Bank GP sessions for same day access (SDA) shifts, offered through the Waltham Forest GP Federation, a not-for-profit body that runs NHS primary care services across the borough. The work is largely telephone and face-to-face consultations, including urgent care centre patients, with triage, diagnosis, treatment and record-keeping done as an autonomous clinician. Shifts are weekday evenings, either 5pm to 10pm or 6.30pm to 10pm, and are practice based. Registration with the GMC and a performers list entry are needed to apply.
What the job involves
- Provide face-to-face care in the urgent care centre and telephone appointments for SDA patients, ensuring they are dealt with appropriately and efficiently
- Act as an autonomous clinician providing assessment, diagnosis and treatment
- Accurately triage and prioritise patients, taking history including past medical and drug history
- Evaluate clinical information from history and examination and initiate treatment, referral or discharge
- Refer patients to appropriate care settings
- Prescribe, supply or administer medication and treatments according to agreed protocols, within scope of competence
- Keep accurate, contemporaneous computerised records of every contact, including history, examination, diagnosis, plan and follow-up
- Document adverse events, safeguarding concerns for children or vulnerable adults, and other notifiable matters
- Work directly with nursing and administration teams, and with acute trusts, neighbourhood teams, hospices, palliative care, social care and community hospitals
- Follow the Federation's operational policies and procedures
- Assist in developing an integrated approach to delivering patient care
- Provide clinical support
Qualifications
- MRCGP or equivalent
- Recent evidence of continued academic and professional development
Registration & licences
- Current entry on a performers list
- Valid GMC registration
- Licence to practise
Skills & knowledge
- Experience of Microsoft Office software
- Works well as a team player within a multi-disciplinary team
- Works under own initiative
Other
- Adherence to the Confidentiality Code and data protection regulations
- An interest in and enthusiasm for general practice
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
