General Practitioner

Job responsibilities

Job summary

As a General Medical Practitioner, you will be a vital member of our multidisciplinary team, dedicated to delivering high-quality medical care to our patients. You will operate both autonomously and collaboratively with our healthcare professionals to diagnose, treat, and manage a diverse range of health conditions. Your role will encompass direct patient care, clinical leadership, and active participation in quality improvement initiatives.

The post-holder will manage a caseload and address a wide spectrum of health needs within a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.

Key responsibilities

• Work independently and in conjunction with other healthcare professionals to assess, diagnose, and treat patients within primary care, initiating direct referrals as appropriate.
• Provide expert professional advice to patients, carers, and colleagues, ensuring the maintenance of clinical excellence.
• Develop new and innovative concepts, models, methods, and practices to enhance primary care services, meeting the evolving needs of the PCN population.
• Deliver comprehensive medical care, managing a diverse caseload and addressing a wide range of health conditions.
• Work closely with a multidisciplinary team to ensure integrated and holistic patient care.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and clinical audits to continually enhance patient care and service delivery.

Clinical Responsibilities:

The General Medical Practitioner (GP) works autonomously and is accountable for own professional actions.

• Conducting face-to-face and telemedicine consultations to assess, diagnose, and manage patients health conditions.
• Identifying and treating acute and chronic illnesses, injuries, and other health conditions.
• Providing preventative care services and lifestyle advice to promote overall health and prevent disease.
• Managing long-term conditions like diabetes, hypertension, and asthma, ensuring patients receive ongoing care and monitoring.
• Prescribing medications, reviewing treatment plans, and monitoring patient side effects and effectiveness.
• Referring patients to specialists or other healthcare services when necessary for further diagnosis or treatment.
• Educating patients and their families about health conditions, treatment options, and preventative measures.
• Encouraging healthy lifestyle choices and providing resources to support patients in making positive changes.
• Collaborating with other healthcare professionals, including nurses, pharmacists, and specialists, to ensure comprehensive and coordinated care.
• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date patient records, including medical histories, treatment plans, and progress notes.
• Participating in clinical audits and quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient care and service delivery.
• Conducting home visits for patients who are unable to attend the clinic due to mobility issues or severe illness if cover is not available under the home visiting team.
• Participate in multidisciplinary (MDT) meetings and maintain effective relationships with multi-professional colleagues across services, including community palliative care, district nurses, specialist nurses, mental health, and social care teams.
• Contribute to and oversee clinical developments within Integrated Neighbourhood Team (INT) steering group meetings, working collaboratively with PCN members.
• Identify patients at risk of frailty using clinical indicators (e.g., Rockwood score, dementia diagnosis) and ensure appropriate care planning in partnership with the PCN team.
• Ensure accurate registration of all adults living with frailty or dementia on the eFraCCS frailty register.
• Coordinate and implement care plans aimed at reducing avoidable hospital admissions and unnecessary primary care attendees.
• Promote early advance care planning (ACP) to support patient-centred care and future health needs.
• Support the weekly care home ward rounds, ensuring continuity and quality of care for residents.
• Elicit a patient history appropriate to the clinical situation, which will include, presenting complaint, history of the present illness, past medical history, social history, family history, medications, allergies, review of systems, risk factors and appropriate targeted history.
• Perform a physical examination tailored to the needs of the patients and the demands of the clinical situation.
• Assess and prioritise patients undergoing treatment.
• Demonstrate continual evaluation of the patients and use expertise to recommend adjustments/amendments to treatment plans, in consultation with the patient and members of the multi-professional team.
• Make direct referrals to other members of the health care team.
• Requests bloods and radiological test as appropriate.
• Request and perform diagnostic tests as agreed locally.
• Chase, view and Interpret results and report findings.
• Discuss and agree assessment outcomes with patients, carers, and other health care professionals to enable patients to make an informed decision regarding their treatment.
• Assesses diagnoses and treats patients attending primary health care services with a range of acute, non-acute and chronic medical conditions.
• Assesses diagnoses and treats patients in surgery or own home who ...