PCN General Practitioner
The Mast PCN
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Mast Primary Care Network (PCN) to join our multi-disciplinary team. We are recruiting for a newly qualified general practitioner (GP) that meets the following requirements:
- The General Medical Practitioners has not been substantively employed as a General Medical Practitioner in general practice previously.
- The General Medical Practitioner has not been employed in a temporary capacity i.e. as a locum.
- The General Medical Practitioner is not beyond the second anniversary of their certificate of completion of training, issued by the General Medical Council, at the start of their employment or engagement.
The successful candidate will be working across two to three practices within the PCN.
- Starting salary depending on experience
- Fixed term until March 2025
- 6.5 sessions per week
Main duties of the job
- In accordance with the practice timetable, you will make yourself 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 health care workers.
- 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 consultations with patients and in line with current PCN and 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 as requested for support.
- Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.
- Prescribing in accordance with the PCN and 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.
About us
The Mast Primary Care Network (PCN) consists of a group of 5 GP Practices:
- Dearne Valley Health Centre
- Kirkburton Health Centre
- Lepton and Kirkheaton Surgeries
- Shepley Health Centre
- Skelmanthorpe Family Doctors
These practices work collaboratively together to deliver services to a population of circa 35,000 patients. Practices within the PCN are involved in clinical research studies and are training practices. The successful candidate will be working across two to three practices within the PCN. We promote a culture of continuous improvement where everyone counts, and staff are permitted to make suggestions and contributions to improve our service delivery and enhance patient care.
Date posted
05 November 2024
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
5 months
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
A5590-24-0001
Job locations
Skelmanthorpe Family Doctors
Commercial Road
Skelmanthorpe
Huddersfield
HD8 9DA
Dearne Valley Health Centre
Wakefield Road
Scissett
Huddersfield
HD8 9JL
Lepton Surgery
Highgate Lane
Lepton
Huddersfield
HD8 0HH
Kirkburton Health Centre
Shelley Lane
Kirkburton
Huddersfield
HD8 0SJ
Shepley Health Centre
25 Jos Lane
Shepley
Huddersfield
HD8 8DJ
Employer details
Employer name
The Mast PCN
Address
Skelmanthorpe Family Doctors
Commercial Road
Skelmanthorpe
Huddersfield
HD8 9DA