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General Practitioner
| Posting date: | 29 May 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 June 2026 |
| Location: | Warrington, WA2 7NJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A2714-26-0003 |
Summary
Main Duties and Responsibilities Provide Personal Medical Services to acceptable clinical standards to patients, both in surgery and on home visits. Respond to medical problems presented by patients on the medical list, including history taking, examination, diagnosis, investigation, treatment, referral where appropriate and adequate documentation with READ coding onto the GP Computer system. (TPP/S1) Provide appropriate health promotion and preventative health care and advice to the Practice patients attending the Practice within the context of primary health care. Attend all team meetings and other meetings as may be necessary for PMS duties. Carry out clinically related administrative and non-clinical duties needed for the delivery of personal medical services. Provide free certification in line with Schedule 9 of NHS GMS Regulations (1992). Provide emergency cover for absent colleagues from time to time as detailed. Maintain patients clinical records in line with the electronic patient record system. Duties within Practice: You would be expected to perform two surgeries of up to 2.5-3 hours duration in a day with combination of face to face and video/telephone appointments You would require to be available to the Practice between the core hours of 08:00 to 18:30hrs. Participate in the Duty Dr rota, undertaking Total Triage with the support of the full clinical team. If Duty Dr, to triage home visits(usually then directed to our PCN's Acute Visiting Service) but with some GP visits when required and undertake the same Sign all relevant prescriptions and deal with Patient and Practice correspondence on a daily basis. Deal with all clinical roles within the Practice as undertaken by your clinical colleagues as required. Participation in the Practice on-call (Duty Dr) arrangements Take responsibility of acquiring the Practices QUOF, Enhanced Services and any other contractual targets Participate in the Enhanced Access scheme (a requirement to undertake the Wednesday session from 630pm-8pm). Additional sessions can be available for additional remuneration Professional Practice Ensure services are provided to a high quality and that they are of a consistent standard to meet the identified needs of service users. Comply with all clinical governance requirements as they relate to continuous improvement in quality and organisational performance, including appraisal. Continually update personal professional knowledge and competence by undergoing continuing professional development and lifelong learning, and mentoring In collaboration with members of the team cascade acquired knowledge, learning and expertise in order to enhance skills and competencies of other clinicians. Professional Leadership Identify best practice and disseminate accordingly, for exampled through benchmarking, clinical guidelines and research evidence. Develop new roles and responsibilities when then need arises and reflect and respond to the demands of the service. Liaise with relevant agencies and the local community to promote knowledge and awareness of the services provided Adopt a positive approach to change and provide a clinical perspective on service development and configuration issues. In addition, generate proposals for the continuous development of the service. Education Training and Development As required provide supervision and mentoring opportunities for staff together with the Practice Manager and other Clinical staff. Develop new roles and responsibilities when the need arises which reflect and respond to the demands of the service. Identify ways of engaging service users in service developments. Develop strategies to meet objectives as they relate to the services provided by the practice, together with the Principal and the Practice Manager. Develop links with educational providers so as to provide a learning environment. Service Development Linked to Research and Evaluation In collaboration with key stakeholders participate in evaluation of the service through a process of audit and research activity. Participate in the production of regular performance monitoring reports as required. Develop and implement policies and procedures, clinical guidelines and protocols as required Develop and maintain effective working relationships across the broad spectrum of health and social care providers, service users and voluntary agencies. Utilising the latest evidence, shape and organise services to reflect the needs of service users and in response to local and national priorities and policy directives. Human Resources Promote equality of opportunity in accordance with the aims and objectives of the PMS Contractual Objectives and NHS policy. To comply with Practice and NHS policies and guidelines. to comply with the Practices computer usage policy Health and Safety Responsibilities Provide safe and well-maintained equipment. This provision must also ensure that safe systems of work are in place. Make arrangements for the safe handling, storage and transportation of any articles or substances that are being used on the premises. Provide and distribute any relevant information to all staff on mattes affecting their Health and Safety, in addition, provide adequate supervision and training for persons employed by the Practice. Maintain a safe place to work with the provision for safe access to and from premises at all times. General Duty No person shall intentionally or recklessly interfere with or misuse anything provided in the interest of health, Safety or Welfare. This job description is not exhaustive and will be subjective to amendments and changes as required by the service in consultation with the post holder.