Salaried GP

The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients. With a minimum of 2 years experience

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, reports 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. - In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health. - Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers - Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards. - Delivering enhanced services. - 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.