Newly Qualified Salaried GP - ARRS (Urgent Care) inBarrow-in-furness inBarrow-in-furness PUBLISHED WED 5 FEB 2025
Candidates are expected to promote patient care by developing health management plans, providing counselling and education, and documenting consultations accurately. Adherence to organisational procedures, patient confidentiality, and participation in professional development are essential. The job is dynamic and subject to review to accommodate changing circumstances, and applicants should ensure their mobile numbers are included in their applications for contact purposes.
Following the release of ARRS funding for GPs, Barrow Together PCN are looking to expand our team by seeking to employ 2 newly qualified General Practitioner (Urgent Care) (you must be within 2 years of certificate of completion of training at the start of employment and not have previously held a substantive post).
The role will be to help support and deliver our Urgent Care service. As part of an agreed job plan, each GP will work across 4 of the 8 practices that make up Barrow Together PCN, taking a hands-on role to provide acutely unwell patients with further assessment and treatment.
As agreed in co-operative practice with colleagues, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone, video consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, On Call, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion. To include the designated share of workflow and pathology reports.
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
Engaging with activities such as the QOF, LES/DES and other additional work essential for providing a full service for patients
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As agreed in co-operative practice with colleagues, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone, video consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, On Call, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion. To include the designated share of workflow and pathology reports.
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
Engaging with activities such as the QOF, LES/DES and other additional work essential for providing a full service for patients
In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health
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)
In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
All post holders are expected to
Adhere to organisational policies and procedures.
Promote Equality and Diversity in a non-discriminatory way.
Adhere to the GDPR, respecting confidentiality of patients and colleagues and the organisation.
Maintain personal and professional development to maintain skill levels, participate in the appraisal process and any training and development that is recognised and agreed with the Medical Director.
Respect and adhere to clinical governance principle.
Undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Adapt to any change made to the organisation structure/delivery of service.
To work as an integral part of the whole team.
This job description is neither definitive nor exhaustive and may be reviewed in the light of changing circumstances at a personal or organisational level. Any changes will be made in the consultation with the post holder through the appraisal and review process.
WHEN APPLYING FOR THIS ROLE, PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR MOBILE NUMBER ON YOUR APPLICATION SO WE CAN CONTACT YOU IF NEEDED
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