Salaried GP
Beechfield Medical Centre
The closing date is 11 October 2024
Job summary
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.
Beechfield Medical Centre can offer a Tier 2 Sponsorship.
Main duties of the job
- In
accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will
make him/her-self 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
About us
Beechfield Medical Centre is a well-established and highly regarded GP practice based in the heart of the Lincolnshire market town of Spalding, operating from modern purpose built premises. We are looking to appoint several new team members as we look to develop and enhance the services we are able to offer to our nearly 19,500 patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- In
accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will
make him/her-self 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 healthcare 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)
- 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 him/her-self 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 healthcare 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)
- 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
Experience
Essential
- Experience of continued professional development
- Experience of QOF and clinical audit
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
Desirable
- Minimum of two years as a salaried GP
- Experience of medicines management
- Experience of CCG initiatives
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified GP
- General Practitioner (Certificate of Completion of Training CCT)
- MRCGP
- Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent JCPTGP
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of continued professional development
- Experience of QOF and clinical audit
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
Desirable
- Minimum of two years as a salaried GP
- Experience of medicines management
- Experience of CCG initiatives
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified GP
- General Practitioner (Certificate of Completion of Training CCT)
- MRCGP
- Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent JCPTGP
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).