Salaried GP

Job summary Four Elms Medical Centre is seeking two highly motivated and compassionate Salaried GPs to join our friendly / Supportive and forward-thinking team. This post is for 6-8 sessions a week (3-4 days) primarily working in Lliswerry surgery, Newport. We have another surgery close by in Ringland, Newport and one in Cardiff. A successful candidate will predominantly work in Lliswerry but may be required to work at any of the surgeries if required, remotely or in-person. All of our doctors (11 currently) and PAs (2) work in the same capacity. We are a well-established, forward-thinking practice supporting a 33,000 patient list shared over four sites. We have GP surgeries in the Cardiff Royal Infirmary, Pengam Green Cardiff, Ringland Newport and Lliswerry Newport. All surgeries are located just off M4 corridor with excellent transport links to Cardiff centre and Bristol. This is an excellent opportunity for a GP looking for a fulfilling role within a strong clinical MDT setting, and the chance to become a long-term member of our thriving practice at this exciting and changing time in our General Practice.

Main duties of the job Clinical responsibilities: 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 and dealing with queries, paperwork 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 Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards Collecting data for audit purposes 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. This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities and in discussion with the recruiting manager.