• Question: -what does a typical day at your job look like?

    Asked by Maariya on 15 Mar 2022.
    • Photo: Laurence Quirk

      Laurence Quirk answered on 15 Mar 2022:

      I’m not a clinician, so I don’t see patients. But I may have emails from staff in a GP surgery wanting money to help pay for a course. I might have a day of zoom / teams calls to discuss plans or catch up with colleagues. I might attend a big meeting with lots of people from different parts of the NHS. I spend most of my day sat in front of a computer

    • Photo: Sally Cuthbert

      Sally Cuthbert answered on 15 Mar 2022:

      I see patients in my clinic. I also run groups on a Wednesday. It’s basically a mixture of seeing patients, writing notes, going to meetings and drinking a cup of tea when I can!

    • Photo: Adrian Taylor

      Adrian Taylor answered on 16 Mar 2022:

      No such thing as typical day in my job, depends on what meetings I have arranged or the needs of the practice, I do try to plan ahead but it can change so dramatically if a problem occurs

Comments

  • Photo: Samantha

    Samantha commented on :

    I look at Hospital letters, see it patients required blood tests/reviews, help align peoples medications and generally help people to stay well.

  • Photo: Sarah

    Sarah commented on :

    In my GP job I speak with patients in person and on the phone, find out their problems, examine them, arrange investigations, referrals and prescribe treatment. I also electronically ‘sign’ prescriptions, check blood and other results, complete actions from letters received from the hospital and see patients at home. In my other job as a medical examiner I review the notes of patients who have died and with the doctors looking after them we come to agreement about the cause of death. I look for any areas where their treatment could have been improved. In my other role as a tribunal doctor, either in person or on the phone, with a judge I find out about the difficulties are experiencing at home and in work due to their disabilities and health problems.

  • Photo: Anna

    Anna commented on :

    As a practice nurse – I turn on my computer, clean my room, check my stock and get a cup of tea. I see patients every 10-15 mins for injections, immunisations, smears for about 2 hours and then have lots of long term condition reviews. I speak to the patient about all their conditons they often have more than one. hypertension (high blood pressure), asthma, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) heart conditions, diabetes etc. I find out how they are, review bloods and observations like blood pressure with them, go there are templates to fill in but I just have a chat to the patient opens up to me. We then go through some goals and agree when to next review.