General Practitioner

Job Summary 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. The job summary is a summary of the duties and responsibilities within the Work Plan. Clinical Responsibilities • In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, triage calls, home visits triage visits, checking and signing of repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion. • Respond to medical problems presented by temporary residents as required. • Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organization. • 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. • To assist in the establishment of appropriate systems to manage common chronic medical conditions. • Completion of clinically related administrative and non clinical duties needed for the delivery of the service. • Providing counselling and health education. • Refer patients for further opinions and interventions according to Practice protocols. • Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards. • Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions wherever possible). • Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate. Job description Job responsibilities Job Summary 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. The job summary is a summary of the duties and responsibilities within the Work Plan. Clinical Responsibilities • In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, triage calls, home visits triage visits, checking and signing of repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion. • Respond to medical problems presented by temporary residents as required. • Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organization. • 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. • To assist in the establishment of appropriate systems to manage common chronic medical conditions. • Completion of clinically related administrative and non clinical duties needed for the delivery of the service. • Providing counselling and health education. • Refer patients for further opinions and interventions according to Practice protocols. • Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards. • Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions wherever possible). • Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate.