Salaried GP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical responsibilities:

In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion this would include, but not be limited to, responsibility for providing services to the list of patients on the post-holder's list.

Supervision of allied health professionals such as Physician Associate, Paramedic, Pharmacist and Nurses.

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 (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible).

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualifications
• Medical degree.
• Membership of the Royal College of general Practitioners or equivalent in training if approved by the Royal College of General Practitioners.
• Certificate of MRCGP.
• Registered GP with the GMC (included on the GP Register).
• Included on GP Performers List.
• Possesses the right to work in the UK.
• Certificate of satisfactory immune status re: Hepatitis B and other relevant viruses.
• Membership of a Medical Defence Organisation (MPS, MDU or MDDUS).

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Personal qualities
• Passion for high quality patient care.
• Willing to take a proactive approach and contribute to the continuing success of the practice, enjoys seeing the difference that own work makes.
• Common sense approach enabling delivery of effective and efficient patient care, with the ability to work flexibly.
• Excellent, calm and clear verbal and written communication skills using English.
• Ability to identify and assess complex and multiple needs.
• Health & safety conscious with awareness of safety issues.
• Ability to work with a multi-disciplinary team.
• Competent in Email, Word and Excel and in processing paperwork.
• Reliable, trustworthy, punctual, organised, pays attention to detail, able to work consistently and deliver a variety of services, including when under pressure.
• Confident, professional, considerate, empathic, adaptable, willing to help out with whatever is needed to deliver excellent patient care.
• Understanding of and ability to deliver excellent customer service.
• Supportive team player and creative thinker.
• Professional appearance and demeanour.
• Self-directed learning.
• Open-minded approach to profession and life in general.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Berrycroft Community Health Centre

Address

Berrycroft Community Health Centre

2 Nimrod Street

Aylesbury

Buckinghamshire

HP18 1BB

Employer's website

https://www.berryfieldsmedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)