Salaried GP

The successful

candidate will provide general medical services focussing on a wide range of

health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care

for all registered and temporary patients.

The post-holder will manage a caseload

and 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. The

practice offer face to face, telephone and home visit appointments. We have pre-bookable appointments and on the

day. There will be a requirement to

contribute to extended opening appointments.

In accordance with the practice

timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to

undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone

consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing off

repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in

an appropriate timescale. There will also be a share of On Call and

Extended Hours duties.

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.

In consultation

with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols,

developing care plans for health.

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 based system, SwitchScript (or generically)

whenever this is clinically appropriate.

Contribute to

successful achievement of the Quality Outcomes Framework and to additional

service obligations such as IQSP and Promoting Clinical Excellence.

In general the

post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and

responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Other responsibilities within the

Organisation

Awareness of and

compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing,

confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.

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.

Contributing to

the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data.

Attending training

and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

Other duties

The post-holder may, from time-to-time, be asked to undertake other

reasonable duties, with appropriate training. It is important that all members

of staff are flexible and prepared to undertake additional or relinquish

current duties to maintain service delivery to patients. It is expected that

requests from the Partners will not be unreasonably refused.

We are a thriving

and friendly General Medical Practice, well established within the community

with a growing Registered Patient List size of over 11,700. We have a supportive

clinical team consisting of three Partners, 4 Salaried GPs, a locum ANP,Clinical Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician and a Physician Associate. In addition we have three Practice Nurses and a HCA. We also have supportive

management, administrative and reception teams.

The

practice is an active member of Worcester City Primary Care Network, proudly

serving over 126,000 patients across the City.

Qualifications

Experience

Qualities / Attributes

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