Job description

Job responsibilities

Job summary:

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

Clinical responsibilities

• In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post holder will make themselves 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

• Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols

• 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

• Collecting data for audit purposes

• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions, avoiding handwritten 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.

Other responsibilities within the organisation:

• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety

• A commitment to life long learning and audit to ensure evidence based best practice

• Contributing to evaluation,audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation

• Contributing to the development of computer based patient records

• Contributing to the summarising of patient records and read coding patient data

• Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

• Share workload of medical,insurance reports and other admin tasks.

Job responsibilities

Job summary:

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

Clinical responsibilities

• In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post holder will make themselves 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

• Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols

• 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

• Collecting data for audit purposes

• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions, avoiding handwritten 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.

Other responsibilities within the organisation:

• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety

• A commitment to life long learning and audit to ensure evidence based best practice

• Contributing to evaluation,audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation

• Contributing to the development of computer based patient records

• Contributing to the summarising of patient records and read coding patient data

• Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

• Share workload of medical,insurance reports and other admin tasks.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in primary care
• Understanding of GMS contract requirements
• Good knowledge of chronic conditions management

Desirable

• Experience of working with EmisWeb

Qualifications

Essential

• Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
• Eligible to work in general practice in the NHS
• Registered on the medical performers list
• MBChB and MRCGP qualifications

Desirable

• Registered on the Wales medical performers list

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in primary care
• Understanding of GMS contract requirements
• Good knowledge of chronic conditions management

Desirable

• Experience of working with EmisWeb

Qualifications

Essential

• Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
• Eligible to work in general practice in the NHS
• Registered on the medical performers list
• MBChB and MRCGP qualifications

Desirable

• Registered on the Wales medical performers list

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

GP Practice in Wales

Address

6 Hereford Road

Abergavenny

Gwent

NP7 5PR

Employer's website

https://gpwales.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)