Full-time or Part-time Salaried GP

Job summary Situated in the popular seaside town of Southport and within easy travel distance of Liverpool, Manchester and stunning rural areas such as the Lake District and Pennines, Norwood Surgery is a forward thinking, progressive and award winning GP Practice. The Practice currently consists of 3 partners, 4 salaried GPs,3 nurses and a supportive admin and reception team who care for a list size of10,000 patients. This job would be perfect for GPs who enjoy socialprescribing and lifestyle medicine as we are currently one of the leadingpractices within our region and promote a holistic wellbeing for our patients. Weare a training practice and offer high levels of support and training in anyareas of development for GP registrars and indeed all staff. The post-holder will manage a caseload that includes a wide range of health needsin a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for allregistered and temporary patients. Main duties of the job In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, thepost-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of dutiesincluding surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visitingpatients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing withqueries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcareworkers within the organisation. This role is for 6-8 sessions per week. Please see job description for full outline of duties About us Norwood surgery actively promotes and encourages a welcoming, friendly and supportive atmosphere. Daily coffee time allows for discussion of interesting or challenging cases for group feedback or just an opportunity to unwind from the morning clinic. Job description Job responsibilities JOB DESCRIPTION JOB TITLE:SALARIED GENERAL PRACTITIONER REPORTS TO: THEPARTNERS (Clinically) THE PRACTICE MANAGER (Administratively) HOURS: 6 - 8 SESSIONS per week. Salary: £10,700 per session Job Summary: The post-holderwill manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primarycare setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients. ClinicalResponsibilities: In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, thepost-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of dutiesincluding surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visitingpatients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing withqueries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation topresenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcareworkers within the organisation Assessingthe health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems Screeningpatients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness In consultation with patients and in line withcurrent Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health Providingcounselling and health education Admittingor discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other careproviders as appropriate Recordingclear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards Collectingdata for audit purposes Compilingand issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoidinghand-written prescriptions whenever possible) Prescribingin accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) wheneverthis is clinically appropriate Ingeneral the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties andresponsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care. OtherResponsibilities within the Organisation: Awarenessof and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g.prescribing, Acommitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based bestpractice Contributingto evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation Contributingto the development of computer-based patient records Contributingto the summarising of patient records and Read-Coding patient data Attendingtraining and events organised by the Practice or other agencies, whereappropriate. Confidentiality: In the course of seeking treatment, patientsentrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation totheir health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right toexpect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately Inthe performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holdermay have access to confidential information relating to patients and theircarers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have accessto information relating to the Practice as a business organisation. All suchinformation from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential Informationrelating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or thebusiness of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons inaccordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating toconfidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data. Health