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We are looking for a GP to work 6-8 sessions per week who is enthusiastic about working within a vibrant, multidisciplinary team and committed to delivering high quality patient care. The Crown Surgeryis a well-established dispensing practice offering excellent opportunities for professional development and career progression.

Excellent clinical support team including an experienced nursing team and access to Urgent Care Practitioner, Physiotherapist, Mental Health Practitioners, Social Prescriber and Pharmacy Technicians.

This post issubject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Newly qualified

GPs are welcome, with mentoring and support provided.

We are hopingto find a new GP who:

Valuesour approach to warm, high quality, patient centred-care

Would enjoy taking an active role in the clinical and organisational life of the practice

Hasan interest in the business side of general practice and is committed to our long-term future

The practice uses EMIS Web, Docman and Accu Rx.

Manage a caseload and dealwith a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients. As asenior member of the team you will be expected to set an example to others,assist in education and training and to play a full role in target achievement and service development.

We are aprogressive, forward-thinking practice with a strong focus on delivering high quality, personalised care for our growing list size, currently 8,600 patients.

Our Partners are a supportive and sociable team, meeting regular for a coffeeand working collaboratively to drive continual improvement for our patients,staff and the practice as a whole.

The practice isa long established and successful Dispensing Practice in rural Eccleshallhoused within a unique listed building dating back to the 16thcentury. Eccleshall is a highly sought after village in rural Staffordshire surrounded by very good schools and excellent road networks.

Clinical Responsibilities:

In accordance with the clinical rota, as agreed, the GP will make him/her-self available to undertakea variety of duties including

Surgery consultations, telephone consultations,visiting patients at home and in nursing homes, 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

Participate in the Duty Dr rota to provide a firstport of call for all on the day urgent queries or requests for late visits

Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness

Cover all the clinical management of the patients insurgery as appropriate including initiating investigations, reviewing results, making referrals to secondary care or to other providers as appropriate

Developing care and treatment plans in consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols as well wider guidance such as that from NICE

Ensuring appropriate follow up of patients

Recording clear and contemporaneous computerised consultation notes to agreed standards

Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute andrepeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)

Prescribing generically whenever appropriately and in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary, NICE guidance and Good Prescribing Practice (as defined by British National Formulary guidance)

Working with and support other members of the primaryhealth care team in delivering high quality primary care

Promoting the application of standards and codes of Practice set by the Royal College of General Practice, General Medical Council, NHS England and local NHS trust

Take an active role in the practice achieving agreed

QOF and other key performance indicator targets.

Responsibility for targets and services allocated,such as a QOF area of Enhanced Service.

Take an active role in delivering clinical and organisational governance.

Other Responsibilities within the Organisation:

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection,health and safety

Commitment and contribution to achievement of the highest possible quality standards such as the CQC, QOF and other agreed

Key Performance Indicator targets

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

Attendance at regular in-house governance and educational meetings and training as well as events at other agencies as appropriate

Assistance with the training of other staff member sand also with the education of doctors and nurses in training as appropriate

Confidentiality:

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