Salaried GP

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a General Practitioner to join our clinical team as a Salaried GP (6-8 sessions depending on availability).

Riversdale Surgery have been providing Family Medicine in the East Tyne Valley, Northumberland for over 100 years. We are a long established 2 Partner Training Practice based at Oaklands Medical Centre, Prudhoe.

We have approximately 6,000 patients.

Peer support is an essential component of enjoyable primary care. We will make you feel valued as part of our team from the start. We encourage daily coffee breaks together, giving an opportunity to chat and discuss relevant topics.

If you're looking to work within a kind and welcoming team that values quality primary care then this is the role for you.

Main duties of the job

The role involves all the reasonable duties of a GP, home visits, duty doctor and other typical day to day GP tasks.

We run a standard appointment system with a mixture of pre-bookable and on the day appointments. Our clinical system is Systm1.

Patients can choose appointment type, we offer telephone and face to face appointments as well as e-consult appointments.

Patients can choose who they see but continuity is valued and encouraged.

Our morning sessions run from and afternoon sessions from

The practitioner would be expected to complete all associated admin relating to their patient list.

About us

We are a friendly, well established surgery set in the beautiful Northumberland town of Prudhoe. The surgery is made up of 2 GP Partners, 3 salaried GPs (of which you would be one) and 1 full time GP registrar.

The GP team are supported by:

2 experienced practice nurses, 2 HCAs Highly skilled administrative team, secretaries, medicines manager and practice manager. Job description

Job responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities of the salaried GP.

There may be on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels.

Clinical:

Provide a full range of medical services as defined in the core GMS contract and additional and enhanced services where appropriate

Undertake a variety of duties (as agreed) including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with all queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion

Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation

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 and in line with current practice disease management protocols

Provide counselling and health education

Refer patients to other care providers as appropriate

Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards

Collect 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 prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate

Ensure accurate and timely input of patient data onto the clinical system

On call duties: blood results, prescription authorisations, incoming letters, general queries and emergencies

Processing of administration in a timely manner, including referrals, repeat prescription requests and other associated administrative tasks

Support the management team in achieving the strategic aims of the practice, making recommendations to enhance income and reduce expenditure

Actively participate in local clinical governance processes

Develop and maintain clinical skills and abilities through CPD and participate in yearly appraisal to identify further education, training and development needs.

Encourage collaborative working, liaising with all staff regularly, promoting a culture of continuous improvement at all times

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Fully qualified GP with GMC registration Eligibility to practice in the UK independently Currently on performers list Evidence of recent self-directed learning or development. Regular appraisal and revalidation in accordance with the Good Medical Practice Framework Able to work flexibly

Desirable

Systm1 competent Accurx experience Interest in HEE approved GP Training

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a primary care environment Experience of GP clinical IT systems

Desirable

Experience of SystmOne Clinical system

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