Bristol
We are currently looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic, forward-thinking individual to join our lovely team. The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting. Our GP Day consists of an AM and PM session with a mixture of 10 and 15 minute face-to-face and telephone consultations for minor and emergency problems. You will be supported by an excellent clinical team which comprises of 5 x GP Partners, 5 x salaried GPs, a nursing team who manage chronic diseases and includes GPA's, HCA's and Phlebotomists, a Pharmacy team and other PCN-based teams including Social Prescribing, Physios, a Mental Health Practitioner and Frailty Nurses. Our GP Partners here aim to be as flexible as they possibly can and support you. We are ideally seeking a GP to work regular Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays with a weekly alternating duty commitment on the Wednesday. Job Summary: The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and non-registered patients. We are a well-established and innovative training GMS practice with 2 sites on Cheltenham Road and at Highnam. We have a patient list size of 12,000. Our CQC rating is good. You will be supported by an excellent clinical team which comprises of 5 x GP Partners, 5 x salaried GPs, a nursing team who manage chronic diseases and includes GPA's, HCA's and Phlebotomists, a Pharmacy team and other PCN-based teams including Social Prescribing, Physios, a Mental Health Practitioner and Frailty Nurses. Our administrative team is led by the Practice Manager and includes an Assistant Practice Manager, a Finance Manager, an IT Manager, a Reception Lead, Care Co-ordinators (who assist with palliative patients and safeguarding issues) and a Coding Team who help to manage GP workflow to reduce the administrative burden on our GP's. We also have a dispensary at our Highnam site who dispense prescriptions for our patients registered who live rurally. Job responsibilities Clinical Responsibilities: • 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 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 and in keeping with guidelines., • 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 prescribing formulary and guidelines and with NHS Gloucestershire guidelines whenever this is clinically appropriate., • Participate in the training and supervision of other clinicians (within the post-holders areas of competency), • 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 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 surgery or other agencies, where appropriate., • -Recent experience of working in general practice in the UK., • -Commitment to and experience of working as part of a, • multidisciplinary and skill mixed team environment., • -Experience of working to achieve standards within the Quality and, • Outcome Framework (QOF) and the PCN DES/IIF., • -Evidence of independent working in General Practice., • -Experience of supporting service change., • -Evidence of participation in Audit., • -Evidence of participation in QOF, • -A medical practitioner whose name is included in the General, • Practitioner Register under article 10 of the General and Specialist, • Medical Practice Order 2003., • -Not subject to suspension under section 41A of the Medical Act, • 1983., • -Qualified General Practitioner (completed certificate of Completion, • of Training CCT)., • -Currently on a PCT performers list and not suspended from that list, • or from the medical register., • -Enhanced DBS clearance., • -Have had an annual NHS appraisal., • -Evidence of further postgraduate educational activities in relevant, • fields., • -MRCGP., • -DCH., • -DRCOG., • -Evidence of CPD activities., • -Knowledge of how the NHS works., • -Have an understanding of the needs of the vulnerable groups of patients that are registered., • -Understand the health and social needs of a local practice patient, • population., • -Committed to personal and professional development., • -Excellent verbal and communication skills., • -Understanding of the current issues and challenges facing primary, • -Good analytical skills., • -Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of, • -Imaginative approach to problem solving and provision of services., • -QOF, • -Practice based commissioning, • -Audit, • -Fully conversant with EMIS clinical system, • -Fully conversant with Outlook and Office. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr