About this role
Job summary
Two Rivers Medical Centre is looking for a salaried GP to join their busy practice, covering 4 to 6 sessions a week. Working as part of our multidisciplinary team, you will have the opportunity to support and care for a diverse patient group. The role will include all general duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
Main duties of the job
- Undertaking a variety of duties, including accuRx triaging, Face to face and telephone consultations, home visits, reviewing and signing repeat prescriptions, and carrying out duty doctor responsibilities, as well as managing queries, paperwork, reports and correspondence in a timely manner.
- Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting medical problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcare workers within the organisation;
- Assessing the healthcare 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;
- Recording clear consultation notes to agreed standards;
- Collecting data for audit purposes and complying with QOF requirements;
- Delivering enhanced services;
- Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions;
- All general duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
About us
We are a large single site Practice with 4 GP Partners, 14 Salaried GP's, 7 Practitioners, a large nursing and medicine management team and over 40 non-clinical staff. We have streamlined processes, providing care to over 29,000 patients, an excellent reputations and are located in Ipswich Suffolk. As an employee of Two Rivers Medical Centre, you will enjoy the following benefits:-
- Excellent friendly team
- 6 weeks annual leave and one-week study leave pro rata
- Low admin workload and home visiting rates
- Indemnity top-up
- Daily team coffee break
- Regular consultant-led GP education sessions
- Membership of the NHS pension
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Private health care
Job description
Job responsibilities
If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Strong clinical skills including venepuncture/phlebotomy.
- Excellent patient-facing communication and interpersonal skills.
- Confidential manner with a compassionate and respectful approach, placing a high value on the dignity of patients, relatives, carers and colleagues.
- Ability to work independently, determining own workload priorities, as well as working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Strong organisational and time management skills.
- Experience of working within a GP practice.
Qualifications
Essential
- Successful completion of the Care Certificate, or willingness to undertake, as indicated by the CQC.
- Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care, or equivalent.
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
Primary Care Careers
Address
30 Woodbridge Rd East
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP4 5PB
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)