GP

• Undertaking 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, reports and correspondence in a timely fashion.
• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting medical problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcare workers within the organisation.
• Assessing the healthcare 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 health education.
• Recording clear consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Collecting data for audit purposes and complying with QOF requirements.
• Delivering enhanced services.
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.
• All general duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
  

• Fully qualified GP with GMC registration.
• Annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate).
  
• Be on the NHSE medical performers list.
  

• Good understanding and experience of chronic disease management, and primary prevention and screening services.
• Ability to take responsibility for your own career development, learning and performance and are responsible for ensuring that all your mandatory training is in date.
• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies and guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.
• Commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in a confidential manner.
  
  

West Road Surgery is based in a purpose build primary care centre with free parking in Westcliff-on-Sea with a list size of 10,000 patients.

You would be joining a dedicated team of three GP Partners, several long term locums, two practice nurses and two highly skilled HCA's and a long serving admin team.

We are part of the Southend Victoria PCN, who provide our acute home visits, a specialist diabetic nurse, ANP's, FCPs and a raft of other specialist support.

We offer:

• NHS Pension Scheme
• Annual Leave: minimum 33 days FTE, with enhancements for long service
• Enhanced maternity and paternity terms