Job Vacancies

Any vacancies we have, whether clinical or administrative, will be posted here.

Cricketfield Surgery is a friendly and caring primary healthcare practice that believes in nurturing the wellbeing of its staff as well as patients. An established and thriving practice, operating for over 25 years, with a current list size of just over 10300 that is steadily increasing. Newton Abbot is a bustling market town surrounded by beautiful countryside with the coast and Dartmoor nearby, as are the vibrant cities of Exeter and Plymouth so it’s a fabulous part of the world to be based.  We also work closely with other GP practices in the local area within our Primary Care Network and wider Federation. We support the training of both postgraduate GP trainees and medical students, are often involved in research projects, we successfully bid for and trialled a nurse-led social prescribing project within our practice and are dedicated to continuous improvement of the Practice and its employee development. We have 5 GP Partners, 3 salaried GPs, 1 ANP and 2 Triage Nurses running our Same Day Service, 9 members of the nursing and HCA team, 16 admin staff (part-time), 3 operational staff and a Practice Manager. We are a busy practice who work hard but also have a sense of fun and aim to make all team members feel integral to its success.

Templer Care Network Vacancies

Vacancy – Temporary Visiting Paramedic/ANP

Templer Care Network is a newly formed Primary Care Network in Newton Abbot. The member GP Practices include; Buckland Surgery, Cricketfield Surgery, Devon Square Surgery and Kingsteignton Medical Practice. We are looking for a part-time highly-experienced and confident Paramedic or Advanced Nurse Practitioner to work Monday to Friday from 10am to 11am starting time to suit successful candidate then work 6.5hours to include a half hour unpaid lunch break. We are looking for someone who can start as soon as possible to assist us with visiting patients in Care Homes and in their own homes over the winter. This will be both to respond to daily visit requests for acute care and may also include some pro-active visits with the aim of reducing visit requests and the requirement for primary or secondary care involvement. We would welcome applications for the 5days each week or for part of the week.

You will need to be highly organised and efficient to triage the visit requests sent to you by the Practices in the first half hour of your day and plan the logistics for your visits, ensuring fairness for all Practices whilst meeting the needs of the patients. The rest of your shift will be spent visiting the patients and completing the necessary updates to their medical records using SystmOne and Ardens templates. You will also need to send tasks and communicate back to the Patients’ Practice for support and to ensure patient safety and appropriate care and follow ups are in place, as needed. Attending monthly clinical and multi-disciplinary meetings at each Practice would also be required, if the day allows. Your input into improvements for developing visiting services will also be encouraged. Although this is a temporary post until the end of March 2020 there is scope for it to be extended or evolve to a permanent role within the PCN if funding allows.

Please be aware that to ensure patient safety there are essential pre-employment checks to be conducted including referencing and you must also hold a current Disclosure and Barring Service check along with professional registration.

For this post you will need to be able to drive and use your own vehicle with business use insurance but mileage will be paid.

Salary will be dependent upon qualifications and experience.

If you would like to gain more information about Templer Care Network and the role, or for an informal chat, then please contact the Practice Manager of Cricketfield Surgery, Jennifer Wain.

cricketfieldpracticemanager@nhs.net

01626 208029

Closing Date:  Wednesday 20th November 2019 – applications to made via NHS Jobs

PCN Visiting Service Winter Pressures Job Advert

PCN Visiting Service Winter Pressures Job Description

Social Prescribing Project Lead

Templer Care Network is a newly formed Primary Care Network in Newton Abbot. The member GP Practices include; Buckland Surgery, Cricketfield Surgery, Devon Square Surgery and Kingsteignton Medical Practice. We are looking for a Project Lead for Social Prescribing. This is a full time post but we would be keen to explore a job share for this role as it is quite a diverse role with scope to expand in various ways so a mix of skills and experience would be beneficial. It is a permanent role but it will change considerably over time with a lot of work required to set up and establish social prescribing within our Primary Care Network over the first 6months. This is a unique opportunity to help develop and drive forwards this emerging area in Primary Health Care.

Primary Care Networks launched in July 2019 following recommendations from the NHS new Long Term Plan. The aim is to offer further opportunities for group work, sharing best practice and collaborative projects to develop innovative patient care strategies. There will be funding for new workforce which will bring about additional support and creative new ways to help manage the workload. There will also be projects we can get involved in across the PCN to further develop how we meet our population needs. Over time closer working relationships with community teams and voluntary organisations driven by the PCNs will develop to enhance how we care for our patients. This role will be instrumental in this.

Ideally, we are looking for someone to start immediately but will be understanding of notice periods or potential other commitments that may slightly delay your availability to start.

Please be aware that to ensure patient safety there are essential pre-employment checks to be conducted including referencing and a Disclosure and Barring Service check may be necessary.

