Salaried GP: Acute and Urgent Care (GP Practice Protected Learning Time) NHS Lanarkshire

• Are you interested in urgent care?
• Do you enjoy working as part of a team?
• Are you interested in regular secure hours of work?
  
  

If so, NHS Lanarkshire would be keen to hear from you as we are recruiting salaried GPs for Acute and Urgent Care cover to support Protected Learning Time (PLT) in General Practice. The cover is required between 1400-1800hours held on a Wednesday for 20 sessions per annum to support PLT in each of our 10 Localities across Lanarkshire. There is a requirement to provide PLT to all GP practices 3 times per year on a rotational basis.

The role involves all aspects of urgent care in a primary care setting including telephone triage, face to face consultations in primary care centres across our 10 NHS Lanarkshire Localities and home visiting. Experience and confidence in these aspects of care will be an advantage. NHS Lanarkshire is the third largest health care system in Scotland serving a community of circa 655,000 people.

While working for the PLT Acute and Urgent Care service, you will be covered by Crown Indemnity through the CNORIS arrangements although you may require your own indemnity cover for any other roles in your portfolio.

Successful candidates will be provided with training to facilitate use of the Adastra Patient Management System and Clinical Portal.

You will have relevant, demonstrable experience and a track record of success in a team with colleagues in your own and other disciplines. You must be able to evidence commitment to patient-focused care, continuous professional development and life-long learning. You will be able to demonstrate learning and continuing professional development. You will have the ability to take full responsibility for independent management of patients and communicate effectively and clearly with patients and other team members.

Informal enquiries regarding any aspect of this post will be welcomed by Dr Veronica Rainey, Associate Medical Director for Primary Care and South Lanarkshire HSCP Veronica.Rainey3@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact Iain Crosby HR Assistant on 01698 754353 Medical.DentalRecruitment@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk