Job summary
Wallingford Medical Practiceprovides general medical services to the town of Wallingford and the surrounding villages. We currently have over 19,000 patients. We are located in a purpose-built health centre, located next to Wallingford Community Hospital. We belong to Wallingford & Surrounds Primary Care Network, which is a collaborative network including Mill Stream Surgery, Benson and Goring and Woodcote Surgery. We are a training practice with up to 4 Registrars at any one time.
Main duties of the job
Due to a doctor retiring and our practice list expanding we are looking for a doctor or doctors to work 4-8 sessions per week.
We have5 Salaried GPs,
highly trained nursing team, nurse practitioner, a paramedic who strive for
continuous professional development, supported by proficient and dedicated
admin support staff.
About us
We are very proud of our happy, friendly crew at Wallingford Medical
Practice. Come and join us and be a
part of a great team
We Offer
6 weeks annual leave
and 5 days study leave pro rata with a budget funded by practice.
Weekly GP meeting
covering significant events, priority patients, QOF, audit, guest speakers
NHS Pension
Flexibility on
sessions
Annual Summer and
Xmas Parties.
A friendly, cohesive,
progressive team working in a cheerful and positive environment
On-site parking
Easy access to
Wallingford Town
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
- 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
- Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
- 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.
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
- 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
- Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
- 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
- Fully qualified GP, with current GMC membership
Desirable
- Experience of working with EMIS
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Fully qualified GP, with current GMC membership
Desirable
- Experience of working with EMIS
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).
Additional information
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).
