Salaried GP

The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting,ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients. With a minimum of 2 years experience

Main duties of the job

Clinical Responsibilities:-

- In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-selfavailable to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultationsand queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing withqueries, paperwork, reports and correspondence in a timely fashion.

- Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.

- Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.

- Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.- In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols,developing care plans for health.

- Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers

- Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.

- Delivering enhanced services.- Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-writtenprescriptions whenever possible).

- Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this isclinically appropriate

- In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilitiesassociated with a GP working within primary care.

About us

Our NHS General Practice is a welcoming and friendly healthcare centre dedicated to providing exceptional care to over 10,000 patients. We pride ourselves on having an excellent team of highly skilled and compassionate staff who prioritize patient wellbeing in every interaction. Our practice fosters a warm and supportive environment where patients feel comfortable and valued.

Committed to progress and innovation, we continuously embrace the latest medical advancements and technology to enhance the quality of care we deliver. Whether its routine check-ups, chronic disease management, or health advice, our practice is focused on meeting the diverse needs of our community with professionalism and kindness.

At the heart of our service is a genuine commitment to building strong patient relationships and promoting health in a friendly, accessible setting.

Job responsibilities

During your hours of work you will provide NHS General Medical Servicesto registered patients that are currently on our Practice list, over 10,000 patients.Appointments will be a combination of face to face and telephone consultations. Yoursessions will also include allocated time to complete paperwork/results/scripts inrelation to your clinics. You will also have some additional time to support other teamswithin the Practice as required to encourage teamwork, good patient care and jobsatisfaction. Extended hours are also required, this is compensated for at other timesof the day by either later starts or earlier finishes, some flexibility is required.

Part of your duties will include a GP co-ordinator role 1 in 6 sessions, this role worksclosely with the reception team to ensure patient needs are met safely, this GP will beresponsible for ensuring the teams have a manageable workload.

In exceptional circumstances you may be asked to provide additional services on anemergency basis, providing such services are within your clinical competence andsuch provision would not otherwise jeopardise the delivery of General Medical servicesto patients on the Practice list.

If working in a group it may be necessary, to ensure the proper provision of GeneralMedical Services, to provide cover for medical services on other GPs lists.

The services to be provided by you will include:

Delivering Medical Healthcare in line with the PMS contract, ICB contract and PublicHealth Contracts relevant to a General Practitioner.

Responding to medical problems presented by registered patients, including historytaking, examination, investigation, diagnosis, treatment, and referral whereappropriate.Establishing appropriate systems to manage common chronic medical conditions, e.g.,Asthma and Diabetes.

Providing appropriate Preventative Health Care and Advice within the context ofPrimary Health Care. Attending Primary Health Care Team Meetings and othermeetings as necessary.

Auditing Practice activity. Some protected time will be allocated to this.

Clinically related administrative duties as required for the delivery of General MedicalServices.

Providing free certification in line with schedule 9 of NHS GMS Regulations (1992).

Maintain patients clinical records in accordance with the standards set by thePractice/RDUH Trust.

Engaging in appropriate educational activity to maintain clinical and managerialcompetence and performance.

At all times whilst on duty you must be contactable.

You may be required to complete forms, reports, insurance forms and sick certificatesand private medical work.

You will be responsible for all paperwork/links etc generated from seeing yourpatients if list-holding.

You will be expected to take a reasonable share of home visits as allocated by the GPPrincipals.

You will be required to assist the Practice with paperwork/links etc when other GPsare away from the practice (day off, on annual leave, sick leave etc).

You will work to optimise the use of health resources by your registered list of patients.

NOTE:This Job Description reflects the present requirements of the post. As duties andresponsibilities change and develop the Job Description will be reviewed annually and besubject to amendment by mutual agreement.

Person Specification Experience

• Minimum of 2 years experience
• Experience of working in a GP practice

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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) to check for any previous criminal convictions.