Salaried GP

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Preston; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A General Practitioner role with Allscreens Nationwide Ltd in Preston is open to join our primary care team. The post emphasizes comprehensive patient care, efficient documentation, and collaboration within a multi-disciplinary team to achieve quality outcomes.

The GP will maintain GMC registration, engage in appraisals and training, ensure confidentiality, and provide services including clinics, home visits, and prescriptions in line with practice protocols.

Qualifications

• Must hold GMC registration and be on the recognised medical defence organisation approved by partners.

Responsibilities

• To undertake surgery consultations, telephone consultations, home visits, and processing of patient results and correspondence per practice protocols.
• To assess, diagnose, treat and/or refer patients.
• To contribute to data collection for QOF and contract targets and maintain appropriate records.

Job description

Professional responsibilities

• To maintain full registration with the GMC and with a recognised medical defence organisation approved by the partners.
• To maintain full registration on the NHSE approved doctor list.
• To maintain accurate and contemporaneous records of activities both written and computerised as applicable to an agreed standard. The practice has a paperless approach and as such the computer records form the main record of all interactions with patients.
• To promote good communications within the multi-disciplinary team.
• To maintain and update professional knowledge in line with Clinical Governance, Quality and Outcomes Framework and your personal development plan.
• To participate in educational programmes within the practice: a commitment to life‑long learning and audit to ensure evidence based best practice.
• To participate in GP appraisal.
• To maintain standards of conduct and dress to maintain public confidence.
• To maintain confidentiality in all areas at all times.

Clinical Responsibilities

• As agreed the post-holder will make him/herself available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations, queries, home visits, checking and signing repeat prescriptions, processing of patient results and correspondence in accordance with practice protocols.
• To be responsible for assessing, diagnosing, treating and/or referring patients.
• To opportunistically complete the necessary checks and record appropriate data to support the practice in meeting the QOF, attaining nGMS contract quality points, attaining targets and any future targets etc.
• To identify, assess and discuss patients problems or needs with the patients, relative/carers and other PHCT members and devise a management plan and monitor the outcome.
• Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary 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.

Administration and miscellaneous

• To ensure that any in house audit and requirement are achieved eg QOF prompts are actioned.
• To complete all statutory and other paperwork/data entry both for medico-legal purposes and to facilitate claims under GMS.
• To record all clinical activity and health promotion data in the practice computer system.
• To complete Personal Medical Attendant (PMA) reports for insurance and legal purpose for patients.
• All fees earned as a direct consequence of your work for the practice, should be paid directly to the practice and do not form part of your remuneration.
• To maintain good lines of communication with the partners and the practice management.
• To promptly notify the sickness line of an absence.
• To book annual leave via Timetastic (adhering to the rota rules) and provide reasonable help/cover for colleagues absence or leave.
• To observe health and safety rules laid down by the practice.
• Attend meetings as requested.
• Attend in-house training sessions.

Other specifics

• Paperwork relating to your patients, e.g. path lab links, post, medication reviews, PMA reports etc.
• Attend meetings as requested.
• Attend in-house training sessions.