General Practitioner - Hope Family Medical Centre

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 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 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 (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)

• Prescribing in accordance with the 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.

Starting time negotiable for the right candidate.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Medical Degree
• GMC Fully Registered
• Medical Indemnity
• Currently on Performers list
• Evidence of professional development
• Good Communication (Oral / Written) Skills
• Working knowledge of MS Office Applications
• Knowledge in practice evidence based approach to medicine including patient evaluation and triage procedures.
• Have an understanding of CCG or other stakeholders working directives.
• Good understanding of GP practice and Quality Outcome Framework process.
• Knowledge of clinical operations and procedures.
• Understanding of clinical governance and quality issues
• Good clinical skills

Desirable

• MRCGP
• Problems solving and a solution focused approached
• Sensitive to patient issues
• Working knowledge of Emis
• Knowledge of current issues facing NHS
• Docman experience
• Innovative and keen to explore new ways of delivery care

Experience

Essential

• Willingness to undertake continuing professional development.
• Able to work in a highly confidential environment
• Able to work as part of a team
• Able to stay calm in a crisis
• Able to adapt new ways of delivering primary healthcare
• Ability to recognise the importance of peoples rights and respect their privacy, dignity, needs and belief
• Open and reflective
• Willingness to work on a rota, visit patients and flexible to working hours to meet the needs of the practice clinical commitment.

Desirable

• Specialist Interests Interest in supporting the training of new and team education.
• GPs Forward thinking and open to change

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

GP Practice in Wales

Address

Hope Health Centre

Hawarden Road

Hope

Wrexham

Clwyd

LL12 9NP

Employer's website

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