General Medical Practitioner

An exciting opportunity has become available for an enthusiastic and forward-thinking General Medical Practitioner to join the First Coastal PCN in a new role that will be developed as it progresses. Thepost-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needsin a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.

At present,First Coastal PCN does not have Home Office sponsorship status. This means thatwe are currently unable to provide any assistance with visas and all applicants and employees must have indefinite right to work in the UK in order to qualify for the job roles we offer. This may change in the future due to ongoing work.

• To undertake duties governed by the contract and Direct and Local Enhanced Services including-
• Avariety of duties including face to face surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence ina timely fashion.
• Ingeneral the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

First Coastal

PCN covers a population of approximately 84,000 patients, this is made up ofseven practices, Marsico Medical Practice (Mablethorpe), Hawthorn Medical Practice (Skegness), Beacon Medical Practice (Skegness), Merton Lodge (Alford),Spilsby Surgery, Stickney Surgery and Old Leake Medical Practice. These practices work together to deliver care to the local population.

• To undertake duties governed by the contract and Direct and Local Enhanced Services including-
• Avariety of duties including face to face surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence ina timely fashion
• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whet herself-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation
• Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosedproblems
• 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
• Administration – dealing with queries, patient test results, referral letters, task, emailsand other paperwork and correspondence in a timely manner
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions
• 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.
• Cover all the clinical management of the patients in surgery as appropriate including initiating investigations, reviewing results, making referrals to secondary care or to other providers as appropriate
• Develop care and treatment plans in consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols as well as wider guidance such as that from NICE.
• The successful applicant will be engaged as a General Medical Practitioner under the Additional Role Reimbursement Scheme and will be employed on terms and conditions which are no less favourable than those contained in the document entitled Model terms and conditions of service for a salaried general practitioner employed by a GMS practice https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).-

As this is a new and evolving role, this is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, and the post holdermay be required to undertake other duties that fall within the grade of the job, in…