Salaried GP

Job responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities

In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties, including surgery consultations, telephone/video consultations, home visits including palliative care, checking and signing prescriptions, dealing with incoming correspondence and lab reports as required.

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

Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.

Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness

Cover all the clinical management of the patients in surgery as appropriate including initiating investigations, reviewing results, making referrals to secondary care or to other providers as appropriate.

Develop care and treatment plans in consultation with patients and in line with current practice chronic disease management protocols as well as wider guidance such as that from NICE

Ensure appropriate follow up of patients

Record clear and contemporaneous computerised consultation notes to agreed standards

Collect data for audit purposes and participating in the auditing of practice activity

Attendance at in-house meetings as deemed necessary including the PPG meetings

Providing counselling and health education

Participate in training plans and mentoring of medical students as required

Ensure practice clinical database is updated promptly and accurately with information relating to patient records, as required for clinical accuracy and for practice recording requirements under QIS, QOF and enhanced services

Appropriate use of structured data entry and clinical coding

Prescribe generically whenever appropriate and in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary, NICE guidance and Good Prescribing Practice (as defined by the British National Formulary guidance)

Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions avoiding hand-written prescriptions.

Work with and support other members of the primary health care team in delivering high quality primary care

Play a lead role in the practice achieving agreed QOF and other key performance indicator targets

Mentor and support ARRS staff employed by the PCN

Awareness and compliance will all relevant practice policies/guidelines e.g. Data protection, confidentiality and Health & safety

Maintain CPR and anaphylaxis certification

In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working with primary care

Experience

Essential

• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Initiative and drive
• Excellent communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills
• Competent time management and organisational skills
• Ability to listen and empathise
• Pleasant and articulate
• Ability to work under pressure
• Self-motivated and positive
• Empathetic, honest and caring
• Adaptable and forward thinking
• Enthusiastic and energetic
• Hard working, willing and flexible
• Observance of strict confidentiality
• Ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense

Additional

Desirable

• Enjoys a rural lifestyle
• Sense of humour

Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC registration with current licence to practise
• Qualified GP - Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent
• Membership of recognised defence union
• MRCGP
• Currently on performers list
• Enhanced CRB check
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate)
• Current CPR certificate
• Never been removed from a performers list for a detrimental reason

Desirable

• A demonstrable commitment to professional development
• Understands the importance of evidence based practice and clinical effectiveness
• Evidence of recent self-directed learning or development
• EMIS web experience
• AccuRX experience
• Experience dealing with Minor injuries
• Interest in womens health

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).