Specialty Doctor inNorthampton inNorthampton PUBLISHED
TUE 21 JAN 2025
Band Specialty Doctor: £59,175 to £110,330 a year Dependant on experience
FIXEDTERM GOOD SALARY
Northampton General Hospital rICk1Svv
Opportunity to work in a dynamic and busy Urgent Treatment Centre, gaining diverse experience.
Flexible working hours available, with the possibility to discuss contract options tailored to personal needs.
Ability to make professional, autonomous decisions affecting patient care, contributing to job satisfaction.
Engagement with a multidisciplinary team, fostering collaboration and professional growth.
Direct involvement in patient care, including consultations, home visits, and development of health care plans.
Use of an advanced clinical system (Symphony) to streamline processes and enhance patient management.
Chance to support a diverse patient population and address undifferentiated and undiagnosed medical issues.
Northampton General Hospital is seeking two Specialty Doctors to join their Urgent Treatment Centre on a fixed-term contract, ideally for 10 sessions per week, though flexible options are available. The successful candidates will work within a multidisciplinary team, utilizing the Symphony clinical system to provide care for a diverse patient population. Responsibilities will include conducting surgery and telephone consultations, home visits, managing repeat prescriptions, and addressing various patient queries.
The role demands making autonomous medical decisions on undiagnosed health issues, assessing disease risk factors, developing care plans in alignment with current management protocols, and delivering enhanced services. Overall, the position encompasses all general duties associated with a GP in primary care, contributing significantly to the healthcare needs of the community.
The role demands making autonomous medical decisions on undiagnosed health issues, assessing disease risk factors, developing care plans in alignment with current management protocols, and delivering enhanced services. Overall, the position encompasses all general duties associated with a GP in primary care, contributing significantly to the healthcare needs of the community.
Northampton General Hospital is looking for 2 salaried GPs (Specialty Doctors) to join our busy Urgent Treatment Centre. We can offer opportunities on a fixed term contract basis and although we would ideally like 10 sessions per week, we would be happy to discuss this.
We use Symphony as our clinical system and offer an open access model to our patients. Working as part of our multidisciplinary team, you will have the opportunity to support and care for a diverse patient group.
- Undertaking 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, reports and correspondence in a timely fashion;
- Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting medical problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcare workers within the organisation;
- Assessing the healthcare 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;
- Delivering enhanced services;
- Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions;
- All general duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
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- Undertaking 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, reports and correspondence in a timely fashion;
- Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting medical problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcare workers within the organisation;
- Assessing the healthcare 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;
- Delivering enhanced services;
- Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions;
- All general duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
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