Job Vacancies

Due to retirement, we are looking for a Salaried GP to join our Practice across 3 sites.  We are a long established, fully merged practice with around 37,000 patients.  We have a diverse primary care team of social prescribers, pharmacists, physiotherapists, nurses, healthcare assistants, advanced nurse practitioners, physician associates, care co-ordinators, salaried GPs, retainer GPs and GP partners.

Meon Health Practice is innovative and high achieving, but more importantly, a friendly and welcoming practice continually seeking to improve patient care services.

The salary will be competitive and dependent upon your experience, and includes indemnity, six weeks of annual leave and a week of study leave.

About Us

• We deliver care across three purpose-built surgeries
• We have an Urgent Care team who deal with our patients’ same day health concerns
• We have a Complex Care team who manage the needs of our housebound patients (including home visits), those in residential or nursing care, or those with increasing frailty
• We are a well-established training practice with six GP registrars, whilst we also host other students including paramedics and nurse associates
• We have a focused Quality Improvement Team who drive forward innovation and develop our processes
• Communication and teamwork is vital for us, and you will be part of a practice team who support each other with information and advice

If we sound like people that you would like to work with, then we would love to hear from you.  We welcome informal visits and we can arrange a conversation with one of our team if you would like to know more.

To apply, please to go NHS Jobs online and apply for this vacancy, or send your curriculum vitae FAO: [email protected]

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the right individual to join our growing multi-disciplinary clinicians. We are currently looking to expand and require an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to deliver same day care to individuals as well as looking after patients in their homes or visiting residential and nursing homes.  This will include telephone triage, history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of care. You will demonstrate safe, clinical decision making and expert care, including assessment and diagnostic skills. You will demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process.

Clinical care

• Act as Advanced Nurse Practitioner, demonstrating advanced clinical competence and a knowledge base beyond those associated with conventional nursing roles
• Work as an autonomous practitioner to undertake consultations, using own clinical judgement to diagnose, treat or refer patients and provide clinical case management for same day access, housebound/care home patients with acute/chronic/palliative care needs and those at risk of deterioration in health that may result in unplanned, avoidable hospital admission or necessary length of hospital stay
• Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug and non-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan
• Ensure compete and accurate documentation of each and every patient contact
• Make direct referrals to primary, secondary, and social services within locally agreed pathways, guidance and protocols
• Ensure appropriate DNACPR decisions are in place
• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles and apply principles of self-care
• You will undertake proactive consultations with Nursing / Residential home and housebound patients within the Meon Health Practice. You will provide advice to care home staff on patient care and wider health policy. This includes patient specific care plans and DNACPR decisions

Professional role

The post-holder will:

• Promote evidence-based practice via latest research-based guidelines and the development of practice-based research
• Monitor the effectiveness of their own clinical practice through quality assurance strategies such as the use of audit and peer review
• Maintain any professional registration
• Participate in continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities to ensure that up to date evidence-based knowledge and competence in all aspects of the role is maintained including maintaining up to date CPR training and other core competencies
• Record accurate, timely consultation data within the patient’s records  
• Work collaboratively with colleagues within and external to the Practice
• Pro-actively promote the complex care role within the Meon Health Practice and externally to key stakeholders and agencies
• Identify own learning needs in order to remain up to date and improve service delivery

Non-clinical team role

The post-holder will:

• Identify appropriate opportunities to delegate both clinical and administrative tasks to other appropriate staff
• Help the practice operate in a cost-effective manner
• Identify and manage care risks on a continuing basis
• Participate in practice meetings as required
• Participate in audits and inspections as appropriate
• Work closely with the doctors and managers in the setting up and/or improving of Meon Health Practice systems for monitoring/measuring performance against clinical governance and quality targets

Health & Safety and Risk Management

• The post-holder must comply at all times with Meon Health Practice Health and Safety policies
• The post-holder will comply with the Data Protection Act (1998) and the Access to Health Records Act (1990)

Equality and Diversity

The post-holder must co-operate with all policies and procedures designed to ensure equality of employment. Co-workers, patients and visitors must be treated equally irrespective of gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion etc.

Respect for patient confidentiality

The post-holder should respect patient confidentiality at all times and not divulge patient information unless sanctioned by the requirements of the role.

Communication and working relationships

The post-holder will establish and maintain effective communication pathways with the following:

• GPs within the Meon Health Practice and externally with the ICB as a whole
• Whole nursing team including Nurse Practitioners
• Reception and Administration Teams

Special Working Conditions

The post-holder is required to travel independently between sites, patient homes and to attend meetings etc hosted by other agencies. The post-holder will have contact with bodily fluids, i.e. wound exudates, urine, blood etc whilst in clinical practice and must take precautions as required to minimise the risk of infection/contamination using PPE.

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1994

Due to the nature of this work, this post is exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1994 (Exceptions) Order 1995. Applicants for posts are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are “spent” under the provisions of the Act. In the event of employment, any failure to disclose such convictions could result in disciplinary action or dismissal by the Practice. Any information given will be completely confidential and will be considered only in relation to an applicant of a position to which the order applies.

Job Description Agreement

This job description is intended to provide an outline of key tasks and responsibilities only. There may be other duties required of the post-holder commensurate with this position. This description will be open to regular review and may be amended to incorporate further development or changes within the Meon Health Practice. All members of staff should be prepared to work, flexibly within the Meon Health Practice.

We welcome informal visits and we can arrange a conversation with one of our team if you would like to know more.

To apply, please to go NHS Jobs online and apply for this vacancy, or send your curriculum vitae FAO: [email protected]