Current Vacancies

·         Make professionally autonomous decisions for which they are accountable.

·         Provide a first point of contact within the Practice for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, making use of skills in history taking, physical examination, problem-solving and clinical decision-making, to establish a diagnosis and management plan.

·         Instigate necessary invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests or investigations and interpret findings/reports.

·         As an independent prescriber: prescribe safe, effective and appropriate medication as defined by current legislative framework.

·         Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care.

·         Offer a holistic service to patients and their families, developing where appropriate an on-going plan of care/support, with an emphasis on prevention and self-care.

·         Promote health and well-being through the use of health promotion, health education, screening and therapeutic communication skills.

·         Refer patients directly to other services/agencies as appropriate.

·         Work with nursing, medical and health care assistant colleagues to ensure that National Service Frameworks (e.g.; Coronary Heart Disease/Older People/ Diabetes /Mental Health) are being delivered.

·         Work with multi-disciplinary teams both within the Practice and external organisations to promote integrated and seamless pathways of care.

·         Contribute to the practice achieving its quality targets to sustain the high standards of patient care and service delivery e.g.; QOF and enhanced services.

·         Participate in identification of community health needs and develop patient/family-centred strategies to address them

·         Be aware of current initiatives to improve existing patient services.

·         Be prepared to embrace IT and all computer services to update knowledge, educate patients and use templates etc.