Job summary
Join a supportive, forward thinking GP team in the heart of the South Lakes.
The James Cochrane Practice is looking for a caring, motivated and team focused GP to join our friendly, patient centred practice. We are a well established, two site, dispensing practice serving a list size of over 17,000 patients in Kendal.
As a training practice with a strong commitment to clinical development, we pride ourselves on providing high quality care while supporting a healthy work life balance for our team.
What we offer
- A warm, collaborative, multidisciplinary team who value each other
- Supportive environment with weekly clinical MDT meetings and daily clinician coffee catchups
- Opportunities to develop or expand special interests, including GPwER in Dermatology and ENT
- A proactive Frailty and Care Home Support Team
- A culture of Quality Improvement, continually refining systems to reduce admin burden and improve satisfaction
- A well functioning and innovative Kendal Primary Care Network
- Access to the South Lakes, offering fantastic lifestyle benefits
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will provide NHS personal medical services to registered patients on the Practice list. They 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.
About us
We deliver a wide range of enhanced services, including minor surgery, dermatology and ENT GPwER clinics. Our ongoing focus is to minimise unnecessary administrative workload, promote job satisfaction and ensure a fair allocation of duties across our GP team.
Why you'll love working with us
- A warm, collaborative, patient centred, multi-disciplinary team who value your contribution
- Supportive working environment with weekly clinical MDTs and daily clinician coffee time Opportunity to develop special interests
- Well-functioning Kendal PCN
- Based in the beautiful South Lakes area a great place to live and work
Job description
Job responsibilities
- In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
- The postholder will undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, triage calls, triage visits, checking and signing of repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
- Respond to medical problems presented by temporary residents as required.
- Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organization.
- Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
- Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
- To assist in the establishment of appropriate systems to manage common chronic medical conditions.
- Completion of clinically related administrative and non-clinical duties needed for the delivery of the service.
- Providing counselling and health education.
- Refer patients for further opinions and interventions according to Practice protocols.
- Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
- Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions wherever possible).
- Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate.
- Participate in training plans of medical students as required.
- Ensure that practice clinical database is updated promptly and accurately with information relating to patient records, as required for clinical accuracy and for practice recording requirements under QOF and Enhanced Services.
- Participating in the collection and collation of statistics towards the preparation of practice reports, performance monitoring and audits if required.
- Process and action incoming patient and hospital correspondence
- Attendance at in-house weekly clinical meetings, significant event audit meetings and others as deemed necessary
- Awareness and compliance with all relevant guidelines e.g. data protection, confidentiality and health and safety
- Maintain current CPR and anaphylaxis certification, and other mandatory training
Job description
Job responsibilities
- In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
- The postholder will undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, triage calls, triage visits, checking and signing of repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
- Respond to medical problems presented by temporary residents as required.
- Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organization.
- Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
- Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
- To assist in the establishment of appropriate systems to manage common chronic medical conditions.
- Completion of clinically related administrative and non-clinical duties needed for the delivery of the service.
- Providing counselling and health education.
- Refer patients for further opinions and interventions according to Practice protocols.
- Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
- Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions wherever possible).
- Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate.
- Participate in training plans of medical students as required.
- Ensure that practice clinical database is updated promptly and accurately with information relating to patient records, as required for clinical accuracy and for practice recording requirements under QOF and Enhanced Services.
- Participating in the collection and collation of statistics towards the preparation of practice reports, performance monitoring and audits if required.
- Process and action incoming patient and hospital correspondence
- Attendance at in-house weekly clinical meetings, significant event audit meetings and others as deemed necessary
- Awareness and compliance with all relevant guidelines e.g. data protection, confidentiality and health and safety
- Maintain current CPR and anaphylaxis certification, and other mandatory training
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- The applicant must be a qualified GP with full GMC registration licence to practice, on a performers list and have a UK drivers licence
Experience
Desirable
- Experience of working in a GP practice using EMIS
- Trained as Educational Supervisor
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Adaptable and forward looking with problem solving and a 'solutions focused' approach
- A demonstrable commitment to professional development
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to listen and empathise
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Competent time management and organisational skills
- Observance of strict confidentiality
- Computer literate
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- The applicant must be a qualified GP with full GMC registration licence to practice, on a performers list and have a UK drivers licence
Experience
Desirable
- Experience of working in a GP practice using EMIS
- Trained as Educational Supervisor
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Adaptable and forward looking with problem solving and a 'solutions focused' approach
- A demonstrable commitment to professional development
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to listen and empathise
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Competent time management and organisational skills
- Observance of strict confidentiality
- Computer literate
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).
