Job summary
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Salaried GP for up to 4 to 6 sessions. We are family friendly and are happy to discuss flexible arrangement

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 temporary patients

Main duties of the job

• In accordance with the practice 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 and correspondence in a timely fashion
• In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

About us
We are a 5-partner training practice with our main surgery located at the Yarnspinners Wharf LIFT building and the branch surgery at nearby Barrowford.

We are a friendly team with strong ties to the local community, which is of mixed ethnicity and medium deprivation

A primary care team of Nurse Practitioners, Advance Clinical Practitioner, Clinical Pharmacist, Nurses and Health Care Assistants

The surgeries are within minutes of the M65 exit 13 and are therefore easily accessible from Lancashire and Yorkshire areas.

A primary care team of Nurse Practitioners, Advance Clinical Practitioner, Clinical Pharmacist, Nurses and Health Care Assistants

We have excellent links with the Pendle West PCN and engage with the ARRS roles, including First contact physiotherapist, Social Prescribers, Health and Wellbeing coaches and Mental Health Practitioner

We have had two overall Good CQC assessments.

We have a good track record for innovation in primary care and are currently using digital platforms for patient consultations

Job responsibilities
Clinical responsibilities:

• In accordance with the practice 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 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 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
• Collecting data for audit purposes
• 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.

Qualifications
Essential

• Full Registration with the GMC and hold license to practice
• MRCGP / nMRCGP
• Eligible to work immediately as a GP in the UK
• Completed GP Registrar training
• On a GP Performers list

Desirable

• Desirable
• Certificate in Family Planning Services
• Other diplomas or qualifications such as DCH,
• DRCOG

Experience
Essential

• UK GP NHS Experience including
• working with mental health patients
• health promotion and its implications
• Chronic Disease Management
• Paediatrics
• Obstetrics
• Understanding of Clinical Governance and
• quality issues
• Understanding of the role of teamwork in providing
• quality services
• Experience of participating in audit
• Experience in maintaining patients records at an acceptable standard for audit purposes

Desirable

• Experience of student teaching
• Experience of participating in research

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