Salaried GP

• The post-holder will 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 and correspondence in a timely manner • Consultations with patients will be between 10 and 15 minutes long, depending on mode of consultation • Making 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 signs of illness • In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health • Providing counselling and health education • Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate • Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards • Be responsible for following practice protocols on computer use, audit and the maintenance of manual and computer patient records and any others as agreed by clinical staff. • Collecting data for audit purposes • Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible) and following the practice protocol for repeat prescriptions. • Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate • Maintaining good working relationships with all members of the local health economy. • Providing the full range of general/personal medical services to the practices patients in line with the aims and objectives of the GMS GP Contract. • Working to national and local guidelines and practice protocols for the provision of primary care. • Be responsible to attending practice, PCN and MDT meetings when appropriate and practicable. • In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care Job description Job responsibilities • The post-holder will 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 and correspondence in a timely manner • Consultations with patients will be between 10 and 15 minutes long, depending on mode of consultation • Making 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 signs of illness • In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health • Providing counselling and health education • Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate • Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards • Be responsible for following practice protocols on computer use, audit and the maintenance of manual and computer patient records and any others as agreed by clinical staff. • Collecting data for audit purposes • Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible) and following the practice protocol for repeat prescriptions. • Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate • Maintaining good working relationships with all members of the local health economy. • Providing the full range of general/personal medical services to the practices patients in line with the aims and objectives of the GMS GP Contract. • Working to national and local guidelines and practice protocols for the provision of primary care. • Be responsible to attending practice, PCN and MDT meetings when appropriate and practicable. • In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care