Salaried GP - St Johns Medical Centre, Altrincham

St Johns Medical Centre is located in the market town of Altrincham within the borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester. We are a busy, forward thinking and friendly practice, looking for a caring and enthusiastic GP who is committed to providing and developing a high quality service to join our happy team, working 6 sessions per week. This vacancy may close earlier that the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Provide a full range of medical services and additional enhanced services where appropriate. The post holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including F2F appointments, telephone consultations, home visits, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence. To record clear computer based consultation notes to agreed standards. Make 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 sign of illness. Provide counselling and health education 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.