This salaried GP post sits at St Luke's Primary Care Centre, serving the Duston and St James areas with a list of around 24,000 patients. The work centres on 10-minute consultations, face to face and by telephone, with some home visits and prescribing from a practice formulary. What sets it apart is the multidisciplinary, training-practice setting, with flexible session numbers and a role in supporting registrars and medical students. Applicants need full GMC registration with a licence to practise and prior primary care experience.
What the job involves
- Deliver 10-minute consultations, face to face and by telephone
- Manage a caseload of registered and temporary patients
- Assess undifferentiated and undiagnosed health needs and make autonomous clinical decisions
- Develop care plans with patients in line with disease management protocols
- Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions, checking and signing repeats
- Carry out minimal home visits
- Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
- Provide counselling and health education
- Admit and discharge patients to and from the caseload, referring to other providers as appropriate
- Record clear consultation notes and contribute to audit and clinical standard setting
- Cover on-call duties on a pro-rata basis
- Lead on health and safety and infection control, including sharps and waste management
What’s required
Qualifications
- Clinical knowledge for GMS work, including management of common medical emergencies
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration
- Licence to practise
Experience
- Experience of working in primary care
Skills & knowledge
- Organisational and administrative skills, keeping appropriate records
- Critical thinking within a personal value framework
- Professional integrity, putting patient care first
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work as part of a team
Other
- Ability to meet clinical commitments
- Commitment to delivering high-quality patient care
What’s offered
- Competitive salary
- Flexible number of sessions to suit work-life balance
- Support for professional development and career progression
- Positive, inclusive and supportive working environment
- Commitment to staff wellbeing
- Protected lunch break
- Free on-site parking for staff