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This is a position for a newly qualified, enthusiastic, and forward-thinking GP to join the Lower Valley PCN, Calderdale within West Yorkshire. Currently the role is fixed term up until 31st March 2025.

As this post is funded through the Network Contract DES, you must be within 2 years of GP qualification and not have been substantively employed as a GP previously.

This post will require you to work across different practices within the PCN all of which are rated as Good with CQC. This presents a great opportunity to gain valuable experience and insight of the workings and culture within different practices.

We are a Sponsor organisation for the employment of Skilled Workers.

A training budget of £3,000 will be invested in your development during this contract. We will work with you to tailor a package of training support and study leave that will give you the necessary skills, knowledge and understanding to thrive in these early years of your career.

Between 4 and 8 sessions per week (full time, part time please state the number of sessions as a preference in your application)

You will manage a case load and will work autonomously on a day-to-day basis. To support your development, you will have a dedicated GP assigned to carry out professional supervision.

You will undertake several duties governed by the GMS contract including:

Face to face and telephone consultations

Patient home visits and care home visits

Checking and signing repeat prescriptions

Administrative tasks namely dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence as required

Cover all clinical management of in-surgery patients as appropriate including initiating investigations, reviewing results and making referrals to secondary care or to other providers as appropriate

Develop care and treatment plans in consultation with patients

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In accordance with the PCN/Practice timetable, as agreed, you will make yourself available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone/video 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 professionals within the Practice or external organisations.

Assessing the health needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.

Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.

Contributing to QOF requirements and recording data appropriately.

Contributing to PCN requirements and recording data appropriately.

In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health-related illnesses.

Screening patients for health education.

Admitting and 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 and contributing notes to the practice audit programme as required.

Compiling and issuing computer generated acute and repeat prescriptions.

Prescribing in accordance with the accepted prescribing formulary whenever clinically appropriate.

Take responsibility for some aspects of the clinical work within the team including co-ordinating aspects of governance, QOF, enhanced services, CPD and keeping clinical protocols up to date.

Undertake all normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care, as set by Royal College of General Practitioners, General Medical Council, all other Royal Colleges and councils applicable to the staff groups working within the Practice, Department of Health, Integrated Care Boards and all other regulatory and standard setting organisations.