UEC Capacity GP

We are currently recruiting a qualified GP to work in our Urgent Emergency Care Capacity service 8am – 8pm on a Friday and/or Sunday at our Sawston site.

Granta Medical Practices Background

We are pioneers in gaining the advantages of scale whilst maintaining the best of site based work in smaller teams.  Our PCN was formed following the partnership-merger of several highly respected practices into a single practice. We aim to look after our population like ‘traditional’ general practice but with the resources of a fully integrated PCN consistently behind you.  Our multidisciplinary cross site team helps guide the right issue to the right professional first time – enabling GPs to enjoy being GPs.  We are just the right size and are committed to shaping and delivering excellence in primary care for our 59,000 patients whilst being sustainable and rewarding for our fantastic team.

We are proud to be one of a select percentage of practices nationally to hold a CQC ‘outstanding’ rating over sequential inspection cycles.

What is the UEC Capacity service:

The UEC Capacity service provides essential additional capacity to the Urgent, on the day services offered across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Currently there are daily presentations at A&E departments, across all the acute providers that could be dealt with by clinicians in the community. The role of this team is to provide that urgent on the day service that reduces pressures on A&E and the ambulance services and keeps patients out of hospital and safe in the community. This service is offered out of our Sawston site.

What we are looking for:

The post-holder will make him/herself available to:

• Undertake a variety of duties including face – face surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, checking and signing of repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems
• Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness, in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols and national guidance.
• Completion of clinically related administrative and non-clinical duties needed for the delivery of the service.
• Refer patients for further opinions and interventions according to local referral protocols and national guidance.
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.
• Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate.
• Participate in supporting the wider multi-disciplinary clinical team where necessary.
• In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care in an acute setting.

If you are interested in applying for this role, please contact cpicb.humanresources.granta@nhs.net