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NHS Jobs; Freshwater; Vor Ort; GBP 55.000 - 75.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Brookside Health Centre in Freshwater, Isle of Wight is seeking a Salaried GP to manage a diverse caseload and provide high quality care in a busy primary care setting.

The post is paid on AFC Band 7 scale, dependent on experience, with opportunities for ongoing professional development within a supportive NHS team.

Clinicians will participate in clinics, home visits as required, and contribute to audit and quality improvement within the team.

Aufgaben

• Manage a caseload and diverse health needs in primary care.
• Contribute to surgery consultations and telephone consultations.
• Visit patients at home when required.
• Check, sign and process prescriptions and related queries.
• Make autonomous clinical decisions within current guidelines.
• Assess health needs, screen for disease risk factors and plan care.
• Provide counselling and health education to patients.
• Record clear notes and read-code patient data for audits.
• Contribute to audit and evaluation activities.

Jobbeschreibung

Salaried GP - Brookside Health Centre, Freshwater, Isle of Wight

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. Main Clinical responsibilities: In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing 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 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 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. Other responsibilities within the organisation: Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety, safeguarding A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records Contributing to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

AFC band 7 scale pay point dependent on experience