Salaried GP

Services to be provided by you

Face to face appointments, telephone triage of patients, covering duty days, home visits when required, telephone appointments, complete all necessary documentation relating to patient care, including referral letters, medical reports, and certification of sickness.

To provide NHS general medical services to

registered and temporary patients on the Practice list.

In consultation with patients and in line with

current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for

health.

To assist in the establishment of appropriate

systems to manage common chronic medical conditions.

Completion of clinically related

administrative and non-clinical duties needed for the delivery of service.

Refer patients for further opinions and interventions according to

Practice protocols.

CLINICAL

Undertake a variety of duties, including surgery consultations,

telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and

signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and

correspondence.

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.

Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in

line with current practice disease management protocols.

Providing counselling and health education.

Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring

to other care providers as appropriate.

Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed

standards.

Collecting data for audit purposes.

Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.

Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or

generically) 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.

Maintaining,

monitoring, and updating computer database and management of medical records

And practice audits

Ensure that practice clinical database is updated promptly and

accurately with information relating to patient records, as required for clinical

accuracy and for practice recording requirements under QOF and Enhanced

Services.

Appropriate use of read codes.

Participating in the collection and collation of statistics towards the

preparation of practice reports, performance monitoring and audits.

Participating in the auditing of practice activity.

Practice

Organisation

Process and action incoming patient and hospital correspondence

Attendance at in-house meetings, significant event audit meetings and

others as deemed necessary

Ensure that the practice complaints system is adhered to at all times

Awareness and compliance with all relevant guidelines e.g. data

protection, confidentiality and health and safety

Highcliffe Medical Centre is a forward-thinking training and research practice, supporting 15,000 patients.

Our practice is situated in the beautiful coastal village of Highcliffe-on-sea within walking distance to award-winning beaches and the beautiful grounds of Highcliffe Castle. Dorset is a great place to work for those seeking a wonderful work/life balance.

We pride ourselves on delivering the very best care to our patients, conducting high quality clinical research to help us improve NHS care by finding which treatments work best and a commitment to mentoring and developing our team to enhance our service.

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