Following the release of ARRS funding for GPs, Barrow Together PCN are looking to expand our team by seeking to employ a newly qualified General Practitioner (Urgent Care) (you must be within 2 years of certificate of completion of training at the start of employment and not have previously held a substantive post). The role will be to help support and deliver our Urgent Care service. As part of an agreed job plan, the GP will work across 7 of the 8 practices that make up Barrow Together PCN, taking a hands-on role to provide acutely unwell patients with further assessment and treatment.,

• As agreed in co-operative practice with colleagues, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone, video consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, On Call, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion. To include the designated share of workflow and pathology reports.
• 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
• Engaging with activities such as the QOF, LES/DES and other additional work essential for providing a full service for patients
  
  Barrow Together is a forward-thinking dynamic and innovative Primary Care Network with a clear vision to deliver the best services for all our practices.