General Practitioner - Morfa Lane Surgery

Job summary

We are looking for a GP to join our team here at Morfa Surgery, Carmarthen. We are a committed team who are very supportive of one another, and would love a GP to join our team. We have between 6-8 sessions to fulfil, and are happy to take one or more applicants to fulfil this vacancy. Ideally we are looking for a GP Partner, but would be more than willing to employ a Salaried GP. Salaried GP Contract would be based upon recommended BMA Contract of Employment

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.

Clinical Responsibilities:

• In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self 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

• 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

About Morfa Lane Surgery

A well established, small friendly and dedicated team serving over 3,800 patients High quality clinical care (with high QIF points) under a GMS contract Good skill-mix, with 2 GP's, Nurse Practitioner, 2 Practice Nurses, Pharmacist and good links with the wider primary care team Vision clinical system with DOCMAN A wide range of additional and enhanced services. Active with the Cluster Network Group