Practice
Park Lane Practice TIER 2 registered practice
CQC- Good Feb 2023
QOF- High Achievement
SystmOne Clinical system
For more information, or to arrange
an informal visit to the practice, please contact Dr Humaira Ramzan at [email protected]
Informal enquiries and practice
visits welcome.
Details
Date posted
19 October 2026
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time,
Part-time
Reference number
A3623-26-0025
Job locations
7-9 Park Lane
Swindon
SN1 5HG
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB TITLE: SALARIED
GENERAL PRACTITIONER
REPORTS TO: THE SENIOR
PARTNER (Clinically)
THE PRACTICE & BUSINESS MANAGER (Administratively)
HOURS: TBC
Job summary:
The post-holder will manage a caseload and
deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the
highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.
Clinical
responsibilities:
In
accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will
make themselves available to undertake 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 and correspondence in a timely fashion
Making
professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems,
whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within
the organisation
Assessing
the health care 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
Providing
counselling and health education
Admitting
or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other
care providers as appropriate
Recording
clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
Collecting
data for audit purposes
Compiling
and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding
hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
Prescribing
in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically)
whenever this is clinically appropriate
In
general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal
duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary
care.
Other
responsibilities within the organisation:
Awareness
of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g.
prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
A
commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best
practice
Contributing
to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation
Contributing
to the development of computer-based patient records
Contributing
to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data
Attending
training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where
appropriate.
Confidentiality:
In the course of seeking treatment,
patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in
relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the
right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act
appropriately
In the performance of the duties
outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to
confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice
staff and other healthcare workers.
They may also have access to information relating to the practice
as a business organisation. All such information from any source is
to be regarded as strictly confidential
Information relating to patients,
carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice
may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice
policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of
personal and sensitive data.
Health & safety:
The post-holder will
implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management of their own and
others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice
health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the
practice infection control policy and published procedures. This will include
(but will not be limited to):
Using personal security systems within
the workplace according to practice guidelines
Awareness of national standards of
infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual /
professional requirements, and good practice guidelines
Providing advice on the correct and safe
management of the specimens process, including collection, labelling,
handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport
arrangements
Correct personal use of Personal
Protective Equipment (PPE) and ensuring correct use of PPE by others,
advising on appropriate circumstances for use by clinicians, staff and
patients.
Management of the full range of
infection control procedures in both routine and extraordinary
circumstances (e.g. pandemic or individual infectious circumstances)
Hand hygiene standards for self and
others
Managing directly all incidents of
accidental exposure
Management and advice relating to
infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and
implementation of those protocols across the practice
Active observation of current working
practices across the practice in relation to infection control,
cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed
and weaknesses/training needs are identified, escalating issues as
appropriate to the responsible person
Identifying the risks involved in work
activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those
risks across clinical and patient process
Making effective use of training to
update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of
others across the full range of infection control and patient processes
Monitoring practice facilities and
equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that proper use is
made of hand-cleansing facilities, wipes etc., and that these are
sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of
facilities to be escalated as appropriate to the responsible manager
Safe management of sharps use, storage
and disposal
Maintenance of own clean working environment
Using appropriate infection control
procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile and safe
way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where
needed or escalation to responsible management
Actively identifying, reporting, and
correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately
when recognised
Keeping own work areas and
general/patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and
hazards/risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and
assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of
cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with
responsible managers
Undertaking periodic infection control
training (minimum twice annually)
Correct waste and instrument management,
including handling, segregation, and container use
Maintenance of sterile environments
Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding
and promoting the welfare of children.
Equality and diversity:
The post-holder will support the equality,
diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
Acting
in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting
them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies,
and current legislation
Respecting
the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
Behaving
in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental
and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/professional
development:
In addition to maintaining continued
education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to
ensure that professional development requirements for PREP are met, the
post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice
as part of this employment, with such training to include:
Participation
in an annual individual performance review, including taking
responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional
development
Taking
responsibility for own development, learning and performance and
demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar
work.
Quality:
The post-holder will strive to maintain
quality within the practice, and will:
Alert
other team members to issues of quality and risk
Assess
own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly
or under supervision
Contribute
to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities
and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams
performance
Work
effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
Effectively
manage own time, workload and resources.
Communication:
The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective
communication within the team and will strive to:
Communicate effectively with other team
members
Communicate effectively with patients
and carers
Recognise peoples needs for alternative
methods of communication and respond accordingly.
Contribution to the
implementation of services:
The post-holder will:
Apply
practice policies, standards and guidance
Discuss
with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines
will affect own work
Participate
in audit where appropriate.
General:
The above duties are neither exclusive nor
exhaustive and the post holder may be required to take on other duties
appropriate to the role.
The Senior Partner
reserves the right to amend this job description in consultation with the post
holder.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
Experience of working in Primary Care
Desirable
Experience of working in Primary Care
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Employer details
Employer name
Park Lane Practice
Address
7-9 Park Lane
Swindon
SN1 5HG
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.parklanepracticeswindon.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Park Lane Practice
Address
7-9 Park Lane
Swindon
SN1 5HG
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.parklanepracticeswindon.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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