General Practitioner

Wyvern Health Partnership

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Job summary

Lawn Medical Centre are recruiting a new partner or Salaried GP needed for 4-8 sessions a week, job share considered.

We are a steadily growing suburban training practice of 3 partners and 2 salaried GPs list size 7900. High standard, purpose built, leased premises.

Informal enquiries or visits are welcome.

Main duties of the job

The ideal candidate will value family medicine and continuity of care. The practice is accredited for training, involved with research and is part of the Wyvern Health Partnership Primary Care Network.

We are looking for a complementary and dynamic individual to join our excellent, caring team & help us take these roles forward and be proactive in further practice development.

About us

Wyvern Health Partnership is a newly formed partnership of five GP practices, formed in 2018 to improve the quality of care for over 50,000 patients across the area.

The partnership incorporates Hawthorn Medical Centre, Lawn Medical Centre, Merchiston Surgery, Old Town Surgery and Priory Road Medical Centre.

Our very busy practices have fantastic teams, each led by a group of partners and a practice manager. They include training practices for GPs and nurses.

The practices came together in response to the increased demand for primary care services in Swindon and the considerable pressure this put on resources, and on staff in particular.

The partnership has 23 partners and a large team of GPs, nurse practitioners, general nurses, health care assistants and support staff, working together and sharing best practice to benefit patients.

Date posted

28 August 2020

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share

Reference number

A1589-20-7975

Job locations

Guildford Avenue

Swindon

SN3 1JL


Job description

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 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 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
  • Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
  • 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)
  • 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.

Job description

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 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 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
  • Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
  • 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)
  • 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Eligible to work in General Practice in the NHS

Experience

Desirable

  • Experience of working in Primary Care
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Eligible to work in General Practice in the NHS

Experience

Desirable

  • Experience of working in Primary 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).

Additional information

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

Wyvern Health Partnership

Address

Guildford Avenue

Swindon

SN3 1JL


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Wyvern Health Partnership

Address

Guildford Avenue

Swindon

SN3 1JL


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Practice Manager

Colin Robson

colinrobson@nhs.net

01793402095

Date posted

28 August 2020

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share

Reference number

A1589-20-7975

Job locations

Guildford Avenue

Swindon

SN3 1JL


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