PCN Salaried GP

Overview

Brighter Birkenhead PCN Ltd are seeking a Salaried GP to work within our PCN Hub at St Catherine's Surgery to support our Enhanced Access scheme. The successful candidate(s) will work from the Hub every Friday from 1300 until 2000. The PCN Hub is based within modern purpose-built premises and will see acute on-the-day presentations (15-minute appointments), booked via member Practices.

For an informal chat or to arrange a visit to the PCN, please contact Paul Warren, Executive Lead, on or

Responsibilities

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 PCN patients.

Clinical responsibilities:

• In accordance with the Hub timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations, checking and signing prescriptions, and dealing with queries, paperwork 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
• Providing counselling and health education
• Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
• Prescribing in accordance with the PCN prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
• In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
• Annual appraisal and revalidation up-to-date
• General practice (Vocational Training Scheme) trained
• On a medical performers list
• Enhanced CRB check
• UK driving licence
• Current CPR certificate
• UK work permit (if required)
• Medical Defence Indemnity
• Evidence of continued professional development

Experience

• Working in Primary Care
• Chronic disease management
• Primary prevention & screening services
• Clinical Governance
• Delivery of QoF targets
• Self audit and reflection
• Organised and efficient in record keeping and completion of paperwork
• Time management being able to prioritise work and work under pressure

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.