GP; Maternity Cover

An exciting opportunity to work within an evolvinginnovative and forward-facing clinical model for general practice at City Road Medical Centre. Applications from GPs at all levels of experience are welcome for this fixed-term maternity locum role.

At its core, you will work as a member ofthe in-house clinical team and provide a critical role of deliveringappointments and care to the registered list of patients. You will be offeringcontinuity and case management where needed and appropriate. City Road Medical Centre operates an innovative digital triage hub, and you will play a key role within this, helping to ensure patients get the right care they need from theright person at the right time.

You will manage admin such as blood results,and be part of a team to collectively manage shared admin alongside other GPsand other staff members. Responsibilities will reflect requirements of the NHSGP Contracts, and as such may be subject to change as services adapt. This postoffers the opportunity for role and career development, especially with regardsto training and supervision of the wider MDT as the team and service evolves.

The role may also involve complex care depending on your interests and skills.

Islington GP Federation (IGPF) is a growing organisation representing 31 practices; we have established ourselves as a leader in new ways of working, including running Islington's extended access primary care services (I:

HUB) as well as supporting the Islington Primary Care Networks (PCNs).

Our current range of services include the Extended Access Service, I:

HUB, Community Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT), Integrated Community Gynaecology, practice-based pharmacists and a range of practice support mechanisms.

IGPF works very closely with a range of partners including the regional commissioning group, NHS England, Healthy London Partnership, Public Health, local hospitals such as UCLH, Whittington Health and the London Borough of Islington.

IGPF is the host organisation for the Primary Care Network (PCN) workforce and the Islington Training Hub and has been working for over two years to create training and development programmes that meet the needs of staff working in primary and community care settings.

IGPF runs four Islington GP practices, one on a GMS contract, two on APMS contracts and one caretaking contracts

• Arange of face to face, telephone and triage sessions for patient contact, bothsame day and planned care where appropriate
• Managepathology results for tests generated through patient contacts in a sharedcapacity with all other doctors.
• Useand adhere to practice systems for excellent communication and handover with lead
  
  GP and other relevant MDT colleagues, including any clinicians working off-site
• Support the triage process for all patient-leddemand
• Contribute to clinical admin including evaluating, actioning and processing hospital correspondence and results. This includes ordering appropriate tests and ensuring safety netting and follow up. You will contact the patient to complete tasks where this is required.
• Supportingother members of the MDT including pharmacists, paramedics, nurses, physicianassociate, healthcare assistants and administrators with clinical and processquestions as needed
• Participating in and being visible as part of the practice team, including attendance at clinical team meetings and whole team meetings
• QIand audit projects, depending on need
• Pay attention to appropriate coding, note keeping and flagging of any system issuesas they arise
• Raise safeguarding concerns with named leadswhere appropriate

Your work will particularly support continuity of care,safety and quality for complex or urgent cases:

• You will take responsibility for managingcomplexity and facilitating continuity of care where appropriate
• Informing other GPs about complex cases known tothem
• Display your clinical reasoning clearly in therecords

• Experience of working in UK General Practice.
• Experience of working with diverse and vulnerable groups, including use of interpreters.
• Experience of being the named GP for a list of patients or of providing continuity of care
• Experience of GP admin including eg PIP forms
• Experience using EMIS Web, Docman, Accurx, MS Teams
• Experience of clinical triage
• Clinical experience of 2+ years
• Experience of working with deprived populations
• Delivery of clinical audit
• QOF management
• Experience of working in Islington/ NCL general practice
• Experience of working in at-scale systems
• Experience of safeguarding leadership/ desire to take this on
• Supervision of other roles and staff members

• GMC Registered,
• Qualified General Practitioner (MRCGP or equivalent)
• Currently on a performers list.
• GP trainer

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)…