Gp, Doctor​/Physician

An opportunity has arisen for a motivated and flexible experienced salaried GP to join Longton Medical Centre to work between 4 - 6 sessions per week. Our supportive team are well established, friendly, hardworking and dedicated to providing a good experience for the patient and a pleasant working environment for GPs who want to work in a forward thinking training practice.

We are continuously looking to improve what we do and value innovative and new ways of working. To meet demand from an increasing list size.

The successful candidate will primarily be involved in delivering highly effective medical care to the local population. This will involve working as the Duty Doctor as well as routine sessions, telephone triage, on line consultations. Home visits will be required when clinically necessary. The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator with a high level of interpersonal skills. We are happy to hear from those with specific areas of interest, or to help develop them.

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We are a training practice located in Rainhill Merseyside, caring for 9200 patients. The practice is made up of 2 GP partners, 5 salaried GP's 2 Practice Nurses and a Heath Care Assistant plus ARRS roles. Our GP partners have special interests in family planning, dermatology and musculoskeletal. There is no weekend or out of hours' work. The clinical team is supported by an efficient reception/administration team and Practice Manager.

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.

Clinical Responsibilities:

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, 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

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.

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.

Confidentiality:

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately

In the performance of the duties outlined in this

Job Description , the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their…