Job summary
*Taurus Healthcare are advertising on behalf of Much Birch Surgery*
Much Birch Surgery is a busy rural dispensing practice
located in the village of Much Birch, between Ross-on-Wye and Hereford.
- List
size of 5030 patients
- Supportive
clinical team of 5 Partners (2.5 WTE), 1 salaried GP, ACP, Practice Nurses, HCAs,
Physiotherapist, Social Prescriber, Pharmacist
- High
QoF achievers
- EMIS
web
- CQC rated ‘good’
- Research active practice
Main duties of the job
Much Birch Surgery seek to appoint a
5 session salaried GP.
The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal
with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the
highest standards of care for all patients.
Please see the job description and information
pack for further details.
About us
Much Birch Surgery is a small rural
dispensing practice at the heart of the community, covering an area reaching
from the edges of Hereford to Ross on Wye, extending into the villages of the
Golden Valley.
We are a friendly, approachable and
caring team who treat all our patients with equal dignity and respect.
We are proud to be able to offer one
of the most accessible services in the county.
The practice covers one residential
home, four homes for adults with Learning Difficulties and a Convent.
The
practice is part of the South West Herefordshire PCN.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job summary:
The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal
with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the
highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.
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 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.
Other responsibilities within the organisation:
- Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice
policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection,
health and safety
- A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure
evidence-based best practice
- Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting
within the organisation
- Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records
- Contributing to the summarising of patient records and read-coding
patient data
Attending training and
events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job summary:
The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal
with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the
highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.
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 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.
Other responsibilities within the organisation:
- Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice
policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection,
health and safety
- A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure
evidence-based best practice
- Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting
within the organisation
- Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records
- Contributing to the summarising of patient records and read-coding
patient data
Attending training and
events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Person Specification
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
