Salaried GP

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide care for registered patients including diagnosis, examination and appropriate treatment, investigation and onward referral.

To participate in both acute, chronic and anticipatory clinical care, preventative care, screening, risk management and patient education. To record all data on the computer system in line with good clinical record keeping and with SNOMED codes relevant to QOF.

To undertake and manage the administrative workload generated by the clinical workload and other administration necessary for the running of the practice.

* Responsible for providing appropriate, evidence-based clinical care to patients seen, and arranging appropriate treatment, investigation and referral

* Managing and following up investigations ordered

* Looking after a case mix of acute and chronic patients and providing continuity of care

* Paying attention to screening, prevention and chronic care issues when patients attend for acute problems

* All aspects of work with reference to agreed practice, local and national guidelines

* Recording data on the Practice IT system to a standard compatible with good clinical record keeping and following the practice guidance

* Record relevant and timely data to aid the practice to meet its targets

* Prescribing should be according to accepted clinical practice and guidance for acute and repeat prescriptions. It should follow practice policies and procedures eg use of formulary and management of repeat prescribing

* Dealing with telephone contact and messages from patients one has treated and arranging appropriate follow up

* Home visits when indicated

* Minor surgery would be desirable.

Any special interests will be encouraged and developed

* To manage the normal administrative work-load generated by patient contact such as referral letters, medical certificates, administrative forms, queries from other health professionals, third party reports etc.

* Practice administration which is done on a shared basis such as repeat prescriptions, action and coding of significant diagnosis from letters received,

* Claim all fees appropriately e.g. private medical certificates (fees remain the property of the practice)

* Participate in the education and training of team members as appropriate

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC registration
• Member of a Medical Defence Organisation
• JCPTGP certificate / PMETB certification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a Primary Care setting

Desirable

• Experience of working with EMIS Web clinical system

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• To work in accordance with accepted professional practice
• Good IT skills
• Some flexibility of working hours
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to prioritise workload and work effectively and efficiently
• Ability to work as a team member in keeping with the general ethos of the practice and its partners
• To act in a professional manner at all times
• To adhere to practice policies, protocols and guidelines
• To be a member of the practice and primary care team and understand the importance of maintaining good communication and relationships
• Autonomy; although accountable to the partners as your employers you must ultimately be responsible for your own clinical practice and must ensure that limitations are acknowledged and any problems reported to the named partner as soon as possible
• Awareness of timekeeping whilst accepting the unanticipated demands that occur in primary care
• To be prepared to be flexible at times and sensitive to the needs of the patients and the practice

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

Newtown Surgery

Address

Health Care Resource Centre

Caldwell Road

Widnes

Cheshire

WA8 7GD

Employer's website

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