General Medical Practitioner ARRS role

Job description

Job 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 consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and relevant correspondence in a timely fashion

Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care 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

Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols

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

Prescribing in accordance with the Network ICB locality prescribing formulary

In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within the primary care (however within a time defined non-list holding Network role

This position is 37.5hrs per week (part time applications will also be considered)

Open to GPs currently in their 1st two years post completion of training certification

Currently the contract is offered until March 31st 2025 however it is presumed NHSE will announce further extension to this ARRS funding and an extended contract will be offered at this point if the post holder is meeting job role requirements.

Person Specification

Job Specific Personal Attributes may include:

Essential

• Enthusiastic and dynamic approach
• Good communication that inspires trust and confidence
• Good listening skills and empathic approach
• High levels of motivation and professionality
• Good time keeping skills
• Reliability
• Ability to work under pressure
• Emotional resilience
• Innovative Spirit
• A sense of humour

Desirable

• Ability to work independently within a Primary Care Network team.
• To organize and prioritize own work
• Good communication and networking skills
• Ability to problem solve variable situations and variables
• Good IT skills
• Understanding of the wider primary care health care and social aspects
• Knowledge of local NHS and community pharmacy services

Experience

Essential

• Further Qualification or Diploma relevant to General Practice

Desirable

• Working knowledge of General Practice
• Prior Triage experience

Qualifications

Essential

• Fully Qualified GP with Full GMC registration and Completion Of Training Certification
• The GP must be in their first two years post completion of training and should not have been employed in a prior substantive role

Desirable

• Further Qualification or Diploma relevant to General Practice

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

Island City Network PCN

Address

Lake Road Health Centre

Nutfield Place

Portsmouth

PO1 4JT

Employer's website

https://www.islandcitypractice.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)