Salaried GP

Parklands Surgery in Rushden is seeking an enthusiastic, salariedGP to join the practice for 4-6 sessions per week.

Main duties of the job

Well regarded and patient centred, we are a forwarding thinking practice of 7 GPs caring for 13,800 patients

High QOF achieving

Purpose built Surgery in a semi-rural location - superb working environment

Equitable and manageable workload

In-house buddy system for mentoring new GPs

Positive results in GP Satisfaction Survey (in top 10 of surgeries in Northamptonshire)

Good CQC rating

About us

Excellent staff retention, with skilled MDT. GPs fully supported by Advanced Nurse Practitioners, who undertake home visits and Nurses, dealing with chronic disease management. Plus a full complement of experienced administrative staff.

Job responsibilities

The post-holder will be part of a primarycare health team providing general medical services and will manage a caseloadand deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuringthe highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.

ClinicalResponsibilities:

• The post-holder will make him/herself available to undertake avariety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultationsand queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeatprescriptions, test results and dealing with queries, paperwork andcorrespondence in a timely fashion.
• Work with the electronic document management system EMIS Web,ICE, Choose and Book, Dictation.
• Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiatedand undiagnosed problems.
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs ofillness in consultation with patients and in line with current practicedisease management protocols, developing care plans for health.
• Providing counselling and health education if the need arises
• Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload andreferring to other care providers as appropriate
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreedstandards
• Collecting data for audit purposes & quality purposes.
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeatprescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
• Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formularyand generically whenever this is clinically appropriate in liaison withthe partners.
• To use the applicable Choose and Book systems for patientreferrals etc.
• In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all thenormal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working withinprimary care under a GMS contract.This will include some on call sessions and visits.

Person Specification Qualifications

• 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.