Resident
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
Total years of experience :14 years, 0 Months
family practitioner at primary health care with full responsibility
Provide management of long-term conditions in line with
national guidelines and pathways.
Prescribe for patients as appropriate to need.
Provide appropriate health promotion and preventative
health care advice to all patients attending the practice.
Ordering diagnostic tests as required.
Referring patients to other providers as appropriate.
Maintaining confidentiality and impartiality.
Commissioning healthcare by liaising with medical
professionals in the community and hospitals;
Providing GP clinics for specific conditions or for certain
groups, e.g. diabetes, smoking cessation and new babies;
Meeting targets set by the government for specific
treatments, such as child immunizations;
Discussing the development of new pharmaceutical
products with pharmaceutical sales representatives;
Managing resources to service targets as effectively as
possible, for example, using Choose and Book, the national
electronic referral service;
Using IT skills - some practices have one partner who
specializes in the use of IT within the practice but all will be
expected to have basic abilities for work such as maintaining
patients' records using specific packages;
Keeping up to date with medical developments, new drugs,
treatments and medications, including complementary
medicine;
Maintaining a portfolio of continuing professional
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