About this role
Job summary
Parklands Surgery in Rushden is seeking an enthusiastic, salaried GP to join the practice for 4-6 sessions per week.
Main duties of the job
Well regarded and patient centred, we are a forwarding thinking practice of 7 GPs caring for 13,800 patients
High QOF achieving
Purpose built Surgery in a semi-rural location - superb working environment
Equitable and manageable workload
In-house buddy system for mentoring new GPs
Positive results in GP Satisfaction Survey (in top 10 of surgeries in Northamptonshire)
Good CQC rating
About us
Excellent staff retention, with skilled MDT. GPs fully supported by Advanced Nurse Practitioners, who undertake home visits and Nurses, dealing with chronic disease management. Plus a full complement of experienced administrative staff.
Job description Job responsibilities
The post-holder will be part of a primary care health team providing general medical services and 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.
Clinical Responsibilities:
The post-holder will make him/herself available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions, test results and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion. Work with the electronic document management system EMIS Web, ICE, Choose and Book, Dictation. 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 if the need arises 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 & quality purposes. Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible) Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary and generically whenever this is clinically appropriate in liaison with the partners. To use the applicable Choose and Book systems for patient referrals etc. In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care under a GMS contract. This will include some on call sessions and visits.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
MRCGP
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.
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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 Parklands Surgery
Address Wymington Road
Rushden
Northamptonshire
NN10 9EB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.parklandssurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)