If you would like to gain more information about Templer Care Network and the role, or for an informal chat, then please contact the Practice Manager of Cricketfield Surgery, Jennifer Wain.

cricketfieldpracticemanager@nhs.net

01626 208029

Closing Date:  Thursday 28^th November 2019 – applications to made via NHS Jobs

PCN Social Prescribing Project Lead Job Advert

PCN Social Prescribing Project Lead Job Description

Cricketfield Surgery Vacancies

General Assistant – Part-time

We have a part-time vacancy for 8hrs a week, starting as soon as available.

Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 5pm to 6.30pm and Tuesday 5pm to 8:30pm.

This role will be temporary as it’s a new post so we need to evaluate how successful it is for the Practice. This will be until 31^st January 2020 with the potential to then make permanent.

This role is to help support both the Patient Services Team and Nursing Team:

• Preparing outgoing mail
• Completing end of day checklist to ensure Practice is tidy, compliant and ready for the next day
• Checking clinical and non-clinical deliveries and putting stock away
• Restocking GP rooms with clinical and stationery supplies
• Ensuring we have sufficient stock
• Assisting with infection control and health and safety

No previous qualifications or experience are necessary, but we are looking for someone who is confident and capable of problem solving. You will need to have exceptional attention to detail and be very thorough and methodical. You need to be self-motivated and able to work using your own initiative but are happy to ask for help when needed. You will need to understand and respect confidentiality and the importance of patient records, data security and health and safety as well as hygiene and cleanliness. There is also an element of light manual handling and some cleaning is also involved. An interest in a future career in health or social care would be beneficial to make the job more interesting for you, whether that’s within medical administration, nursing, social prescribing or as a GP. A friendly, positive and enthusiastic approach will help you within the team and good communication skills.

The pay is dependent upon age:

16 to 17                £4.40

18 to 20                £6.20

21 to 24                £7.70

25 and over        £8.21

To apply for the vacancy then please send your CV with covering email detailing why you want the job, what you think you can bring to the role and what you hope to learn from the role to:

Operations.cricketfield@nhs.net

Applications close on Monday 25th November 2019. 

General Assistant Job Advert    Please note – we have extended the deadline on this job vacancy. The closing date for applications is now Monday 25th November

General Assistant Job Description

General Practitioners

We have an immediate vacancy for up to 6 sessions although are happy to wait for a few months for the right candidate and are also open to applications for all or part of that commitment.  We are looking for dynamic GPs who are keen to be involved in projects to improve patient services, processes and procedures or specific areas of responsibility of the Practice, such as research, training or quality improvement. Although our ideal would be somebody interested in becoming a Partner whether initially or in the future. We are offering a basic salary, upon application, that can be enhanced through Project Management Payments or Responsibility Management Payments that will be determined by the scope of the work take on and length of time. We will provide a relocation package for those wishing to relocate to Devon to take on these roles. It’s also important to note the majority of our face to face appointments are now 15minutes but with 10minute appointments available for follow ups and we are also finding innovate ways to reduce administrative workload to ensure we are reducing the risk of overload and negative stress. We already have upskilled our Patient Services Team to assist with workflow and documentation management and have more projects in the pipeline to reduce administrative and prescribing work for our GPs. We are also flexible in our approach to hours so if you’re looking for a Practice that will allow you to flourish as a skilled GP with significant opportunities for developing primary healthcare services and/or management skills whilst working in a way that suits your lifestyle then this could be an exciting prospect. The patient facing hours could be worked between school drop offs and pick-ups, or worked around other commitments or interests you may have, and we would support home working for completion of administrative and project management work.

We have a broad skill set amongst the team so are not looking for any particular speciality or area of interest, instead we are open to all GP applicants with a view to supporting them with their preferred areas of primary healthcare. You do need to be flexible in your approach, adept at problem solving, open to new ideas, passionate about patient care and wellbeing, and inspired by the wider NHS plans and opportunities. We are also looking for an applicant to be compassionate, resilient, calm under pressure, have excellent communication skills and a teamwork mentality with a good sense of humour.

If you would like to arrange a visit to the practice to gain more information about Cricktetfield Surgery and the role, or for an informal chat, then please contact the Practice Manager, Jennifer Wain.

cricketfieldpracticemanager@nhs.net

01626 208029

Please be aware that to ensure patient safety there are essential pre-employment checks to be conducted including referencing and a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Closing Date:  31st January 2020 – applications to be made via NHS Jobs/ Application Form

General Practitioner Job Advert

General Practitioner Job Description

Application Forms

Application Form – Clinical Roles

Application Form – Non-Clinical Roles

Applicant Information Pack Files

1. Applicant Pack – Overview of Cricketfield Surgery

2. Applicant Pack – Our Commitment to Inclusivity and Staff Well being

3. Applicant Pack – Benefits

4. Applicant Pack – Safer Recruitment

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