General Practitioner

Job summary Rothwell and Desborough Healthcare Group are seeking an enthusiastic and patient-focused General Practitioner to join our friendly and supportive team. Working across Rothwell Medical Centre and Desborough Surgery, the successful candidate will join an established and collaborative team committed to delivering excellent standards of care. The post holder will work autonomously within their scope of practice and will work collaboratively with clinical, management, and administrative colleagues to support the achievement of practice objectives and the delivery of safe, effective, and responsive patient care. As a training practice, you will also contribute to providing a positive learning environment for students and trainees. Main duties of the job The successful candidate will: Be a fully qualified GP with GMC registration and a licence to practise Demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills Be committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team Share our commitment to continuous learning and service improvement About us We are a 2 site practice located in the towns of Rothwell and Desborough (1 mile apart). Our list size is around 22000 and increasing. We currently have 7 GP partners, 9 salaried GPs, as well as our nursing team including nurse practitioners. The practice is supported by a management team and very experienced admin, secretarial and reception teams. We would welcome a candidate who is invested in General Practice to provide quality patient care and drive our innovative business forward. Job responsibilities Job summary: 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. Clinical 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, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and 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 Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols Providing counselling and health education 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 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. Confidentiality In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data. Health