Salaried General Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key clinical responsibilities

Undertaking the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care including but not limited to:

Patient consultations (in person, video calls, telephone calls, home visits).

Checking and signing repeat prescriptions / queries.

Checking patient medical test results and actioning as appropriate.

Completing patient medical reports and examinations as required.

All other supporting paperwork and related administrative work.

Attending any emergencies in the practice.

Supporting other practice clinicians in their queries.

Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems (self-referred by the patient or referred by others in the practice).

Assessing the healthcare needs of patients with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems.

Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.

Managing patients with long term conditions and developing care plans.

Referring to other case providers as appropriate.

Audits of patient care and outcomes.

Prepared to represent the practice in PCN or other local meetings if required.

Prescribing (both acute and repeat) in accordance with local and national guidelines.

Ensure that your work is recorded and auditable.

Recording clear and contemporaneous notes to professional standards.

Collecting data for audit purposes / complying with national requirements.

Working with the Practice Management team to ensure patient data is accurate and up to date on the clinical system.

Using our relevant IT systems including EMIS Web in all cases where possible.

Balance patient care and time management effectively. Ensure the service runs efficiently and effectively.

Treat all patients with respect, dignity, warmth and empathy to ensure patients feel cared for and have a positive experience in the practice.

Whilst maintaining the above, you must also manage the demanding primary care workload to ensure that the practice is able to care for its whole patient population in a timely yet effective manner.

Ensure the team is working safely and effectively together at all times.

Identify any issues and work with the Practice Management team to develop the practice to achieve high standards of quality and performance.

Caring for colleagues enabling a strong absence management system.

For planned absences, ensure handover of your work to colleagues to ensure that patient care and practice workload doesnt suffer.

In the case of unplanned absences, handover may not be possible, therefore its important to make sure that any work is up to date, clear and on our shared systems (e.g. EMIS, the shared drives, MS Teams) when you leave every day so that anyone could take over in the case of unplanned absence.

Working pattern and availability should be in accordance with practice timetable/rota as agreed with the Rota team.

Includes the full range of medical services as defined in the core GMS contracts and additional/enhanced services where appropriate.

Statutory and practice requirements

Remain aware and compliant with all relevant practice policies / guidelines including but not limited to Data Protection, Confidentiality, Health & Safety, any relevant clinical guidelines etc.

Ensure practice processes and protocols are adhered to at all times including but not limited to Complaints, Infection Control, Holiday Bookings, Absence Reporting, Referrals Management etc.

Patients trust us with highly sensitive information and you will have access to this information this must all be treated with utmost confidentiality and respect for the privacy of the patients. Refer to our full Confidentiality Agreement for more.

Ensure you follow Health & Safety policy to promote and maintain your own and others health, safety and security at all times including completing any relevant trainings

Support the equality, diversity and rights of patients and colleagues to foster a culture of respect and inclusivity.

Alert other team members and the Management Team of Clinical Governance issues including any Significant Events. This includes assessing your own performance and taking responsibility for your own actions

Maintain current CPR, Basic Life Support and Anaphylaxis certification

The above is not exhaustive and may be adjusted periodically by the management team.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong IT skills
• Effective time management
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Exellent interpersonal skills
• Problem solving & analytics skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
• Polite, confident, flexible and cooperative
• Motivated and forward thinkig

Desirable

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

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified GP
• MRCGP
• Full GMC Registration
• National Performers List Registration
• Eligibility to practice in the UK independently

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

Buckden and Little Paxton Surgery

Address

Mayfield

Buckden

PE19 5SZ

Employer's website

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