Salaried GP

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post-holder 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. 

The following are the core responsibilities, there may be on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

Clinical Responsibilities

In accordance with the surgery timetable, as agreed, 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 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

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

Processing of administration in a timely manner, including referrals, repeat prescription requests and other associated administrative tasks

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 on SystmOne.

Collecting/entering/coding data for audit purposes, for example practice QOF codes

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

On a rotational basis, undertake the duty doctor role.

Encourage collaborative working, liaising with all staff regularly, promoting a culture of continuous improvement at all times

Attend and contribute effectively to practice meetings as required

Support the partners in achieving the strategic aims of the practice, making recommendations to enhance income and reduce expenditure

Other Responsibilities within the Organisation:

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety

A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence based best practice

Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation

Contributing to the development of computer based patient records

Contributing to the summarising of patient records and read coding patient data

Attending training and events organised by the practice, Ipswich & East Suffolk CCG or other agencies, where appropriate

Adhere to and follow all policies and protocols as listed in the staff handbook and contract

Follow all practice health and safety guidelines and policies and inform the health and safety lead of any infringements

Contribute to the training of registrars and medical students

Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified GP
• MRCGP
• Vocational Training certificate or Equivalent JCPTGP
• General Practitioner (Certificate of Completion of Training)
• National Performers List Registration

Desirable

• Experience of working in primary care environment
• Experience of continued professional development
• General understanding of the GMS contract
• Experience of medicines management

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Leiston Surgery

Address

Main Street

Leiston

Suffolk

IP16 4ES

Employer's website

https://www.leistonsurgery.com/ (Opens in a new tab)