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New & Exciting Opportunity for a part time Salaried GP at St Helens South PCN Ltd.

Are you an ambitious, passionate and newly qualified GPST3 General Practitioner seeking a rewarding career opportunity? St Helens South primary Care network is expanding its dynamic team and inviting dedicated Salaried GPs to join us in providing exceptional care to our diverse patient population across St Helens South.

Location:

PCN HUB: Elephant Ln, Thatto Heath, Saint Helens WA9 5PR

Contractual Hours Available:17 - 21 hours across 2 to 2.5 days

At the PCN, we believe in collaborative care and the power of a diverse team. As a valued member, you'll have the chance to work alongside a dynamic group of professionals, including: The Board of Directors, a Clinical Lead, Operations Management Teams, Physician Associates, Clinical Pharmacists, Frailty Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Physiotherapists, Frailty ANPs, Clinical and Non-Clinical Care Coordinators, Occupational Therapists, Social Prescribers, Phlebotomist and Podiatrist teams. Together, we create a harmonious environment that fosters growth, knowledge sharing, and innovative patient care. With collaborative opportunities abound, allowing for seamless coordination of care and enriching patient outcomes.

Job summary:

The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, for St Helens PCN Ltd, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.

Clinical responsibilities:

• In accordance with the PCN 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, lab results and correspondence in a timely fashion

About Us:Situated in a spacious building that services both the Bowery Medical Centre and St Helens South PCN Ltd and working in partnership with our 10 GP Practices across the network, collectively we serve a vibrant community of over 85,000 registered patients.

Job summary:

The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, for St Helens PCN Ltd, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.

Clinical responsibilities:

• In accordance with the PCN 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, lab results 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 pcn/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
• 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.

• Registered with the General Medical Council (GMC)
• GST3 Qualified or due to qualify
• Having obtained the Certificate of Experience from the Joint Committee on Postgraduate training for General Practice
• Membership of appropriate Medical Organisation (MDU, MPS, etc)
• MRCGP

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.