General Practitioner

New Court Surgery is looking for a salaried GP to join our highly experienced and friendly team for 4 sessions a week on Tuesdays and Wednesdays finishing at 6:30pm on both days.

Thepostholder will consult with patients dealing with a wide range of health needsin a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all ofour patients.

To take part in areas including clinical auditing and data collection.

Contribute to QOF & IIF requirements and recording data appropriately

Attend team meetings and other clinical meetings as necessary.

In general, the post holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working with primary care, as set by Royal College of General Practitioners, General Medical Council, all other Royal Colleges and Councils applicable to the staff within the Practice, Department of Health, ICB, CQC, and all other regulatory and standard setting organisations.

New Court Surgery aim to deliver high quality, compassionate care that empowers our patients to take responsibility for their own health. We are a family friendly practice that strives to combine both innovation and traditional values, weprovide continuity of care, respect and dignity for every patient. We foster a supportive learning environment that encourages the growth and development of our team whilst continuously improving our services.

New Court Surgery is a part of the North Wiltshire Border Primary Care Network.

We are responsible for 9900 patients, we have a diverse range of patients. The practice is made up of 3 GP Partners, 2 Salaried GPs, 2 Advanced Nurse Practitioners, 3

Practice Nurses, 2 Health Care Assistants, 1 Phlebotomist we also have the support of Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Specialist Practitioners, Care Co-ordinators, Social Prescribers and Health and Wellbeing Coaches. Along with a strong management team, and a full team of experienced Receptionists/Administrators/Secretaries.

We are well supported by a specialist practitioner team who undertake the majority of house visits, alongside the Living Well team (including a social prescriber and health coach). Theywork closely with care services and a practice-based care coordinator toaddress wider care needs

Clinical responsibilities:

• In accordance with the practice timetable, 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, administration 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 concise 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.
• 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 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,…