Job description

Job responsibilities

The salaried GP will be responsible for delivering the full range of primary care services as part of thepractice ensuring the highest standards of care for the differing needs of our patient population.

The salaried GP will work closely with the practices multi-disciplinary team of other GPs, nurses and non clinical staff to provide a high quality and accessible service to patients.

Clinical responsibilities:

In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available toundertake 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, referrals and correspondence in a timely manner.

• 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 asappropriate.
• 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-writtenprescriptions whenever possible. EPS is now implemented at the Practice).

• Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this isclinically appropriate.
• In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilitiesassociated with a GP working within primary care.

• Complete care plans required for local enhanced services.
• Participate in Enhanced Services work required within the practice.

TRAINING AND EDUCATION

• Prepare for and complete the annual external appraisal process.
• Prepare for and complete the revalidation process.
• Undertake training that meets personal, mandatory and practice learning needs including recording oflearning, reflection, complaints, information governance etc.
• Participate in and contribute to learning activities such as significant event reviews, clinical audit,protected learning time, video analysis of consultations.
• Contribute to delivering teaching for doctors in training in the practice and other health professionals intraining.

Other responsibilities with the Practice:

• 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 accurate Read-Coding of patient data.
• Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• To be able to demonstrate
• on-going personal and
• practice development.
• Excellent communication
• skills including verbal,
• written, face to face and
• active listening skills.
• Computer skills; Microsoft
• Word and e-mail).

Desirable

• Use of System One (Clinical
• database.

Qualifications

Essential

• Eligible to work in General
• Practice in the NHS.

Desirable

• Experience as a GP educator.
• Experience of appraisal in
• practice or other setting.
• Additional clinical skills beyond
• general practice.

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

Lakeside Healthcare Group

Address

Lakeside Healthcare

Landsdowne Road

Yaxley

Peterborough

PE7 3JL