About the Role

Saxmundham Health are looking for a GP partner or job share partners, to join the practice working 6-8 sessions a week.

We are currently two Partners with five salaried GPs working from 4 to 8 sessions a week. We employ our own in house experienced RMN to provide support for our patients with mental health needs, and a clinical care coordinator who has skilfully developed her own role, reaching out to support our most vulnerable patients - visiting them at home where appropriate. We have three advanced prescribing nurses one of whom is a dermoscopist with a Masters in Dermatology and a nurse consultant who has a specialist interest in both A&E and end of life care. We employ our own paramedic who has a PGCert in dementia and does most of the visits.

Our dispensary team work side by side with our in-house clinical pharmacist who leads the medicines management team to ensure patients receive an excellent service for their prescriptions including free home delivery using our practice electric car for our isolated and housebound patients.

We are a teaching and training practice with two trainers. We have hosted paramedic, nurse, and year 4 and 5 medical students this last year from local Universities and will also be teaching final year medical students from Cambridge next year. We have one GP trainee in post.

We have a new building at the late stages of planning approval and are poised to embrace and deliver on the NHS 10-year plan.

We aspire to being a Neighbourhood Hub offering a wide range of additional services including diagnostics, consultant clinics and local anaesthetic surgery.

We plan to serve our patients and those in the wider neighbourhood while integrating more effectively with social care and allied services. Our list size will increase following outline planning approval for 850 new houses so we are now looking to expand our team. The successful candidate(s) will work closely with the current partners, management, and wider clinical teams to support the highest quality care for our patients while playing a key part in developing the future vision.

Reconfiguring our appointment system has improved access and continuity, and has been well received by our patients. Responding to patient need is what we do and maybe this is why we were the most COVID vaccinated practice in England at the start of the pandemic.

About the Candidate

To be considered for the position, you will need the following;

Essential:

On the NHS GP Performers list and eligible to work in the UK.
Strong clinical and communication skills.
A flexible and enthusiastic team player with a commitment to our patients and our staff.
Cheerful disposition, positive attitude, and sense of humour.
Reliable, trustworthy and a good timekeeper.
Aptitude and enthusiasm for partnership.

Desirable:

Previous GP Partnership experience.
Interest in teaching and training.

About Us

We are a dispensing PMS practice, looking after 9500 patients in Saxmundham and surrounding villages, with the list size due to rise. For music lovers, Snape Maltings lies within our practice boundary, and for those who enjoy the great outdoors, we are close to the popular seaside resorts of Southwold and Aldeburgh, and there are large areas of heathland like Minsmere Bird Reserve and woodland nearby to explore.

Further information about the practice:

CQC rated good overall 2022.
High QOF achievement.
IT clinical system: SystmOne.
GP Personal lists.
Appointments system– F2F, phone calls, and online access-offers a range of booked on the day, and pre-booking up to 14 days in advance to promote continuity of care with a clinician.
Core hours 08:00 – 18:30 no extended hours or weekend clinics. No branch surgeries.
Daily coffee breaks with clinical team (freshly ground coffee for all!).
Monthly clinical education meetings in house for Team development and learning and monthly ICB training afternoons.
6 weeks annual leave and 1 week study leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays.
Fantastic reception/admin/secretarial and management support.

What is special about us?

Patients are central to everything we do and we believe in the value of personal continuity of care. This is reflected in excellent patient feedback, a very generous supply of biscuits and chocolates for coffee breaks, and we have an award-winning PPG who provide an active and supportive interface between patients and the Practice. A recent quote from an experienced GP who has worked in several different Practices “I can honestly say that I have never worked in a surgery where there is such a sense of family. The way you support and care for one another is second to none”

Additional activities for patients:

We hold a monthly Sunday film and tea club- to combat loneliness.

Saxmundham slimmers club- group support for weight loss via education in low carb and time restricted eating with significant success. Star patients have lost seven stone and kept the weight off for years.

SPIN- Saxmundham patient information network- an innovative project facilitating patients to support other patients by sharing their lived experience.

To arrange an informal visit or have a chat please contact John Havard ([email protected]) or Clare Craik ([email protected]) or Steve Davenport ([email protected]).

Saxmundham Health is a special place of work.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal conviction

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