Job description

Job responsibilities

• In accordance with the Practice rota, 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
• Engaging with and complying with the collection of data for QOF and enhanced services in consultations and without, including the use of TEMPLATE software to enable this
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
• Prescribing in accordance with the locality 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.
• Inclusion in the practice on call rota, and home visit rota

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
• CRB clearance
• Have had an annual NHS appraisal

Desirable

• Evidence of further postgraduate educational activities in relevant fields
• MRCGP
• DCH
• DRCOG
• RCGP Substance Misuse Certificate Level 1 or 2
• F2 supervisor training/teaching diploma (this is essential for HDS)
• DFSRFH & Competence in Coil insertion
• Evidence of CPD activities
• Minor surgery skills

Experience

Essential

• Recent experience of working in general practice in the UK
• Commitment to and experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary 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
• Teaching of GP Reg/F2/Medical students/Nursing students
• Accredited GP Registrar trainer or F2 Supervisor
• Evidence of participation in QOF
• Evidence of participation in Audit

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Knowledge of NHS
• Have an understanding of the needs of the vulnerable groups of patients that are registered
• Skills
• Understand the health and social needs of a local practice patient population
• Commitment to personal and professional development
• Commitment to education and training
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent record keeping skills
• Understanding of the current issues and challenges facing primary care
• Confident in using Word/excel
• Confident in using Email
• Excellent time management
• Good analytical skills
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Excellent patient manner
• Imaginative approach to problem solving and provision of services

Desirable

• Understanding/knowledge of:
• - Quality & Outcomes Framework (QOF)
• - Choose & Book
• - Practice Based Commissioning
• - Access
• - Demand management
• - Read codes
• - Audit
• - Experience working with the homeless, looked after children, asylum seekers, refugees and other vulnerable groups.
• fully conversant with clinical IT systems e.g. emis/Docman/ERS
• - Able to conduct Minor Operations/Joint injection/aspirations
• - Strong leadership skills

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.

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

North Wood Group Practice

Address

61 Crown Dale

Upper Norwood

London

SE19 3NY