Gp, Doctor​/Physician

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Salaried GP to join our fantastic team at Ashley Surgery on the North Staffordshire/Shropshire border for 5/6 sessions per week.

We are a caring, friendly and supportive dispensing practice looking to recruit to assist us to maintain our high standard of compassionate patient care to our patients within the Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent ICB.

We are a training practice with an excellent reputation and together with a full complement of highly skilled and committed staff we serve the needs of our 5200+ patients.

Package includes annual indemnity insurance, NHS pension, 6 weeks annual leave, 1 week CPD and 1 week study leave.

A team player who will assist us to provide General Medical and Enhanced Services to our patients.

Duties include face to face consultations, telephone consultation and queries, home visits, checking and signing repeat prescriptions. Dealing with queries and correspondence in a timely fashion whilst providing high-quality patient care.

We are a small friendly practice with 5000+ patients. Our clinical team comprises of 2 GP Partners, 1 Salaried GP, 2 Practice Nurses, 1 Senior Health Care Assistant plus support from a number of PCN staff. We are also a training practice in conjunction with West Midlands Deanery.

We have 4 receptionist/administrators, 4 dispensers, 1 Practice Manager and 1 Operations Manager.

Job Summary:

To work as an autonomous practitioner, to provide general medical services to manage acaseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting. To ensure the highest standards of care for all patients whilst adhering to the GMC standards for good medical practice.

Clinical Responsibilities:

In accordance with the practice timetable,as agreed, the post-holder will:

Makethemselves available to undertake a variety of duties, including surgeryconsultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home,checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely manner

Makingprofessional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whetherself-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation

Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosedproblems

Screeningpatients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness

Developingcare plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols

Providingcounselling and health education

Admittingor discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate

On arotational basis, undertake duty doctor roles

Recordingclear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards

Collectingdata for audit purposes

Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoidinghand-written prescriptions whenever possible)

Prescribingin accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) wheneverthis is clinically appropriate

Ingeneral, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal dutiesand responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care,including participating in all aspects of QOF, QIF and all enhanced services

Other responsibilities within the practice:

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g.prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety

Acommitment 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

Participate in the educational and training events of the practice

Participation in an annual individual performance review and appraisal within the practice,including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development

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