Gp, Doctor​/Physician

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

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 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 signsof 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 toagreed standards

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

Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribingformulary (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. NCPCs vision is to bring practices together to develop asustainable, 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 wellas 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 infunding and other business activities going towards supporting the organisation, our staff, and our services.

• - In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, thepost-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 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 toagreed standards
• - Compiling and issuing computer generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
• - Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribingformulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
• - In general the post-holder will be expecting to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care

• - Awareness of and compliance with all relevant…