Salaried General PractitionerNHS

Job summary

Newbury Green Medical Practice in Salford is looking for a salaried GP with a view to future partnership to work 4-6 sessions per week.

Due to the continued success of the practice and service expansion plans, we are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and committed GP to become a team member in a friendly GMS student training practice.

Informal discussions and visits welcome.

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.

Job description

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/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 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)
• Promote, monitor and maintain best practice in health, safety & security and all aspects of safeguarding
• 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.
• Referencing appropriate quality scheme (e.g. QOF / Salford Standard) information at each consultation

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.
• Participation in enhanced access hours surgeries on a rota basis and evening meetings from time to time as deemed necessary by the practice
• Assist where required, with the training and development of medical students and GP trainees

About us

• 18,000 patients
• Modern purpose-built Health Centre with excellent patient/staff facilities
• EMIS clinical system with remote access options
• Excellent QoF achievement
• Established Patient Participation Group
• Excellent supportive, experienced and friendly practice team
• Primary Care Network involvement and Leadership
• Excellent links with Public Health Services and Local Communities
• Training of Medical Students / FY2s
• Extended evening hours