ARRS GP

This is an ARRS role therefore you must have qualified no more than 2 years ago and not have held a substantive role previously.

Fairhill Medical Practice in Kingston Upon Thames who are seeking an experienced Salaried GP to join its caring and supportive team. We require 6 clinical sessions per week, starting ASAP.

• The delivery of appropriate medical care to patients
• Prescribing adhering to local and national guidance
• Maintaining accurate clinical records in conjunction with good practice, policy and guidance
• Working collaboratively, accepting an equal share of the workload
• Adhering to best practice recommended through clinical guidelines and the audit process
• Contribution to the successful implementation of continuous improvement and quality initiatives
• Attending and contributing effectively to service/practice meetings as required
• Ensuring personal compliance with the appraisal process
• Preparing for and completing the revalidation process
• Commitment to self-learning and contributing to an ethos of continuing professional development across the service/practice team

Fairhill are a 3 Partner University Practice based across three sites in the leafy suburb of Kingston Upon Thames. The practice has a list size of over 23,000 patients and includes a branch at Kingston University.

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 patients.

Clinical Responsibilities:

• No duty doctor system dedicated clinical sessions to support accurx appointment triage
• Monthly clinical meetings and educational meetings with lunch provided
• In accordance with the Practice rota the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, 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
• 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 the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
• Engaging with and complying with the collection of data for QOF and enhanced services in consultations
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
• Prescribing in accordance with the locality prescribing formulary 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

• - Full GMC Registration with a license to practice and entry on the GP
• - Register Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Practice /
• - Certificate Confirming Eligibility for General Practice Registration (CEGPR), or equivalent Included on a Medical Performers List or eligible.
• - Evidence of continuous professional development
• - Academic excellence (prizes, merits, distinctions etc.) MRCGP Diplomas relevant to primary care

• - Completion of a Vocational GP Training scheme within the last 2 years and not have held a salary GP role previously
• - Certificate in post graduate clinical training

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.