Salaried GP 6 sessions
Darwen Healthcare
Darwen, BB3 1PY
Salary
Negotiable
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
4 September 2026
4 days left
Job description
Darwen Healthcare is an award winning, GMS Training Practice based in Darwen located off the M65, Junction 4. We are seeking to recruit a 6 session en...
The post-holder will 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.
Darwen Healthcare recognises the importance of Education and Training and as such you would be encouraged and supported to develop additional or increase existing skills that allow service development.
The post-holder will undertake a variety of duties e.g. surgery, video and telephone consultations, home visits,repeat prescriptions and repeat dispensing via EPS/ERD and administrative paperwork
Clinical Responsibilities
- In accordance with the practice timetable, as
agreed, the post-holder will be available to undertake a variety
Of duties as required, including
- Surgery consultations will cover the breadth of the
Practices core GMS and Enhanced Service obligations, which you will be expected
to support the team in delivering
- Additional or emergency presentations
- Telephone and Video consultations
- Visiting patients at home or at care providers
premises
- Share the daily responsibility of checking and e-signing
prescription requests and dealing with queries via the Emis Web Clinical System. Increasing the uptake of the Electronic Prescribing Service (EPS) and Electronic Repeat Dispensing (ERD) where in the patients best interest
- Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate, participating in medicines optimisation scheme as appropriate
- Reviewing and following up results from requested
tests, scans, investigations and referrals in a timely fashion. The practice
ensures that all results are actioned daily.
- Clinical paperwork and follow up as allocated via the
Emis Web workflow management system in a timely fashion
- Providing clinical supervision to the Clinical and
Nursing Staff
- Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation
to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health
care workers within the organisation
- Assessment of 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 chronic disease management protocols
ensure tasks allocated to the Nursing Team for Follow Up are
completed
- Admitting or discharging patients to and from the
caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate
- Recording clear, accurate and concise consultation
notes to agreed standards that include clear patient management plans and correct coding
- Collecting data for audit purposes and complete one
clinical practice audit annually
- In general the post-holder will be expected to
undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP
working within primary care
Management and Administration
- Work as part of the team to
deliver core GMS services
- Work as part of the team to
contribute to maximum achievement in the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)
across all areas
- Work as part of a team to
deliver both Direct and Local Enhanced Services
- Participate in
practice and multidisciplinary team meetings including the Locality Palliative
Meeting and Darwen PCN.
- Liaison and work with
voluntary agencies and multi-disciplinary teams
- Participate in audit of
clinical and patient services
- Participate in further
development of the service
Other responsibilities within
the organisation
- The post holder may be
requested to work additional hours to cover holidays/sickness and will be
expected to be flexible with regards to the agreed schedule of hours stated in
the Job Plan in order to assure business continuity
- Awareness of and compliance with
all relevant practice policies/guidelines
- A commitment to annual
learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice. Ensure all mandatory training and training courses specific to your role are completed.
The post-holder will
complement our existing proactive team consisting of: 7 GP Partners, 4 Salaried
GP's, and a diverse wider team consisting of ANP's, Paramedics, Pharmacist and a well established nursing team. Our
Non-Clinical Team is led by a Practice Manager supported by Finance, Operations,
Quality and Patient Engagement Leads and a large administrative team.
We are high QOF achievers,
rated Outstanding by CQC and the practice utilises Emis Web, EPS/ERD, ICE, Iplato and AccuRx Messaging.
We are passionate about
staff health and wellbeing and are a supportive practice that values the
importance of empathy, team-working, communication and staff development.
We can offer
flexibility with the number of sessions and the start date is negotiable.
If you share our passion for
the NHS; believe in the eternal value of quality patient care, we would be delighted
to hear from you.
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualifications: Essential
- Fully trained GP with Vocational Training Certificate
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practise
- Included on the NHS England Medical Performers List, or eligible for inclusion if newly qualified
- Participation in annual medical appraisal and revalidation, where applicable
- Enhanced DBS check (with adult and child barred list checks where required)
- Full UK driving licence and access to transport to undertake home visits
- Right to work in the UK
- Demonstrate commitment to personal development
- Evidence of self-directed learning & development
- Knowledge of the NHS Long Term Plan and current primary care developmentsExperience of working in NHS primary care/general practice.
- Good clinical record keeping.
- Effective multidisciplinary team working.
- Knowledge of clinical governance and safeguarding.
- Excellent communication and consultation skills.
- Competence with GP clinical systems (EMIS Web/SystmOne as applicable).
Desirable
- MRCGP (where applicable)
- Experience of EMIS Web, Lexacom and Accurx
- Interest in developing a specialist clinical area, for example frailty, care of older people, palliative care, women's health (LARC), dermatology or medical education
- Experience of service development and quality improvement initiatives
- Experience of clinical audit and/or research
- Teaching, training or supervision experience
- Minor surgery and/or joint injection skills
- LARC accreditation (implants and IUD/IUS fitting)
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First seen
8 August 2026
Last checked
10 August 2026
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