Salaried Gp (Thc)

Somerset Gardens Family Health Care Centre; Tottenham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Tottenham Health Centre, a GP practice in East Haringey, is seeking a committed GP to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care. The role includes face-to-face and telephone consultations, home visits, prescribing, managing clinical correspondence, and developing care plans in line with practice guidelines.

The successful candidate will work autonomously within set guidelines, contribute to audit and quality improvement, and play an active role in the ongoing development of the practice.

Responsibilities

• Face-to-face and telephone consultations
• Home visits and prescribing within the GP practice
• Manage clinical correspondence and maintain accurate records
• Develop care plans and support disease prevention
• Autonomous practice within clinical guidelines and participate in audits

Job description

Job summary

We are seeking a committed and enthusiastic GP to provide high-quality, patient-centred care at Tottenham Health Centre. The role will include face-to-face and telephone consultations, home visits, prescribing, managing clinical correspondence, developing care plans, supporting disease prevention, and maintaining accurate clinical records. The successful candidate will work autonomously within agreed clinical guidelines, contribute to audit and quality improvement, and play an active role in the continued development of the practice.

The practice uses the EMIS clinical system to support safe, efficient, and effective patient care.

Main duties of the job

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 repeat 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
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions
• 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.

About us

Tottenham Health Centre is a GP practice based in East Haringey, providing general medical services to around 5,500 patients under a PMS contract with NCL ICB. The practice serves a diverse local population, with patients from a wide range of cultural backgrounds.

The practice is currently based in a converted building, with approved plans for a new purpose-built Health Centre as part of the Tottenham High Road regeneration programme.

Our philosophy is to treat patients as individuals and provide high-quality, patient-centred care while supporting a positive work-life balance for