General Practitioner Health Centre

Salaried GP 4 Sessions (Possibility of increasing to 5 or 6 sessions)

The post-holder will manage and be responsible for a defined caseload of patients 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.

Undertake a variety of duties. These will include surgery consultations, telephone and video consultations, triaging patients on the triage list, on-call doctor duties, visiting patients at home, checking, and signing repeat prescriptions, 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.

In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health.

Providing counselling and health education.

Admitting or discharging patients to and from relevant caseloads and referring to other care providers as appropriate.

Recording clear and factual consultation notes to agreed standards.

Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary

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 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.

Apply Practice policies, standards, and guidance.

Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work.

Participate in audit where appropriate.

Work alongside and with the other GPs, practice nurses, practice manager, reception, and administration staff.

Work alongside and with external providers including care home staff, district nurses and hospital teams.

Complete routine daily surgery

Complete on-call surgeries shared pro rata between all our GPs.

Complete a pro-rata share of paperwork (after full clinical document management has been completed by our administration team).

You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team that includes 4 GP Partners, 2 Salaried GPs, 3 Advanced Nurse Practitioners, 3 Practice Nurses and HCA/Phlebotomists as well as experienced and well-established reception and administrative teams.

We are a GP training and research practice, proud of our strong ethos around education, quality improvement, and innovation. We work closely with our county cluster and GP collaborative, playing an active role in service development and collaborative working across the locality.

The post-holder will manage and be responsible for a defined caseload of patients 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.

In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties. These will include surgery consultations, telephone and video consultations, triaging patients on the triage list, on-call doctor duties, visiting patients at home, checking, and signing repeat prescriptions, 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…