JOB PURPOSE The post-holder will manage a caseload of up to 72 patients who have been classed as medically stable and are admitted to Lings Bar for rehabilitation unit in Gamston, Nottinghamshire prior to discharge (home first). Patients remain temporary residents with PICS and are temporary registered to its Hama Surgery. The Length of Stay LOS at Lings Bar is expected to be approx. 21 28 days when patients will be discharged back to their own practice or supported to register with a new practice is moving to a new address post discharge. The team at Lings Bar is made up of GPs, ANPs Pharmacist, Care Navigator and senior operational oversight. PICS provide primary care cover into Lings Bar on Monday Friday from 8am to 6.30pm (excluding Bank Holidays). The post holder will need to deal with a wide range of primary care health needs in a rehabilitation unit working closely with Nottinghamshire HealthCare Trust staff who provide 24/7 nursing and rehabilitation staff along with hotel and facilities management, PICS expect the delivery of the highest standards of care for these temporary patients. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Clinical: The post-holder will be available on site to review patients who are transferred to the unit. Providing General Practice level care for residents. Leading MDTs which are scheduled on a weekly basis. Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within Lings Bar. Assessing the health care 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 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) whenever this is clinically 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. Additional Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records Contributing to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate. Confidentiality The post holder will: In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data. For more information, please see the supporting documents.