General Practitioner

St Ann's Medical Centre have an exciting opportunity for an up to 9 session (minimum 4 sessions) GP to joinour growing practice. We are a large, supportive and fun practice team within a PMS multi-professional training practice offering plenty of opportunity for development of individual skills and interests and a real focus on education and training within the practice and involvement across the local area.

We have just over 19000 patients across three sites. Weare looking for a proactive and highly motivated person to become part of our friendly and supportive team which includes the Surgery's GPs, Business Manager, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Pharmacist's, Paramedics, Reception team and Administrative staff.

The successful applicant will be encouraged to take anactive role in the leadership and development of the practice, incorporating all the aspects of being a GP.

The individual should enjoy working as part of a cohesive team, possess good communication skills and have good general IT skills.

Flexibility, compassion and a "can do" approach is essential for this position.

• To deliver a highly effective medical care to the entitled population.
• To ensure that the provision of services commensurate with the GMS/PMS contract.
• Generic prescribing adhering to local and national guidance.
• Effective management of long-term conditions.
• Processing of administration in a timely manner, including referrals, repeat prescription requests, blood results and other associated administrative tasks.
• On a rotational basis, undertake telephone triage and duty doctor roles.
• Contribute to the successful implementation of continuous improvement and quality initiatives within the practice.
• Accept delegated responsibility for a specific area (or areas) or the QOF
• Work collaboratively, accepting an equal share of the practice workload
• Attend and contribute to weekly clinical meetings and other practice meetings (e.g. PLT)
• Support the partners in achieving strategic aims, including enhancing income and reducing expenditure of the practice

St Ann's Medical Centre is a large well-established practice that is passionate about providing a high quality care and service to our patients

We are high QOF achievers, excellent GP Patient Survey results and CQC Good in all areas.

Clinical system is Systm One

We are active in the local successful Primary Care Network (PCN) including having both Clinical Director and PCN Manager within our team.

Purpose of Job

To deal witha wide range of health care needs in the primary care setting, providing medical services to patients and such other duties as reasonable delegated toyou by the Practice, that are required of the Practice in providing service sunder Personal Medical Service (PMS) Regulations.

Main Duties

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, processing of blood results, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.

Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, including history taking,examination, investigation, whether self referred or referred from other health care workers within the Practice.

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 inline with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plansfor health.

Providing counselling and appropriate preventative health care and advice.

Admitting or discharging patients toand from the Practice caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate.

Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.

Compiling and issuing computer generated acute and repeat prescriptions.

Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.

Providing reports eg Department ofwork and Pensions, medical certificates and death certificates.

Support the practice with supervision of junior doctors/ nurse team.

Provide cover or buddy for absent colleagues.

Electronic medical note keeping forall patient contacts, including template entries supporting clinical recall,QOF data and maintaining comprehensive medical histories (i.e. Deanery requirements to support the GP Training Practice Status of the Practice).

In general the post holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a General Medical Practitioner working within primary care.

Other Responsibilities within the Practice

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies or guidelines ,eg,Prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.

A commitment to lifelong learning and audit to ensure to…