Salaried GP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Summary:

A key member of the team, the Salaried GP will manage a caseload, dealing with a wide range of presenting health care needs in a primary care setting. The post holder will work with clinical colleagues in ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered patients. The post holder will also contribute to planning and decision making as part of the practice team; the job description therefore covers clinical and organisational elements.

Clinical 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, issuing and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
• Makes professionally autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred internally within the Practice.
• Receives patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and makes assessment of their health care needs.
• Screens patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Develops care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols.
• Provides counselling and health education.
• Prescribes in accordance with the CCG prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate.
• Admits or discharges patients to and from caseload and refers them to other care providers internally or externally as appropriate.
• Complies with relevant Practice policy/guidelines, e.g. Child Protection, confidentially issues etc.
• Is committed to lifelong learning, audit and effectiveness issues to ensure evidence based best practice.
• Maintains GMC registration.
• Ensures continuous Medical Defence cover.
• Other Responsibilities within the Practice
• Consults with patients in the surgery and at home visits as agreed internally between all partners.
• Be available for on-call duties to answer patients telephone queries or carry out emergency home visits, or surgery consultations as appropriate.
• Contributes to the evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting with colleagues.
• Records clear and contemporaneous I.T. based consultation notes to agreed standards;
• Collects data for audit purposes;
• Compiles and issues computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible);
• In general the post holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
• Attendance at training, Practice Meetings and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
• Meets all tight timescales/deadlines for audits and written returns to ensure that the Practice meets quality standards and receives the designated funding (e.g. Quarterly Enhanced Services returns, annual QOF audit etc.)
• Ensuring full accreditation which will include full and unrestricted registration with the GMC, membership of an appropriate defence body and delivery of annual evidence for appraisal or accreditation purposes in keeping with National requirements at any time.
• A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice
• Ensures inclusion on a local Performers list.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Post graduate qualification in General Practice. Completion of GP vocational training.

Experience

Essential

• Excellent clinical, communication and interpersonal skills
• Willingness to contribute to multi-professional working
• Ability to work well within the practice team
• Evidence of accountability
• Experience of contribution working with Partners towards QOF, PCN, Local and national Enhanced services and other contractual obligations held by the practice
• Understanding of the Principles of clinical audit
• Desirable
• Knowledge of IT Clinical Systems SystmOne
• Experience of End of Life care for patients

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

The Wellbridge Practice

Address

Meadow Lane

Wool

Wareham

Dorset

BH20 6DR

Employer's website

https://www.wellbridge.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)