Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in General Practice as a qualified GP

Desirable

• Experience of supporting patients in care homes
• Experience using EMIS Web
• Knowledge and experience of the BNSSG Remedy Referral Pathways

Skills & Qualities

Essential

• Team-player
• Excellent communication skills
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Able to use initiative
• Continuously seeking improvements to practice
• Inclusive approach
• Strong IT skills
• Excellent time management skills

Clinical Responsibilities:

• In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting (up to 2 patients, i.e. 1 per session) 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 & 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 patients to hospital in emergency situations
• 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 including participation in the on-call rota (during normal working hours) and, when required, to participate in the Saturday morning surgery rota (pro-rata based on number of sessions worked) as required by the Extended Access enhanced service with hours from 8.30 to 11am. The candidate may also be able to partake in the additional evening Improved Access clinics on a rota basis when scheduled.
• Out of Hours cover is provided by Brisdoc from 6.30pm to 8.00am on weekdays, and on weekends.

• 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.