General Medical Practitioner (PCN)

Job description

Job responsibilities

In accordance with the agreed Practice timetable, the post-holder will undertake a variety of duties, including:

Conducting surgery and telephone consultations, addressing patient queries, and visiting patients at home.

Checking, signing, and authorising prescriptions, while managing queries, paperwork, and correspondence in a timely manner.

Making professional, autonomous decisions regarding presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred by other health care workers.

Assessing the healthcare needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed issues.

Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.

Developing care plans in consultation with patients, in line with current disease management protocols.

Providing counselling and health education.

Admitting or discharging patients from the caseload and referring them 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, as clinically appropriate.

Undertaking emergency patient visits during surgery hours, if clinically indicated.

Participating in on-call sessions and home visiting sessions as allocated in the practice rota.

Other Responsibilities within the Organisation

Adhering to all relevant Practice policies and guidelines, including those related to prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, and health and safety.

Committing to lifelong learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practices.

Contributing to evaluation, audit, and clinical standard setting within the organisation.

Assisting in the development of computer-based patient records.

Helping with the summarisation of patient records and Read-Coding patient data.

Attending training and events organised by the Practice or other agencies, as appropriate.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified GP
• MRCGP
• Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent JCPTGP
• General Practitioner (Certificate of Completion of Training CCT)

Experience

Essential

• Skills
• Essential
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Strong IT skills
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• EMIS user skills
• Effective time management (planning and organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
• Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes
• Experience with clinical risk management

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

Castle Meadows Surgery

Address

100 Milking Bank

Dudley

West Midlands

DY1 2TY

Employer's website

http://www.castlemeadowssurgery.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)