General Practitioner (GP)

Ringwood Medical Practice; Ringwood; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

Ringwood Medical Practice is seeking a fully trained GP to join a supportive team delivering general medical services to a patient list of about 11,100. The postholder will work with GP partners, salaried GPs, Practice Manager, nursing and administration staff to cover a broad range of primary care duties, with opportunities to lead on disease areas and participate in developing services.

A modern, single-site surgery near the New Forest, with relocation support and possibilities for a varied

Qualifications

• Must be a fully trained GP registered with the GMC.
• Must hold a current and full driving licence.
• Desirable: Family Planning including LARC and IUCD removal.
• Desirable: Minor surgery and joint injections.

Responsibilities

• Provide general medical services in a primary care setting, including face-to-face and telephone consultations.
• Record clear IT-based notes and manage patient test results and reports.
• Prescribe in line with guidelines and participate in audit data collection.
• Collaborate with GP partners, Practice Manager and nursing/admin team to deliver patient care.

Education

Fully trained GP registered with GMC

Current and full driving licence

Family Planning to include LARC

Minor surgery / joint injections

Job description

The post-holder will provide generalmedical services and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary caresetting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered andtemporary patients.

To work with the GPpartners, salaried GPs, the Practice Manager, the nursing and administrationteam to deliver a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting.

Theappointee will also have the opportunity to take part in leading on key diseaseareas (monitoring trends in treatment, staff training and prescribing) andassist in developing appropriate healthcare services for a diverse patient list.This is a GMS Practice currently with 11,100 registered patients.

Main duties of the job

CLINICAL RESPOSIBILITIES:

In accordance with the practicetimetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him / herself available toundertake a variety of duties including face-to-face consultations, telephoneconsultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signingrepeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, patient test results, patientmedical reports and examinations (e.g. DWP Reports) on behalf of the Practice,paperwork and correspondence in a timely manner;

Making professional, autonomousdecisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referredfrom other health care workers within the organisation;

Recording clear andcontemporaneous I.T. based consultation notes to agreed standards;

Collecting data for auditpurposes;

Compiling and issuingcomputer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-writtenprescriptions whenever possible);

Prescribing in accordance withlocally agreed or national guidelines;

In general the post-holder willbe expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associatedwith a GP working within primary care.

About us

We are an approachable and supportive team with an open-door policy. Weare proud to have a fabulous multidisciplinary team to support us and lookafter a list of 11,100 patients around Ringwood.

We are seeking those who want to work in a beautiful part of thecountry, close to the south coast beaches and on the edge of the New Forestnational park. There are excellent local facilities for families of all ages.We can support you with relocation and have opportunities to develop a variedportfolio career and be involved in further developing the practice.

Ringwood MedicalPractice

We care for our patientsfrom our modern, purpose built and well-equipped surgery on one site in thecentre of Ringwood, easily accessible from the A31. We try hard to preserve thebest elements of traditional general practice being friendly, accessible,responsive to local need and offering continuity to our patients. We operatetotal triage-meaning we deal with patients problems on the day in 10 remotetriage appointments per session with 4 telephone follow up appointments andface to face appointments decided by the clinician.

We have good systems forlong term condition management, supported by experienced nurses forCOPD, asthma, diabetes. We consistently score highly on QOF.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached two documents:

1. The job description and person specification; and

2. Information about the Practice

Person Specification

Qualifications

• ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS
• 1.Fully trained GP registered with GMC.
• 2.Current and full driving licence
• DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS
• 2.Family Planning to include LARC (Long Acting Reversible Contraception) fitting and removal of IUCDs
• 3.Minor surgery / joint injections.

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.

£46,916 to £51,360 a year. The sessional rate is £ 11,729 to £ 12,840 per session