Locum GP Maternity Cover

East of England, East of England

Fixed-Term

£62,340

General Practitioner

Locum GP Maternity Cover

Job summary

Fixed Term GP wanted for 6-7 sessions over 12 months.

Competitive salary

6 weeks holiday and 1 week study leave pro rata

Practice mentorship scheme and annual in-house appraisal

Regular in-house clinical meetings

Main duties of the job

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.
Innovative use of AccuRx Full Triage to effectively manage GP workload and improve patient access and care.
Postholder will triage AccuRx GP requests on a rotational basis.
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.
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.

About us

The Practice:

Semi-rural, PMS, SystmOne, practice of over 12,000 patients working from a modern purpose-built premises

Training practice - 4 trainees, and wide multidisciplinary team including a PCN pharmacy team and in-house pharmacy

We have a dedicated visiting paramedic to help with home visits on a daily basis.

Progressive practice working with New Models of Care, in the Wetherby Primary Care Network

We use AccuRx Full Triage for our appointment system which has improved patient access and care.

Job description

Job 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.
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.

Person Specification

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.

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.