Salaried GP

Job 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 registered and temporary patients.

Clinical Responsibilities:

• In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, 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
• In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health
• 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
• Collecting data for audit purposes
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions
• Prescribing in accordance with the Practice 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.
• Asissiting with the newly introduced Total Triage system

Qualifications

Essential

• Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
• Annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate)
• General practice (Vocational Training Scheme) trained
• On Medical Performers list
• Enhanced CRB check
• UK driving licence
• Current CPR certificate
• UK work permit (if required)
• Medical defence union cover

Desirable

• - Evidence of continued professional development
• - MRCGP
• - Experience of teaching undergraduate students
• - Palliative care

Experience

Essential

• 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
• Computer literacy

Desirable

• Adaptability to change
• Service Development

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).