Gp, Doctor​/Physician

We are looking for either part or full time Salaried GPs to join our practice in West Cumbria. We are seeking professional and motivated GPs who are committed to delivering high quality, patient centred care.

We are also able to offer a skilled worker sponsorship (tier2) for the right candidates. We would love to hear from you if you have any questions about this role or would like to discuss suitable working patterns. Please feel free to contact us and we will be back in touch as soon as possible.

In this role, you will carry out 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-referral 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.

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.

Compiling and issuing computer generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand‑written prescriptions whenever possible).

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

Further duties for this role are available in the job description.

NCPC (North Cumbria Primary Care) was established in August 2019 in response to an increasingly fragile general practice provision within North Cumbria. NCPC’s vision is to bring practices together to develop a sustainable, fully integrated primary care - built locally and delivered together.

The Copeland NCPC area consists of 3 major practices:
Fellview Health Care, Lowther Medical Centre and Seascale Health Centre as well as a shared PCN (Primary Care Network) which delivers services to patients across all 3 practices.

We are a not-for‑profit company with all money we receive in funding and other business activities going towards supporting the organisation, our staff, and our services.

Clinical responsibilities:

• In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post‑holder will make him/her self‑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‑referral 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.
• 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.
• Compiling and issuing computer generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand‑written prescriptions whenever possible).
• 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…