Salaried GP

NHS; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS practice in Carlisle is seeking a General Practitioner (GP) to manage a diverse patient caseload in a supportive and innovative environment. The successful candidate will ensure high-quality care while contributing to a multi-disciplinary team. This role demands GMC Registration and MRCGP, along with evidence of ongoing professional development and a commitment to patient health.

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Desire to develop an area of clinical/management.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of patients, providing high standards of care.
• Conduct various consultations and manage health needs.
• Prescribe medications following practice guidelines.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Clinical judgement

Education

GMC Registration

MRCGP

Job description

Carlisle Healthcare is a largeNHS general practice partnership formed in 2016 following the merger of threeestablished practices in the city. We operate over three sites and have aregistered population of approximately 40,000 people.

We are a dual practice PrimaryCare Network. We have welcomed and embraced the opportunities this gives us toinnovate and redesign the delivery of comprehensive primary care.

We are a busy and innovativepractice. We aim to deliver the best service for patients whilst recognisingthe finite resources that we have to hand. We also value the importance ofsupporting our administrative and clinical staff and colleagues with their ownwell-being aspiring to achieve a high level of professional satisfactionwithin our teams.

We are a GP training practice andalso have learners in a number of disciplines and at different stages(including medical students, nursing students, advanced clinical practitionersand apprentices).

We have recently developed newpurpose built premises in the South of Carlisle which opened at the end of 2022and is our new headquarters. This has allowed us to rationalise our estate. Wecurrently operate from three sites in Carlisle - North Carlisle MedicalPractice CA3 9JZ; St Pauls Medical Centre CA1 1DG; and our new site at LockeRoad CA1 3UB.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will manage a caseload and dealwith a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring thehighest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.

About us

We are a large team including:

o18 GPs

o12 ANPs

oHome visiting team (including ANPs, Nurses,Paramedics, Occupational Therapists, Frailty Co-ordinators)

oSocial Prescribing Link Worker

oFirst Contact Physiotherapists

oPrimary Care Mental Health Workers

o28 Practice nurses and HCAs

oSenior management and administrative supportteams

oWe also work in collaboration with a number ofclinicians who work remotely to augment clinical capacity

Job responsibilities

Job summary:

The post-holder will manage a caseload and dealwith a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring thehighest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.

Clinical responsibilities:

In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, thepost-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety ofduties, including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries,checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries,paperwork and online and normal correspondencein a timely fashion

Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation topresenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcare workers within the organisation

Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiatedand undiagnosed problems

Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs ofillness

Providing counselling and health education

Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreedstandards

Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeatprescriptions (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 thenormal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working withinprimary care.

Other responsibilities within the organisation:

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practicepolicies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection,health and safety

A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensureevidence-based best practice

Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard settingwithin the organisation

Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records

Contributing to the summarising of patient records and read-codingpatient data

Attending training and events organised by the practice or otheragencies, where appropriate.

Person Specification

Experience

• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Evidence of up to date statutory and mandatory training
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Desire to develop an area of clinical/management
• Interest with Personal Development plan

Personal Circumstances

• Ability to drive and holds a full UK driving Licence

Qualifications

• GMC Registration
• MRCGP

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.

Full-time,Part-time,Job share,Flexible working