Salaried GP
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Salaried GP Opportunity Friendly, Values-Led Practice with approx 7,700 patients
Are you a motivated GP looking to join a supportive, forward-thinking practice where your contribution truly matters?
We're seeking a committed Salaried GP to join our growing team and help us deliver high-quality, person-centred care to our community of 7,700 patients.
Main duties of the job
As a salaried GP you will manage 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 general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
As a GP you will recognise the importance of great communication within the team and will strive to:
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers
- Communicate effectively with other team members
- Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly
Job responsibilities
*Clinical Responsibilities*
In accordance with the agreed job plan, the salaried GP will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including:
- Surgery consultations, telephone consultations, telephone triage, visiting patients, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, processing clinical documentation, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
- Participate in the duty doctor rota
- Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation
- Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
- Cover all the clinical management of the patients in surgery 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
- Prescribing generically whenever appropriately and in accordance with the ICB and Practice prescribing formulary, NICE guidance and Good Prescribing Practice (as defined by British National Formulary guidance)
- Comply with all the objectives of the QOF targets, ICB initiatives, nationally or locally commissioned enhanced services.
- Completion of reports for solicitors, insurance companies and other third parties
- Working with and supporting other members of the primary health care team in delivering high quality primary care
- Take an active role in delivering clinical governance
- Promote preventative health care and advice where appropriate
- Lead on training, supervising and supporting learners (e.g Medical students)
- Other responsibilities within the Practice
- Work in accordance with NCPC agreed clinical procedures and protocols.
- Commitment and contribution to achievement of the highest possible quality standards in clinical care.
- A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.
- Contribute to evaluation, audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation
- Attend training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate. This includes clinical and non-clinical training and events.
- Participate in practice clinical meetings
- Provide information when reasonably requested to ensure that all personnel and other records are accurate e.g. hepatitis status
- Participate in the GP revalidation and appraisal scheme. Maintain portfolio of continuing professional development activities, attending training as required