Salaried General Practitioner

We are looking for a Salaried GP to join our friendly medium sized practice for two days a week to cover four sessions, Thursday and Friday, however we are flexible. The list size is circa 7000 patients. The practice is well organised with efficient workflow and manageable appointment numbers. The team is passionate about collaborative and holistic care whilst maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

Any candidates interested in an informal visit are most welcome., Provision of high quality holistic clinical care, aligned with current healthcare standards. Focus on the needs of individual patients and develop a shared decision-making approach where appropriate. Consider the needs of the community and the wider determinants of health. Collaborative working with other health care professions and providers to bring optimal expertise around and individual patient.

This includes secondary care and community NHS professionals and the use of all communication pathways available eg advice and guidance. Integration of social prescribing into the care of our patients. Keep good clinical records. The EPR is the glue that holds patient care together. Be clear about what you are thinking. We like a list of differential diagnoses. Working with the operational teams to make everything work well.

Working with all other clinical colleagues to support each other., 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/her-self available to 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, lab results 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 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 (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible) 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.

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 development of computer-based patient records 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.

Confidentiality: In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately In the performance of the duties outl