Salaried GP / GP Partner

An opportunity has arisen to join our friendly team at Mitcheldean Surgery in the beautiful Forest of Dean. We are looking for an enthusiastic, forward-thinking, and flexible Salaried GP or GP Partner to work 6 sessions in collaboration with our existing friendly team to deliver Primary Care Medical Services. 6 Sessions will cover Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (on call).

Main duties of the job

In accordance with the practice rota, to undertake a variety of duties to include :

• Surgery consultations and queries including face-to-face, telephone, video, and online consulting.
• Visiting patients at home.
• Duty doctor and emergency on-call cover during opening hours.
• Checking and signing of prescriptions and dealing with associated queries.
• Dealing with workflow in a timely manner.

About us

We are a training Practice with a growing list size of 7100 and dispense to approximately 40% of our patients. We work hard to maintain our excellent reputation in the community and enjoy a friendly atmosphere in the Surgery with our patients being known to many staff. We support a number of local nursing and learning disability homes and are actively engaged with fellow Practices in the Forest Green PCN. We pride ourselves on being an accessible service and have regularly scored top 3 in NHS surveys. We offer most of the Enhanced Services and join with the Forest Green PCN to provide EA sessions.

Job responsibilities

Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems including history taking, examination, investigation, diagnosis, treatment, and referral.

Work with clinical and operational colleagues in delivering a safe, high-performing, effective, sustainable, innovative person-centred medical service.

Undertake routine surgery consultations, home visits where necessary, telephone queries from patients and health care professionals.

Undertake on-call duties as part of the on-call rota, where agreed. This may include requesting that patients present at the surgery, telephone consultations, and triage.

Contribute to the development of and adhere to protocols and care plans for the management of chronic disease and common medical conditions.

Contribute towards meeting the indicators outlined in the QOF and other locally and nationally agreed guidance.

Provide appropriate preventative healthcare, counselling, education, and advice.

Adhere to the practice's prescribing formulary.

Attend practice and clinical meetings.

Contribute to the successful implementation of continuous improvement and quality initiatives within the practice.

Record clear and accurate consultation notes to agreed standards and maintain patients' clinical records.

Participate in clinical governance activity and contribute to the improvement of health outcomes through the practice's audit programme.

Perform clinically related administrative and non-clinical duties necessary for the delivery of Personal Medical Services.

Engage in appropriate educational activity in order to maintain clinical competence and performance, including participation in the annual GP appraisal scheme.

Support the wider practice team and respond to requests for advice and assistance.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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