Job summary Salaried GP - Maternity Cover (Mar 25)An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and flexible salaried GP to join West Leeds Family Practice as Maternity cover to work between 4 - 6 sessions per week.
Days ideally would be Tues, Wed & Fri but this can be negotiated.
The post will be available for 9 - 12 months and is negotiable.
The expected start date is 24th Mar 25.
The practice is based over 3 sites all close to each other.
Our supportive team are well established, friendly, hardworking and dedicated to providing a good experience for the patient and a pleasant working environment.
The opportunity is available to both newly qualified and experienced GPs who want to work in a forward thinking training practice.
We are continuously looking to improve what we do and value innovative and new ways of working.
Main duties of the job JOB 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 fashionMaking 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 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 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.
About us West Leeds Family Practice is a forward thinking professional organisation, we have an opportunity for the right candidate to join our outstanding GP Practice.
We are a high achieving QOF Practice.We have 21,000 patients and a large team of GP's Nurses HCA and administration.We are a Training Practice for both GP Registrars and Leeds University Medical Students.We have the following in house services for our patients:1.
Family planning service providers for both Implants and Coil devices2.
Minor surgery including joint injections3.
Paramedic home visiting team support4.
Pharmacy Team including PCN Pharmacist support5.
Social Prescribers and Occupational Therapists6.
Physio First service7.
Ultrasound scanning8.
Community Matron support and Frailty Nurse support Job description Job responsibilities JOB 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.
Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, 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 Person Specification Qualifications Essential Registered to practice.