Salaried GP (4 Sessions to include a Friday)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Summary

The post-holder will deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered patients.

Clinical Responsibilities

The post holder will undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations, messages, investigations, 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.

Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and offering preventative medical advice.

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 and, if appropriate referring to other care providers.

Providing counselling and health education.

Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to accepted GMC standards.

Recording data to support the Quality and Outcomes Framework targets and clinical audit activities.

Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding handwritten 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.

Other Responsibilities within the Organisation:

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, eg prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.

A commitment to life-long learning, audit and peer appraisal, to ensure evidence based best practice.

Contributing to training of GP Registrars, medical students and the nursing team.

Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the Practice, including monitoring and updating patient records for the purpose of QOF and enhanced services.

Contributing to the upkeep of computer-based patient records.

Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Current GMC Registration
• On National Performers List
• Commitment to patient care

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

Murton Medical Group

Address

Murton Medical Group

20 Woods Terrace East

Murton

Seaham

County Durham

SR7 9AB

Employer's website

https://www.murtonmedicalgroup.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)