Salaried General Practitioner

NHS Jobs; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs in Massachusetts is seeking a General Practitioner to join our primary care team. You will provide comprehensive care through surgery consultations, home visits, and telephone consultations, and will sign prescriptions, process requests, and manage patient records.

You will work with partners to deliver evidence-based care, participate in audits, ensure timely documentation, and contribute to QOF, DES, and other practice targets.

Responsibilities

• Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems.
• Assess the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
• Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Develop care plans for health in consultation with patients.
• Provide counselling and health education.
• Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards; use computer templates.
• Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.
• Prescribe in line with practice standards and local/national guidelines.
• Undertake the normal duties of a GP in primary care.

Job description

Clinical Responsibilities:

The post-holder is expected to take due note of and act in accordance with the standards of clinical governance that are agreed within the practice. Any concerns should be brought to the attention of the partners as soon as practicable. In accordance with the practice timetable, the post-holder will make him/herself available to undertake a variety of duties including: surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions, taking action on electronic prescription requests, and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence, (including electronic correspondence), dealing with patient test results and medical reports, referral letters, paperwork and other correspondence in a timely fashion Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers Assess the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, develop care plans for health Provide counselling and health education Admit or discharge patients to and from the caseload and refer to other care providers as appropriate Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards, primarily by use of the computer system and complete the clinical system clinical templates as appropriate Collect and use data for audit purposes Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible) Prescribe in accordance with the practice standards and locally agreed or national guidelines 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.

Other Responsibilities Within the Practice:

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant policies/guidelines including, but not limited to, prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety, QOF, CQC A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice Contribute to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation Contribute to the development of computer-based patient records Contribute to the summarising of patient records and Read-Coding patient data Attend training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate e.g. CPR training. This includes clinical and non-clinical training and events. Participate in practice meetings when requested Provide information when reasonably requested by the practice manager to ensure that all personnel and other records are accurate e.g. hepatitis status Undertake lead responsibility for one or more clinical QOF domains as agreed with the partners/practice manager To meet all deadlines for audits and written returns so that the practice meets quality standards and receives the designated funding (QOF, LES, DES etc.).