Due to the changes in the ARRS Scheme to introduce General Practitioners, North Watford PCN are looking to expand our team by seeking to employ a newly qualified General Practitioner to join our team for 4-8 sessions per week (2-4 days).
This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward thinking Primary Care Network (PCN) and become an integral part of a diverse clinical team delivering care to our 25,000+ registered patients.
Main duties will include;
- Perform as an autonomous general practitioner working independently and with other health care professionals to assess, diagnose and treat the conditions of patients attending within a primary care setting.
- Provide expert professional advice to patients, carers and colleagues and ensure the maintenance of clinical excellence.
- Be professionally accountable and responsible for all elements of clinical practice in accordance with the GMC code of conduct ensuring the safety of patients and quality of their care is primary.
- Provide counselling and health education.
- Admit or discharge patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate.
- Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
- Collect data for audit purposes.
- Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.
- Prescribe in accordance with the ICB prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate.
We work closely with our partners in the community.