Primary Care Network GP role

Exciting opportunity to join an enthusiastic and good-humoured Primary Care Network looking for a like-minded GP to join our PCN Additional Roles team. North Cotswold PCN are looking for an enthusiastic, newly qualified GP to join their team on a fixed term basis The role will be part of the PCN additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) and is available following the appointment of our current ARRS GP to a salaried GP position within one of our PCN member practices.

In accordance with the practice timetable, you will make yourself 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 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 consultations with patients and in line with current PCN and 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 contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards. Collecting data for audit purposes as requested for support. Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible) Prescribing in accordance with the PCN and 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.