Posted 11 days ago
Description
This salaried GP post sits within St James's Practice, an NHS general practice serving over 7,000 patients, with the option of holding a personal patient list. The work centres on routine and urgent consultations in person and by phone, managing acute and long-term conditions, safe prescribing and referrals. It is a training practice with a GP registrar and works alongside PCN-based pharmacists, a dietitian, a physiotherapist and a mental health practitioner. Applicants need full GMC registration and a place on the NHS Performers List.
What the job involves
- Hold an agreed patient list alongside the partners
- Provide routine and urgent consultations, face-to-face and by telephone where clinically appropriate
- Diagnose and manage acute and chronic conditions, including long-term conditions
- Prescribe generically and safely, arrange investigations and make referrals
- Keep accurate, contemporaneous clinical records
- Make clinical decisions with appropriate safety-netting and follow-up
- Handle administration promptly, including referrals and repeat prescriptions
- Take a rotating turn as duty doctor
- Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, pharmacists and the wider multidisciplinary team
- Take on delegated responsibility for a QOF area or areas
- Take part in clinical audit, quality improvement and clinical meetings
- Support the training of medical students and complete appraisal and revalidation
What’s required
Qualifications
- Evidence of ongoing continuing professional development
Registration & licences
- Full registration with the General Medical Council
- Inclusion on the NHS Performers List
- Valid medical indemnity appropriate for general practice
Experience
- Experience working within UK general practice
- Experience managing a broad range of acute and chronic conditions
Skills & knowledge
- Understanding of NHS general practice, clinical governance and patient safety
- Knowledge of multidisciplinary team working and integrated care
Nice to have
- Experience working in duty doctor or urgent care clinics
- Previous experience as a salaried GP in UK general practice
- Familiarity with EMIS Web
- Interest in service development, quality improvement or developing specialist clinical areas
What’s offered
- Professional development and continuous learning
- Support for staff health and wellbeing
- Support for a healthy work-life balance
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