Job summary
Parklands Surgery, Rushden, are seeking an enthusiastic, salaried
GP for 4-6 sessions per week, with the potential of equity sharing partnership after
12 months.
Main duties of the job
Well regarded and patient centred, we are a forwarding thinking practice of 7 GPs caring for 13,500 patients
High QOF achieving
Purpose built Surgery in a semi-rural location - superb working environment
Pooled list with equitable and manageable workload
9 weeks annual leave
In-house buddy system for mentoring new GPs
Positive results in GP Satisfaction Survey (in top 10 of surgeries in Northamptonshire)
Good CQC rating
About us
Excellent staff retention, with skilled MDT. GPs fully supported by Advanced Nurse Practitioners, who undertake home visits and Nurses, dealing with chronic disease management. Plus a full complement of experienced administrative staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will be part of a primary
care health team providing general medical services and 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.
Clinical
Responsibilities:
- The post-holder will make him/herself available to undertake a
variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations
and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat
prescriptions, test results and dealing with queries, paperwork and
correspondence in a timely fashion.
- Work with the electronic document management system EMIS Web,
ICE, Choose and Book, Dictation.
- 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 if the need arises
- 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 & quality purposes.
- Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat
prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
- Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary
and generically whenever this is clinically appropriate in liaison with
the partners.
- To use the applicable Choose and Book systems for patient
referrals etc.
- In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the
normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within
primary care under a GMS contract.
This will include some on call sessions and visits.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will be part of a primary
care health team providing general medical services and 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.
Clinical
Responsibilities:
- The post-holder will make him/herself available to undertake a
variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations
and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat
prescriptions, test results and dealing with queries, paperwork and
correspondence in a timely fashion.
- Work with the electronic document management system EMIS Web,
ICE, Choose and Book, Dictation.
- 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 if the need arises
- 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 & quality purposes.
- Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat
prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
- Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary
and generically whenever this is clinically appropriate in liaison with
the partners.
- To use the applicable Choose and Book systems for patient
referrals etc.
- In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the
normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within
primary care under a GMS contract.
This will include some on call sessions and visits.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Person Specification
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).