Salaried General Practitioner (GP)

In accordance

with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves

available to undertake a variety of duties, including surgery consultations,

telephone consultations, eConsultations, visiting patients at home, checking

and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and

correspondence in a timely fashion.

Actioning a share

of blood results and incoming clinical documents, both paper and electronic

Making

professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether

self-referred or referred from other health care workers

Assessing the

health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems

Screening

patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness

Offering

preventative advice

Developing care

plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current

practice disease management protocols

Referring to

other care providers as appropriate

Recording clear

and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards

Collecting data

for audit purposes

Prescribing in

accordance with the ICB or practice 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.

Situated in the

beautiful spa town of Harrogate close to the Yorkshire Dales, we serve an urban

and suburban population of just under 16,000 patients.

We are committed

to providing high quality primary care. There are six GP Partners and nine Salaried

GPs with a range of skills and interests.

We have developed

innovative systems to manage our workload. This includes having a shared Clinical

Administration Team, Data Quality Team and Medical Secretary Service. These

teams are shared amongst both practices at Mowbray Square Medical Centre,

giving us a strong infrastructure to support GPs and safely reduce

administrative workload.

Our highly skilled

and experienced Nurse Team consists of a Practice Nurse, Nurse Associate and

two Healthcare Assistants, who are led by our Lead Nurse.

We have formal

responsibility for three care homes for the elderly and two learning disability

care homes. Named GPs offer a fixed regular commitment to these homes under a

local ICB scheme.

Nominated GP leads for safeguarding, QOF, finance, patient services,

womens health, prescribing, palliative care, diabetes and nursing care ensures

a structured supportive system across the practice.

Aptitude and Abilities

Personal Qualities

Experience

Qualifications

Other Requirements