Salaried General Practitioner - Hodge Hill, Birmingham

We are excited to offer an opportunity for a Salaried General Practitioner to join our team at Hodge Hill Family Practice, based in East Birmingham. As a Salaried GP, youll play a key role in delivering high quality, patient centered care to a diverse community, supported by an experienced multidisciplinary team. You 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. If you are passionate about teamwork, committed to delivering excellent patient outcomes, and seeking a role that values and supports your clinical skills, we would love to hear from you.

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. Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self- referred or referred from other healthcare workers within the organisation. Assess the healthcare needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems. Screen 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. Provide counselling and health education. Admit or discharge patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate. Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards. Collect data for audit purposes and comply with QOF requirements. Delivering enhanced services. Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible). Prescribe in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate. Undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.