Job summary Wallingford Medical Practiceprovides general medical services to the town of Wallingford and the surrounding villages.
We currently have over 19,000 patients.
We are located in a purpose-built health centre, located next to Wallingford Community Hospital.
We belong to Wallingford & Surrounds Primary Care Network, which is a collaborative network including Mill Stream Surgery, Benson and Goring and Woodcote Surgery.
We are a training practice with up to 4 Registrars at any one time.
Main duties of the job Due to a doctor retiring and our practice list expanding we are looking for a doctor or doctors to work 4-8 sessions per week.We have5 Salaried GPs,highly trained nursing team, nurse practitioner, a paramedic who strive forcontinuous professional development, supported by proficient and dedicatedadmin support staff.
About us We are very proud of our happy, friendly team at Wallingford MedicalPractice.
Come and join us and be apart of a great teamWe OfferSalary highlycompetitive 6 weeks annualleave, 1 week study leave (pro rata) with a budget funded by the practice.Daily Coffeeafter Morning surgeryWeekly GPmeetings covering Significant events, QOF, audits and guest speakers.A friendly,cohesive, progressive team working in a cheerful and positive environment.Annual Summer andXmas Parties.On-site parkingEasy access toWallingford Town Job description Job responsibilities Clinical responsibilities: In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties, including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, 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 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.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential Fully qualified GP, with current GMC membership Desirable Experience of working with EMIS