General Practitioner, Lancashire

Role Overview

The role includes:

• Delivery of primary care services across 6-7 sessions per week
• Management of a defined patient list alongside shared responsibility for the wider practice population
• Participation in a structured weekly duty/on-call rota, with additional cover during colleague annual leave
• Undertaking home visits as required
• Managing clinical administration including Pathlinks, Docman workflow, and prescriptions
• Providing cover for GP colleagues during annual leave, including additional sessions and workload
• Participation in practice meetings, MDT working, and service development
• Adherence to practice policies, CQC standards, and clinical governance requirements
• Supporting supervision, mentoring or training activities

Professional Responsibilities & Clinical Governance

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of current clinical guidelines and best practice
• Participate in practice meetings, clinical meetings, and MDT discussions
• Engage in clinical audit, quality improvement and service development activity
• Contribute to significant event reviews, learning events, and reflective practice
• Support delivery of QOF, GP contract and quality improvement programmes
• Ensure compliance with CQC, NHS and practice governance standards

Training & Development

• Maintain mandatory training requirements in line with practice, PCN and NHS policies
• Undertake continuing professional development (CPD) in line with appraisal and revalidation requirements
• Participate in annual appraisal and revalidation processes
• Support development and training of colleagues where appropriate

Team Working & MDT Engagement

• Work collaboratively with the wider team including ANPs, nurses, pharmacists, FCP, MHP and administrative staff
• Actively participate in multidisciplinary working and patient care planning
• Contribute to a positive, supportive and inclusive team culture

Additional Duties

• The post holder will undertake other duties appropriate to the role as required by the practice
• The post holder will be expected to contribute to the resilience of the service, including flexibility in working arrangements to meet clinical demand
• Responsibilities may be reviewed and amended over time in line with service development, workforce changes and patient need, following discussion with the post holder
• The post holder will support colleagues and the wider team to maintain safe, effective and responsive patient care

This job description is intended as a guide and is not exhaustive. It may be subject to review in line with service need.

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