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Platform GP- Remote - (Part time) employed and self employed options

Employer
Push Doctor
Location
Remote Working
Salary
Platform GP- Remote - (Part time) employed and self employed options
Closing date
27 Oct 2021

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Contract Type
Contract
Hours
Part Time
Function
Locum GP
Sector
Primary Care

Job Details

Join Push Doctor as a Platform GP- Employed and Self Employed Options

We are looking for innovative Primary Care Clinicians, focussed on delivery of high quality, effective clinical patient care across multiple partners. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a healthcare revolution, driving transformational change for patients, clinicians, and the wider primary care landscape.

Become part of a company that can support you to be the best GP you can be.

Role Requirements and opportunities:

  • As a Platform GP you will be required to do an agreed number of sessions per week. Each full session is up 4 hours 10 min, and, with agreement can be shorter to meet your needs.
  • There is the option to work flexibly.
  • The session will involve clinical consultations and the admin evolving from these consultations only.
  • We want our GPs to work between 2 and 8 sessions a week, with no more than 2 full sessions per day.
  • You will be supported by a dedicated clinical governance team to help you develop your career as a Push Dr/Digital GP and we will be delighted to support you to meet your career goals.
  • You will be supported with continuous CPD opportunities and feedback on quality and performance.
  • You will have the opportunity to engage in quality improvement work as a highly valued and key member or the Push Dr workforce.
  • You will become a core member of an exciting and supportive company that is integral to the ever-evolving digital healthcare landscape.

Role overview:

The role will entail working remotely through the Push Doctor consulting platform. You will be consulting with patients of partner NHS practices from different areas, using full clinician access to the host practice clinical system (EMIS or Systm1) via an NHS smartcard. You will read and write into the NHS clinical record, using it to view relevant clinical details (e.g. results, documents, past consultations) and to communicate with the host practice admin team (e.g. to send a task, to make a referral, to request investigations etc.). You may also do private consultations.

You will be supported by the Push Doctor Medical and Operations teams, receiving structured feedback on their consultation efficiency and quality, and on any incidents/events that occur. You will engage with the Push Doctor teams in any regular process of support, governance, peer review or other feedback that may evolve from time to time. You will receive an annual appraisal and guidance for continuing personal and professional development that will compliment, but not replace the usual NHS appraisal process. As part of this you will be supported to identify and agree areas for further learning and development in keeping with the pursuit of best practice. You will consult at an average rate that is considered standard for NHS primary care consultations.

Key Skills and Experience:

  • Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to patients’ presenting problems, whether self referred or referred from other health care workers.
  • Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
  • Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
  • Maintaining clinical practice in line with current national and local disease management protocols (where relevant).
  • Providing counselling and health education.
  • Managing clinical investigation decisions and referring to other care providers as appropriate.
  • Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards, that meets the GMCs Good Medical Practice guidance.
  • Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.
  • Prescribing in accordance with relevant national and local best practice guidance, where appropriate, with clear documented justification for deviation from these guidelines.
  • Strong consultation skills recognising the need to interact with patients, to identify and manage their ideas, concerns and expectations, and to consult in a way that shares decisions, empowers and coaches the patient and promotes best practice.
  • In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care. This includes, but is not limited to completing contemporaneous records, appropriate sign posting and safety netting of a patient, sending tasks and referrals, and seeking appropriate advice for anything they are unsure about, whether this be clinical advice, operational and process advice or advice on IT/tech issues. The doctor will engage in a process of reflection where appropriate, they will consider their limitations and areas that need further development.
  • Remote assessment and primary care management of patients.
  • A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice

Desirable Skills:

  • Previous experience of working through a digital medium and assessing patients through a video consultation with evidence of appropriate safety netting.
  • The ability to contribute to evaluation and audit, and clinical standard setting within the organisation
  • Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team in a remote setting

Employed Salary and Employee benefits:

As an employee you will also be entitled to below:

  • Competitive salary- £9,000.00 per session annually (8am - 6pm Monday to Friday) £10,500.00 per session annually - (6pm onwards evenings and weekends) 
  • Pro rata study / annual leave and also some development time with the company teams to work with us to inform development and improve the platform.
  • Potential opportunity to work in clinical governance, building best practice and developing the service and supporting colleagues.
  • Training/Study leave: study leave will be granted for continuing professional development (CPD) purposes approved by the Company, and includes study (usually, but not exclusively or necessarily, on a course),research, teaching, examining or taking examinations, visiting clinics and attending professional conferences, evidence should be supplied to support the leave request.
  • Group life Insurance
  • Holiday entitlement - 33 working days inclusive of public/bank holidays (Pro rata)
  • Company Sickness pay (Pro rata): Any sickness absence taken is paid in line with our contractual sick pay scheme (inclusive of SSP) which, on completion of 3 month’s service, provides payment during periods of certificated sickness of between 5 and 10 working days in any 12 month period (dependant on length of service, further details are contained in the Push Doctor Employee Handbook which you should refer.
  • Enhanced family friendly policies
  • EAP helpline
  • Meditation app – Headspace

Company Overview

Push Doctor opens a doorway to a different NHS.
 
We work in partnership with the NHS to serve more than 5.8 million patients across the UK, helping them access healthcare quickly and easily via video appointments using smartphones and computers. We do this with a relentless focus on safety and high-quality clinical outcomes for patients.
 
Our technology helps surgeries manage demand, matching patients with the right clinician – from digital GPs to physiotherapists to pharmacists – at the right time. This takes the burden off GPs and frees up their time to see patients who really need face-to-face care. We offer a private service for those patients who want it.
 
We are the longest standing digital partner to the NHS and the only platform that can fully integrate across all NHS platforms and services. We are trusted as the leading expert in enabling remote consultations ad are rated ‘good’ by the Care Quality Commission. 

Push Doctor Values:

Empathy

We are curious, caring and passionate. We have experienced healthcare ourselves and use research and insight to understand the aspects of healthcare we have yet to experience. Whenever empathy seems out of reach, we are proactive in bringing it into focus.

Ambition

We carve the path for others to follow, setting industry standards and transforming healthcare for the better. We are anything but new to this and have so much to be proud of. Together, we are unstoppable.

Resilience

Everything we do should add value to our service. We optimise and occasionally overhaul every aspect of the experience we provide, challenging expectations of what health can (and should) be. This isn’t something that happens overnight, so we need to be resilient and never lose faith

Company

Push Doctor was the UK's first platform to offer video consultations with patients online and via smartphone – offering quick, easy and convenient access to NHS-trained, GMC-registered doctors.

Today, Push Doctor is a leading online GP provider and remote consultation enabler in the UK, connecting thousands of patients each week with clinicians and appointments available in minutes. 

Push Doctor has a current reach of 5.4 million people. Partnering with NHS GP practices and hospitals across Yorkshire, the Northwest, Midlands, London and the South East, Push Doctor provides patients with the option of a remote digital consultation.

Our product offering continues to evolve in our quest to unlock the potential of remote digital consultations. We aim to use technology to improve the ease, convenience and safety of health care for both the health care system and for patients. Push Doctor is the digital provider rated most highly by the Care Quality Commission. 

Company info
Website
Telephone
07539 354291
Location
Arkwright House, Parsonage Gardens,
manchester
Manchester
M3 2LF
GB

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