Description
North Watford PCN is looking to expand their team by seeking to employ a qualified GP, following the changes to the ARRS scheme to introduce general practitioners.
Main duties of the job
- Performing as an autonomous general practitioner working independently and with other health care professionals to assess, diagnose and treat the conditions of patients attending within a primary care setting.
- Providing expert professional advice to patients, carers and colleagues and ensure the maintenance of clinical excellence.
- Being professionally accountable and responsible for all elements of clinical practice in accordance with the GMC code of conduct ensuring the safety of patients and quality of their care is primary.
- 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.
- Prescribing in accordance with the ICB prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate.
About us North Watford PCN is a forward-thinking primary care network (PCN), with a diverse clinical team delivering care to our 25,000+ registered patients. We are a small, innovative PCN, based in north Watford, with one of our practices being renowned for their excellent teaching reputation.
Benefits No benefits mentioned.
Person Specification
- Fully qualified GP with GMC registration.
- MRCGP.
- General Practitioner Certificate of Completion of Training CCT.
- Experience of working in a primary care environment.
- Experience of continued professional development.
- Experience of QOF and clinical audit.
- General understanding of the primary care contract.
- Excellent communication skills written and oral.
- Strong IT skills.
- Clear polite telephone manner.
- Competent in the use of office and outlook.
- EMIS user skills.
- Effective time management planning and organising.
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Problem solving and analytical skills.
- Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure.
- Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes.
- Experience with clinical risk management.