GP

Job summary

Exciting opportunity to join a friendly, enthusiastic 2 site GP practice. We are looking to recruit a 4 – 6 session salaried GP into our lovely team. The position is on a fixed term basis with a possibility of an extension.

Main duties of the job

In accordance with the practice timetable, the post-holder will be available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery, telephone & e-consultations, triage calls, home visits, medicine management and associated paperwork. In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

 

Main duties of the job

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.

• In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/herself available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, triage calls, triage visits, checking and signing of 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.

 

About us

We are a 4 Partner Training GMS Practice serving approximately 9,000 patients. With a team of Salaried GPs, Nurses, admin and reception staff. A Practice Manager and Assistant Practice Manager.

As a Practice we pride ourselves in providing the best possible primary care services for our patients. We are consistently high QOF achievers and our recent CQC inspection rated good in all areas. Our clinical system is TPP System One.

 

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Summary:

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.

Clinical Responsibilities:

• In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/herself available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, triage calls, triage visits, checking and signing of 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.
• In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans and providing counselling and health education.
• To assist in the establishment of appropriate systems to manage chronic medical conditions.
• Completion of clinically related administrative and non clinical duties needed for the delivery of the service.
• Refer patients for further opinions and interventions according to Practice protocols
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions wherever possible).
• Prescribing in accordance with the local 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.

 

The practice will offer mentoring to facilitate personal development.

 

Person Specification

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Understand the health and social needs of a local practice patient population.
• Understanding of the current issues and challenges facing primary care.
• Excellent time management
• Good analytical skills

Desirable

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent record keeping skills.
• Confident in using Word/excel
• Confident in using Email
• Commitment to personal and professional development.
• Commitment to education and training.

Experience

Essential

• Recent experience of working in general practice in the UK.
• Commitment to and experience of working as part of a
• multidisciplinary and skill mixed team environment
• Experience of working to achieve standards within the Quality
• and Outcome Framework (QOF)

Desirable

• Evidence of independent working in General Practice
• Experience of supporting service change
• Evidence of participation in QOF
• Evidence of participation in Audit

Qualifications

Essential

• A medical practitioner whose name is included in the
• General Practitioner Register under article 10 of the
• General and Specialist Medical Practice Order 2003.
• Not subject to suspension under section 41A of the Medical
• Act 1983./
• Qualified General Practitioner (completed certificate of
• Completion of Training CCT)
• Currently on a PCT performers list and not suspended from
• that list or from the medical register
• DBS clearance
• Have had an annual NHS appraisal

Desirable

• Evidence of further postgraduate educational
• activities in relevant fields
• MRCGP
• DCH
• DRCOG
• Evidence of CPD activities

Employer details

Employer name

Tickhill and Colliery Medical Practice

Address

25 St Marys Road

Tickhill

Doncaster

South Yorkshire

DN11 9NA

 

Employer’s website

https://www.thetickhillsurgery.co.uk