Newly Qualified GP

Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Manage a clinical caseload.

2. Take part in leading on key disease areas (monitoring trends in the Quality and Outcomes Framework treatment, staff training and prescribing).

3. Assist in developing appropriate healthcare services for a diverse, patient list (practice based commissioning, patient participation and health promotion).

4. In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will be available to undertake a number of clinical sessions including queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions, actioning test results, medical reports and examinations (e.g. Insurance Companies) on behalf of the Practice. 5. These duties should be performed in a timely manner using agreed protocols.

6. Appointments will be 10 minutes duration and telephone appointments will be of 10 minutes duration. A student or learner maybe attached for this session.

7.Act upon most alerts (e.g. QOF) and reminders during a routine consultation i.e. (10 minutes).

8. Respond to medical problems presented by patients, including history taking, examination, investigation, diagnosis, treatment and referral where appropriate.

9. Provide appropriate preventative health care and advice.

10. Provide medical support as required to patients referred by nursing staff.

11. Provide free certification in line with Schedule 9 of NHS GMS Regulations (1992).

12. Adhere to the practice prescribing formulary, local and national guidelines.

13. Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self- referred or referred from other health care workers within the Trust.

14. Record clear and contemporaneous I.T. based consultation notes to agreed standards.

15. Collect data for audit purposes.

16. Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible).

17. Engaging in appropriate lifelong educational and audit activity in order to maintain clinical competence and performance, including the completion of objectives agreed by yourself and the practice, in an annual Personal Development Plan. Your Personal Development Plan must be in line with the Practice Development Plan.

18. Actively participating in the training and development of nurses, medical students and GP trainees in the practice.

19. Supporting the practice staff and responding to requests for advice and assistance from the practice reception, secretarial and nursing staff.

20. Attend prescribing, palliative care, clinical and practice meetings.

21. Provide additional enhanced services to the practices that meet the needs of the practices patient population and maximise the income streams to the practice.

22. Undertake additional training where necessary to provide these enhanced services.

23. Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety, annual QOF Assessment of the Practice.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients.

Desirable

• Experience of working in primary care
• Experience of working in a GP practice
• Knowledge of clinical systems, emis

Qualifications

Essential

• 1. A medical practitioner whose name is included in the General Practitioner Register under article 10 of the General and Specialist Medical Practice Order 2003
• 2. Not subject to suspension under section 41A of the Medical Act 1983
• 3. Qualified General Practitioner (completed certificate of Completion of Training - CCT)
• 4. Currently on a performers list and not suspended from that list or from the medical register
• 5. DBS clearance

Desirable

• 1. Evidence of further postgraduate educational activities in relevant fields
• 2. MRCGP
• 3. DCH
• 4. DRCOG
• 5. RCGP Substance Misuse
• 6. Certificate Level 1 or 2
• 7. F2 supervisor training/teaching diploma (this is essential for HDS)
• 8. DFSRFH & Competence in Coil insertion
• 9. Evidence of CPD activities
• 10. Knowledge of NHS
• 11. Have an understanding of the needs of the vulnerable groups of patients that are registered
• 12. Recent experience of working in general practice in the UK
• 13. Commitment to and experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary and skill mixed team environment

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

Stretton Medical Centre

Address

5 Hatton Lane

Stretton

Warrington

Cheshire

WA4 4NE

Employer's website

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