Salaried GP (4 sessions per week)

Salaried GP (4 sessions per week)

Reference: HW-2209

Background

Haresfield Surgery is situated within the Worcester City locality boundary and provides general medical services to approximately 18,200 patients. The Practice has six partners, eight Salaried GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Registrars, GP Clinical Pharmacists, dedicated Management and a strong Nursing Team, all of which are supported by skilled Receptionists and Administrators. It is ideally located with excellent road links to surrounding towns and villages.

Haresfield Surgery prides itself with its team ethos, making it a great place to work. In its modern, purpose-built building. Haresfield Surgery offers its staff a working environment with comfortable rest rooms, free on-site parking and an in-house gym. Staff welfare is of utmost importance, as well as a focus on professional development and job satisfaction.

 Job Summary

As a Salaried GP, you will undertake all standard duties and responsibilities of a General Practitioner in primary care, including but not limited to face to face and telephone consultations, handling patient queries, triaging cases, home visits, managing emergencies and urgent care needs, prescription medicines management, reviewing test results, medical reports and examinations, and dealing with referrals and patient correspondence as appropriate.

You will be responsible for delivering an efficient and effective service to patients, whilst projecting a positive and friendly image and operating within the guidelines of practice policies and protocols.

The job responsibilities detailed within this Job Description form the basis of all clinical roles, and as such all staff should be prepared to undertake a variety of tasks, as required by the business, which may be subject to change from time to time. Each department will have their own priorities on a day-to-day basis.

 Key Responsibilities

• Conducting face-to-face and telephone consultations, and handling patient queries.
• Visiting patients at home when clinically required.
• Assessing and managing patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions.
• Screening for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Developing individualised care plans in consultation with patients, in line with disease management protocols.
• Providing counselling and health education to support patient wellbeing.
• Admitting or discharging patients and referring to other care providers when appropriate.
• Supporting and contributing to on-call and on-call buddy responsibilities.
• Reviewing, checking, and signing repeat prescriptions in a timely manner.
• Issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding handwritten prescriptions where possible).
• Prescribing in accordance with the practice formulary (or generically) where clinically appropriate.
• Assisting GP partners with prescription queries, re-authorisations, and signatures.
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes, adhering to agreed standards.
• Collecting data for audit purposes and contributing to quality improvement initiatives.
• Making professional, autonomous clinical decisions for self-referred patients or those referred by other healthcare professionals.
• Committing to life-long learning and professional development to ensure evidence-based best practice.
• Attending training sessions, practice meetings, and external events as appropriate.

All members of the staff have to be flexible and willing and able to do each other’s jobs. Staff must be able to offer cover for absent colleagues where necessary. All staff should be prepared to carry out any reasonable request made by a Partner or the Practice Manager. All staff are expected to be punctual and arrive at work in enough time so that they are ready to commence their role by their contracted start time.

Place of Work:

The main place of work will be based at Haresfield Surgery, but there will be times where travel is required to the practice’s branch Surgery in Kempsey.