About this role
Job summary
We are looking for a 4 to 6 session Salaried GP to join our team at Bosvena Health, with an opportunity for partnership.
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 patients.
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 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 health education and support
Main duties of the job
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.
About us
Bosvena Health is a GP practice in central Cornwall. We cover a Practice area of approximately 7 miles radius from Bodmin, with a semi-rural practice population.
You will work as a GP within a multi-disciplinary Practice team including, Nurse Practitioners, Paramedic visiting service, Pharmacist, Chronic Disease clinics, admin and Nursing teams.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a well established team, as a replacement for our senior partner, and you will have the opportunity to work in a progressive and forward thinking practice, with Medical Students, Community Hospital and local Primary Care Network involvement.
Job description Job responsibilities
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Medical Doctor - GMC registered
Experience Desirable
Experience of work within General Practice post qualification
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.
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 Bosvena Health
Address Bell Lane
Bodmin
Cornwall
PL31 2JJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.bosvenahealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)