Salaried GP

Job 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, referrals and correspondence in a timely manner.

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.

In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health.

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. EPS is now implemented at the Practice)

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.

Aptitude and Abilities

Essential

• Willingness to share and collaborate
• across entire primary health team
• Ability to develop and maintain effective
• working relationships with multi
• disciplinary teams
• Ability to work flexibly
• Ability to work autonomously
• Ability to recognize own limitations and
• act upon them appropriately
• Willingness to learn new skills and to
• problem solve on a daily basis
• An understanding, acceptance and
• adherence to the need for strict
• confidentiality

Desirable

• Involvement in CCG/PBC
• Desire to develop specialist skills
• Ability to challenge traditional
• models of working and to suggest
• improvements for change in a
• positive and inclusive manner

Qualifications

Essential

• Fully qualified GP with GMC registration,
• on Medical Performers List
• Annual appraisal and revalidation (when
• appropriate)
• General practice (Vocational Training
• Scheme) trained
• Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service
• check
• UK driving licence
• UK work permit (if required)
• Current level 3 safeguarding certificate
• (adult and children

Desirable

• Evidence of continued professional
• development
• MRCGP

Experience

Essential

• Chronic disease management
• Primary prevention & screening services
• Clinical Governance
• Delivery of QoF targets
• Self audit and reflection
• Organised and efficient in record keeping
• and completion of paperwork
• Time management being able to
• prioritise work and work under pressure
• Computer literacy
• Car owner

Desirable

• SystmOne clinical system
• Adaptability to change

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).