General Practitioner

Responsibilities

• Respond to medical problems presented by patients including diagnosis, investigation, treatment and referral as appropriate in line with guidelines and pathways.
• Prescribe for patients, regularly review medications and monitor repeat prescriptions.
• Provide medical leadership and expert advice regarding medical and primary care issues to the wider healthcare team; engaging with the Practice Plus Group wellbeing approach.
• Deliver effective patient care developing high levels of communication with patients; identify and utilise evidence based best practice through benchmarking and clinical guidelines.
• Undertake appropriate clinical audit to improve clinical outcomes.
• Inspire and develop positive collaborative working relationships across the multidisciplinary team; work with the wider team to ensure effective clinical governance is incorporated into day to day practice.
• Promote multidisciplinary discussions around complex case management, ensuring systems and processes in place for managing results, letters, and tasks.
• Undertake clinical risk assessments and implement management strategies for risks.
• Share and disseminate acquired knowledge with all team members through development sessions and clinical governance meetings or clinical case reviews.

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