We are offering a greatopportunity for a new colleague to join our join our dynamic and responsiveteam who are committed to providing accessible, high-quality healthcare. ChurchStreet Medical is a thriving practice set in the historic riverside town ofTewkesbury Our commitment to our patients is demonstrated by our organisationbeing one of the first to recruit Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Pharmacists andParamedics who support our team in the surgery. We continue to invest in abroad range of new technologies to support the delivery of primary healthcarein these busy times
Main duties of the job
Who are we?
Church Street is part of InspireHealthcare who has five practice sites across Cheltenham, Tewkesbury &Cirencester. We currently employ 26 doctors, 35 nurses and over 50 non-clinicalstaff to care for our 34,000 patients -with our list sizes growing every day!.
We have embraced a multi-disciplinaryapproach to our provision care and our clinical team includes, among others,pharmacists, first contact physiotherapists, paramedics (who support our homevisiting services), social prescribers, mental health workers, physicianassociates, advanced nurse practitioners and urgent care practitioners.
We have five partners workingacross our sites and several salaried GP Associates, typically providing sixsessions each per week. We look after several nursing homes and a communityhospital.
For more information, pleasevisit our website www.inspire-healthcare.co.uk.
About us
Benefits of workingwith us include,
An extremely competitive salary that is linkedto experience
An opportunity to work on site, or to workremotely to fit in with your family life
NHS Pension and indemnity paid for as part ofthe employment benefits
Educational support and membership of NBMedical Plus to enhance your PDP
Regular protected learning events within theInspire Organisation
An opportunity to be a clinical lead forInspire in a preferred specialty (for additional salary)
Annual leave and study leave in line with theBMA contact
Being part of an energetic trainingorganisation that is at the forefront of primary care in Gloucestershire
Job responsibilities
SUMMARY OF MAIN RESPONSIBILITIESThe post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting,ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.
Clinical Responsibilities - In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-selfavailable to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultationsand queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing withqueries, paperwork, reports and correspondence in a timely fashion. 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. 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 asappropriate.- Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards. Collecting data for audit purposes and complying with QOF requirements. Delivering enhanced services. Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-writtenprescriptions whenever possible). Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this isclinically appropriate- In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Be registered on the GMC register (with no advisories)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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