Gp, Doctor​/Physician

Job summary

South Queen Street Medical Centre in Morley, Leeds have an exciting opportunity for a GP to join our friendly and supportive practice team, working 2-4 sessions per week on a fixed term basis. We are a practice based in Morley with excellent transport links into Leeds and further af via the nearby M62. We are a PMS practice of 5000 patients.

We are looking for a confident and independent GP who is committed, enthusiastic and passionate about making a difference in primary care.

The post-holder will provide personal medical services, managing 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.

We have a varied and passionate clinical team consisting of , 3 salaried GP's , 1 senior Partner , 1 ANP , 1 Practice Pharmacist , 1 Practice nurse and 2 HCA's who work alongside our excellent administration team.

We are part of the Morley & District Primary Care Network and are also a training practice for Foundation Doctors.

• 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 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
• Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
• 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 electronic & computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions
• Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
• The post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies
• 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
• Read-coding patient data
• Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies

• 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 carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
• Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the…