Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care. The following list is not exhaustive:

• Provide high quality medical services to patients registered with the practice.
• Provide a full range of services in line with the requirements of the GMS/PMS (17c) Contract and Enhanced Services Contracts.
• Undertake duties such as prescription signing, prescribing reviews, telephone advice, triage, duty doctor, in accordance with the rota.
• Manage long-term conditions in accordance with practice and national clinical guidelines.
• Prescribe generically where possible and in accordance with the practice formulary.
• Provide appropriate health promotion advice to all patients
• Ensure good clinical governance is part of patient care and other practice activities.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of practice guidelines, policies and procedures.
• Practice evidence-based medicine.
• Take ongoing responsibility for patients with difficult and complex problems including consistent follow-through.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS or MBChB
• Full GMC registration
• On the Medical Performers List (and never removed for a detrimental reason)
• Eligible to work in the UK
• Membership of a recognised defence union
• Ability to provide complete details of
• employment history

Desirable

• FamPlan. Cert or DFFP/FFFP MRCGP/nMRCGP DRCOG
• Or other relevant post-graduate qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience in primary care and working within a multidisciplinary
• team.
• Experience of primary care clinical systems.

Desirable

• Interest in service development
• Experience of clinical audit

Clinical skills

Essential

• Sound clinical knowledge and commitment to high quality clinical
• care.
• The ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
• A good understanding of Clinical Governance and quality issues as well as current health and social policy.

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Well developed IT skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Flexible and adaptable, able to multitask
• Team player corporate loyalty and Integrity
• Demonstrate commitment to respecting diversity and equality of
• opportunity

Other

Essential

• Holds current valid driving licence or provides evidence of proposed alternative as means of providing emergency and domiciliary care to
• fulfil requirements.
• Ability to cover on call duties.
• Meets Occupational Health requirements (in line with GMC
• standards/Good Medical Practice)
• Skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective
• communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues as outlined in the GMC English Language requirements.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Longtown Medical Centre

Address

Moor Road

Longtown

Carlisle

CA6 5XA