(ARRS) General Practitioner

Main duties of the job The GP will undertake a variety of duties governed by the GMS contract and objectives of Enhanced services. including In person consultations Telephone consultations Visiting patients at home and in nursing homes Checking and signing repeat prescriptions Dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence as required Clinical administration Working closely with our PCN team including our PCN Paramedic and Pharmacy Team to develop and enhance our frailty team. Job responsibilities Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness Cover all the clinical management of the patients in surgery as appropriate including initiating investigations, reviewing results, making referrals to secondary care or to other providers as appropriate Develop care and treatment plans in consultation with
patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols as well wider guidance such as that from NICE Ensure appropriate follow up of patients Record clear and contemporaneous computerised consultation notes to agreed standards Participate in clinical audits, and learning event analyses and practice meetings Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions avoiding hand-written prescriptions. Prescribe generically whenever appropriately and in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary, NICE guidance and Good Prescribing Practice (as defined by British National Formulary guidance) Work with and provide support for other members of the primary health care team Play a lead role in the practice achieving agreed and other key performance indicator targets