General Medical Practitioner (Primary Care Network)

This role

Will include

5 sessions

/ week across 3 days

Tuesday Two

sessions

Wednesday one

session

Friday Two

sessions

supervision and mentorship with senior PCN GPs and managers

part of our PCN MDTs

to develop leadership skills (work alongside PCN Clinical Director and PCN

Manager)

personal development, and non- patient facing learning

General Practice clinics in practices and more innovative services (as above)

In

accordance with the agreed PCN timetable, the post-holder will undertake a

Variety of duties, including

Conducting

surgery and telephone consultations, addressing patient queries, and visiting

patients at home.

Checking,

signing, and authorising prescriptions, while managing queries, paperwork, and

correspondence in a timely manner.

Making

professional, autonomous decisions regarding presenting problems, whether

self-referred or referred by other health care workers.

Assessing

the healthcare needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed issues.

Screening

patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.

Developing

care plans in consultation with patients, in line with current disease

management protocols.

Providing

counselling and health education.

Admitting or

discharging patients from the caseload and referring them to other care

providers as appropriate.

Recording

clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.

Collecting

data for audit purposes.

Attending

MDT meetings

Participation

in education/teaching of wider MDT teams including medical and non medical

teams

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, as

clinically appropriate.

Undertaking

emergency patient visits during surgery hours, if clinically indicated.

Participating

in on-call sessions and home visiting sessions as allocated in the practice

rota.

Other

Responsibilities within the Organisation

Adhering to

all relevant Practice policies and guidelines, including those related to

prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, and health and safety.

Committing

to lifelong learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practices.

Contributing

to evaluation, audit, and clinical standard setting within the organisation.

Assisting in

the development of computer-based patient records.

Leading

proactive and personalised care projects for the PCN and being an advocate for

these services to patients and staff across the network

Heeley Plus

PCN believe in the value of integrating Health and social approaches. We seek

to partner with local people, communities and organisations to develop

confident and proactive people. This culture takes time to build, but we have

made significant progress with forward thinking practices and our partnership

with Heeley Trust, our local community anchor.

As a PCN, we

work closely in partnership with our local population, to develop a

collaborative community of support and close integration with local services. Our

PCN team comprises of clinical (includes mental health workers, pharmacists and

pharmacy assistants, first contact physio, Advanced Care Practitioner, GP

assistants and non-clinical roles (social prescribers and health coaches).

Qualifications

Experience