Salaried General Practitioner

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.

• Modern purpose-built Health Centre with excellent patient/staff facilities
• EMIS clinical system with remote access options
• 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

Job responsibilities 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.

• 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
• 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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MBCHB
• MRCGP

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 (opens in a new window).

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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

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