Salaried GP Carlisle

Carlisle Healthcare is a large NHS general practice partnership formed in 2016 following the merger of three established practices in the city. We operate over three sites and have a registered population of approximately 40,000 people. We are a dual practice Primary Care Network. We aim to deliver the best service for patients whilst recognising the finite resources that we have to hand. We also value the importance of supporting our administrative and clinical staff and colleagues with their own well-being, aspiring to achieve a high level of professional satisfaction within our teams.

We are a GP training practice and also have learners in a number of disciplines and at different stages (including medical students, nursing students, advanced clinical practitioners and apprentices). We have recently developed new purpose-built premises in the South of Carlisle which opened at the end of 2022 and is our new headquarters.

Main duties of the job:

• 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.

About us:

• 18 GPs
• 12 ANPs
• Home visiting team (including ANPs, Nurses, Paramedics, Occupational Therapists, Frailty Co-ordinators)
• Social Prescribing Link Worker
• First Contact Physiotherapists
• Primary Care Mental Health Workers
• Clinical Pharmacists
• 28 Practice nurses and HCAs
• Senior management and administrative support teams

Job responsibilities:

• In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties, including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and online and normal 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.
• Providing counselling and health education.
• 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.

Other responsibilities within the organisation:

• 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.

Person Specification:

Experience:

• Essential: Evidence of continuous professional development. Evidence of up to date statutory and mandatory training.
• Desirable: Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team. Desire to develop an area of clinical/management. Interest with Personal Development plan.

Personal Circumstances:

• Essential: Ability to drive and holds a full UK driving Licence.

Qualifications:

• Essential: GMC Registration. 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.
• UK Registration – Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

For further information please see NHS Careers website.