GP – Salaried (ARRS)

Job summary

This is an ARRS role therefore you must have qualified no more than 2 years ago and not have held a substantive role previously.

Fairhill Medical Practice in Kingston Upon Thames who are seeking an experienced Salaried GP to join its caring and supportive team. We require 6 clinical sessions per week, starting ASAP.

Responsibilities

The 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 patients.

Clinical responsibilities

• No duty doctor system dedicated clinical sessions to support accurx appointment triage
• Monthly clinical meetings and educational meetings with lunch provided
• In accordance with the Practice rota the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork 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 as appropriate
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
• Collecting data for audit purposes
• Engaging with and complying with the collection of data for QOF and enhanced services in consultations
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
• Prescribing in accordance with the locality prescribing formulary 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

Requirements

Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC registration with a license to practice and entry on the GP Register Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Practice
• Certificate Confirming Eligibility for General Practice Registration (CEGPR), or equivalent included on a Medical Performers list or eligible
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Desirable

• Academic excellence (prizes, merits, distinctions etc.) MRCGP Diplomas relevant to primary care

Experience

Essential

• Completion of a vocational GP training scheme within the last 2 years and not have held a salary GP role previously

Desirable

• Certificate in post graduate clinical training

About us

Fairhill are a 3 Partner university practice based across three sites in the leafy suburb of Kingston Upon Thames. The practice has a list size of over 23,000 patients and includes a branch at Kingston University.