Salaried GP

Parkway Medical Group

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Job summary

Parkway Medical Group has an exciting opportunity for a fixed term of 18 months Salaried GP to join our friendly and forward thinking GP practice. The post is for 3 - 4 sessions per week, ideally working Tuesdays and Fridays however working pattern can be negotiated.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a well respected, enthusiastic practice in a popular suburban area of Newcastle.

We are a teaching practice and there is opportunity for involvement with teaching should the applicant wish.

Applicants able to do contraceptive implants would be advantageous but not essential.

Main duties of the job

Undertakes telephone calls, home visits, checking and signing of repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion as required.

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

About us

We pride ourselves in being:

GMS Practice
Modern premises
Current 8450 list size
3 GP Partners, 4 Salaried GPs, 1 Advanced Nurse Practitioner, 3 Practice Nurses and 2 HCA.
Sessions contain 15 minute appointments with allocated time for admin and home visits
Full complement of clinical and non-clinical staff
Excellent nursing team
Weekly clinical meetings
Daily coffee break with GP team
Training practice with medical students
High QoF and enhanced service achievements year on year
Geared towards reducing GP workload with support from an experienced and dedicated Leadership and admin team that includes Medical Secretaries and a Data/Workflow team.
Fully engaged with Newcastle Outer West Primary Care Network. PCN Group comprising of 6 like-minded GP Practices with a total patient population of 40,000 +
Expanding PCN employed staff, currently including First Contact Physiotherapists, First Contact Mental Health Workers, a Clinical Pharmacy team and Social Prescribers and Care Coordinators.
SystmOne clinical system
Members of a Pharmacy Hub team

Date posted

29 Chwefror 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A2356-24-0002

Job locations

Chapel House Primary Care Centre

Hillhead Parkway

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE5 1LJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Making professionally autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred internally within the Practice.

Receives patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and makes assessment of their health care needs.

Consults with patients in the surgery, at home visits and via telephone or on-line mechanisms as agreed between the practice GPs.

Undertakes telephone calls, home visits, checking and signing of repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion as required.

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

In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, develops care plans for health.

Provides counselling and health education as necessary.

Admits or discharges patients and refers them to other care providers internally and externally as appropriate and in line with practice protocols.

Complies with all relevant clinical governance and Practice polices and protocols.

Assists in the establishment of appropriate systems to manage common chronic medical conditions.

Completes clinically related administrative and non-clinical duties needed for the delivery of the service.

Records clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.

Demonstrates commitment to lifelong learning, and audit and effectiveness to ensure evidence based best practice.

Provides active input to the wider Primary healthcare team in the process of health needs research/base line data collection/clinical audit.

Compiles and issues computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions, prescribing in accordance with the Practice/ CCG prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate.

Meets professional learning and CPD requirements.

Develops effective relationships with other colleagues.