Salaried GP

• In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, you will make yourself available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and if appropriate email 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.
• Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Participating in health promotion activity and some specialist services such as obesity, addictions and sexual health clinics (for which appropriate training will be given as required).
• Pro-active engagement with the practice population and wider community to promote healthy living, encourage uptake of services and optimise health-seeking behaviour. This may include visits to local schools, community centres and other groups as necessary.
• 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.
• In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols as well wider guidance such as that from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, developing care and treatment plans.
• Providing counselling and health education.
• Ensuring appropriate follow up of (both registered and temporary) patients.
• Recording clear and contemporaneous computerised consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Collecting data for audit purposes.
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat 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 primary health 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, Department of Health, and local NHS trust.
• Play a leading role in the practice achieving agreed QOF and other key performance indicator targets.
• Take lead responsibility for targets and services allocated, such as a QOF area of Enhanced Service.
• In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

• Involvement and contribution to the mentoring, supervision and training of the broad multi-professional clinical team.
• 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 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 members.
• Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records.
• Contributing to the summarising of patient records and Read-Coding patient data.

Essential

• Flexibility of working hours/ able
• to work at the desired times
• Good sickness record

Essential

• Post CCT Qualified GP
• GMC full registration
• Vocational Training Certificate or
• equivalent (JCPTGP)
• Membership of recognised
• defence union (MPS/MDU)
• GMC certificate of good conduct
• letter (can be acquired
• after interview but before starting
• work)
• Currently on a performers list
• Never been removed from a
• performers list for a
• detrimental reason
• A demonstrable commitment to
• professional development
• Understands the importance of
• evidence-based practice and
• clinical effectiveness
• Evidence of recent self-directed

Desirable

• DRCOG
• DFP
• DCH
• Recognised qualifications for GP
• registrar trainin

Essential

• Experience of Microsoft Office
• applications
• Experience of GP Clinical IT systems

Desirable

• System One experience
• Previous drug misuse, sexual
• health or obesity management
• experience
• Minor surgery experience

Essential

• Ability to listen and empathise
• Good time management
• Understanding of Clinical
• Governance and quality issues
• as well as health and social
• policy
• Interest in research
• Ability to relate to the interviewing
• team
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Initiative and drive
• Pleasant and articulate
• Able to work under pressure
• Self-motivated and positive
• Empathetic, honest, caring
• Adaptable and forward looking
• Enthusiastic and energetic
• Diplomatic and considered
• Hard working, willing and flexible
• Observance of strict

Desirable

• Interest in education and training