About this role
Job summary
We are seeking a dedicated and patient-focused Salaried GP to join our friendly and supportive practice team. The successful candidate will provide high-quality, compassionate medical care to our registered patient population through face-to-face, telephone and home visit consultations. Working autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will assess, diagnose and manage a wide range of health conditions, support the ongoing care of patients with long-term conditions, and contribute to health promotion and preventative care initiatives. The role also involves supporting clinical governance, mentoring colleagues, participating in quality improvement activities, and helping to shape the continued development of the practice and wider primary care network.
Main duties of the job
Provide expert clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment for patients presenting with a wide range of healthcare needs.Manage acute and long-term conditions, ensuring safe, effective and evidence-based care.Undertake patient consultations, home visits and follow-up care, referring to specialist services where appropriate.Prescribe and review medications in line with national and local guidance.Maintain high-quality clinical records and complete associated administrative tasks promptly.Contribute to clinical governance, quality improvement initiatives and service development within the practice.Support and mentor members of the multidisciplinary team, promoting collaborative working and continuous professional development.Participate in practice meetings, audits, training activities and wider primary care network initiatives to enhance patient care.
About us
The Castle Medical Group is a vibrant, friendly, semi-rural practice based in the market town of Clitheroe in the Ribble Valley. We are a dispensing and teaching practice judged outstanding since January 2016 by the CQC and consistently achieve maximum QOF points.
Our list of 15,700 patients is cared for by six GP partners, five salaried GPs, five ANPs and a nursing team of eight, supported by our admin and reception teams.
Our practice is one of four in the Ribblesdale Primary Care Network which supports a total population of 43,900 patients. We have an excellent working relationship with our neighbouring PCN colleagues and employ additional staff across the practices such as first contact physiotherapists, clinical pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and social prescribers.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the Salaried GP job description which is attached to this advertisement for your information
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Please see the attached Person Specification for the qualifications which are essential for this role
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
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Employer details Employer name The Castle Medical Group
Address The Health Centre
Railway View Road
Clitheroe
Lancashire
BB7 2JG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.castlemedical.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)