Job responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities:
In accordance with the
clinical rota, as agreed, the GP will make him/her-self available to undertake
a variety of duties including
Surgery consultations, telephone consultations,
visiting patients at home and in nursing homes, checking and signing
repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and
correspondence in a timely fashion.
Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation
to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other
health care workers within the organisation
Participate in the Duty Dr rota to provide a first
port of call for all on the day urgent queries or requests for late
visits
Screening patients for disease risk factors and early
signs of illness
Cover all the clinical management of the patients in
surgery as appropriate including initiating investigations, reviewing
results, making referrals to secondary care or to other providers as
appropriate
Developing care and treatment plans in consultation
with patients and in line with current Practice disease management
protocols as well wider guidance such as that from NICE
Ensuring appropriate follow up of patients
Recording clear and contemporaneous computerised
consultation notes to agreed standards
Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and
repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever
possible)
Prescribing generically whenever appropriately and in
accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary, NICE guidance and Good
Prescribing Practice (as defined by British National Formulary guidance)
Working with and support other members of the primary
health care team in delivering high quality primary care
Promoting the application of standards and codes of
Practice set by the Royal College of General Practice, General Medical
Council, NHS England and local NHS trust
Take an active role in the practice achieving agreed
QOF and other key performance indicator targets.
Responsibility for targets and services allocated,
such as a QOF area of Enhanced Service.
Take an active role in delivering clinical and
organisational governance.
Other Responsibilities
within the Organisation:
Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Practice
policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection,
health and safety
Commitment and contribution to achievement of the
highest possible quality standards such as the CQC, QOF and other agreed
Key Performance Indicator targets
A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure
evidence-based best practice
Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard
setting within the organisation
Attendance at regular in-house governance and
educational meetings and training as well as events at other agencies as
appropriate
Assistance with the training of other staff members
and also with the education of doctors and nurses in training as
appropriate
Confidentiality:
In the course of seeking treatment,
patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in
relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the
right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act
appropriately
As a Salaried GP you will have
access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers,
Practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to
information relating to the Practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is
to be regarded as strictly confidential
Information relating to patients,
carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the
Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the
Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the
protection of personal and sensitive data.
Health & Safety:
Assist in promoting and
maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the
Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:
Using personal security systems
within the workplace according to Practice guidelines
Identifying the risks involved in
work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages
those risks
Making effective use of training to
update knowledge and skills
Using appropriate infection control
procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from
hazards
Reporting potential risks
identified.
Equality and Diversity:
Support the equality,
diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
Acting in a way that recognises the importance of
peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with
Practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of
patients, carers and colleagues
Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the
individual, is nonjudgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings
priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional
Development:
Participate in annual
appraisal and fulfil the criteria for revalidation with the GMC.
Maintain continued education
through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that
professional development requirements for appraisal and revalidation are met.
This may include training needed for areas of Practice Development.
Quality:
Strive to maintain quality
within the Practice, and:
Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
Assess own performance and take accountability for own
actions, either directly or under supervision
Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by
reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to
improve and enhance the teams performance
Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to
meet patients needs
Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
Communication:
Recognise the importance of
effective communication within the team and strive to:
Communicate effectively with other team members
Communicate effectively with patients and carers
Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of
communication and respond accordingly.
Contribution to the
Implementation of Services:
Apply Practice policies, standards and guidance
Discuss with other members of the team how the
policies, standards and guidelines will affect own workParticipate in audit where appropriate.
