About the role
Salary: Negotiable
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.
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, visiting
patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing
with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
The practice allows 15 minutes per appointment.
Beechfield Medical Centre has a morning break where all clinicans are invited to come to together as a chance to connect.
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, visiting
patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing
with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion
Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcare 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
Collecting
data for audit purposes
Compiling
and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding
hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
In
general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal
duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary
care.