ARRS GP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Specific duties:

Working closely with Primary Care Network Clinical Directors and take direction from them as to the needs of the service.

Provide a comprehensive high quality range of clinical duties to a diverse patient population.

Undertake face-2-face, telephone consultations, home visits where necessary.

Evaluate and analyse clinical problems using their clinical knowledge, seeking out and applying relevant evidence, enhanced techniques, interventions, and equipment to make clinical decisions.

Deliver enhanced clinical care in the context of continual change, challenging environments, different models of care delivery, innovation and rapidly evolving technologies using analysis and their underpinning knowledge to manage complex interventions.

Provide education and advice to patients, on how to manage their condition, or support the MDT to do so.

Have an active part in clinical audits, and research projects and implement changes as required, including development, and updating of practice protocols/ guidelines and procedures locally.

Work within local and national protocols.

To work within clinical competence, recognise boundaries of their practice, and know when and whom to patients should be referred to.

Demonstrate initiative, and are creative in finding solutions to problems.

Provide management and leadership skills, overseeing team performance and service development.

General duties:

Overlook agreed targets and participate in regular supervision for all teams and ensure service is used effectively and proficiently.

Engage in training, identify personal and professional development needs and continuously seek to refresh knowledge in relation to the role.

Communicate with the wider team to ascertain funding and training opportunities.

Treat with confidentiality any information about any organisation, its staff, trustees or clients that is sensitive, personal or private.

Cover the work of colleagues during holidays or absences.

Practising holistically to personalise care and promote public and person health.

Be aware of and adhere at all times to OurNet Health Services Ltds policies and procedures, including the organisations equal opportunities policies and with due regard for health and safety, and the relevant policies and procedures of the host Primary Care Network.

Work flexibly and be available for occasional out-of-hours working as appropriate.

Work with the general practice team to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.

Personal Specification

Job Requirements

E / D

How Tested

Weighting

Qualifications and Training

Full GMC Registration with a license to practice and entry on the GP register Certificate of completion date must be within 2 years and not having held a substantive post before.

Certificate of Completion of Training in General Practice

Included on a Medical Performers list or eligible

Evidence of ongoing professional development

Experience

Experience of using electronic clinical patient records

Experience of medicines management

Experience of QOF and clinical audit

Understanding of policy developments related to the delivery of primary care services including General Practice, the GMS contract, Clinical Governance, Network Contract DES and Quality & Outcomes Framework

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

Experience with EMIS Web

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Commitment to providing compassionate care

Accountability of own role and other roles within the multi-disciplinary team

Local and national health policy

Wider health economy

Clinical governance issues in primary care

Clinical leadership skills

Communication of difficult messages to patients and

families

Negotiation and conflict management skills

Change management

Knowledge of Public Health Issues in the area

Personal Attributes

Self-directed practitioner

Highly motivated

Flexibility

Enthusiasm

Team player

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualifications and Training
• Full GMC Registration with a license to practice and entry on the GP register Certificate of completion date must be within 2 years and not having held a substantive post before.
• Certificate of Completion of Training in General Practice
• Included on a Medical Performers list or eligible
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Personal Attributes
• Self-directed practitioner
• Highly motivated
• Flexibility
• Enthusiasm
• Team player
• Technical Skills
• Independent and supplementary non-medical prescribing
• IT Skills
• Appraisal training
• Other Job Requirements
• Ability to work across different sites

Desirable

• Experience of using electronic clinical patient records
• Experience of medicines management
• Experience of QOF and clinical audit
• Understanding of policy developments related to the delivery of primary care services including General Practice, the GMS contract, Clinical Governance, Network Contract DES and Quality & Outcomes Framework
• Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
• Experience with EMIS Web
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Commitment to providing compassionate care
• Accountability of own role and other roles within the multi-disciplinary team
• Local and national health policy
• Wider health economy
• Clinical governance issues in primary care
• Clinical leadership skills
• Communication of difficult messages to patients and
• families
• Negotiation and conflict management skills
• Change management
• Knowledge of Public Health Issues in the area

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Walsall Primary Care Network

Address

OurNet Communication Centre

The Old Stables, Elmore Court

Walsall

West Midlands

WS3 2QW

Employer's website

https://www.ournhs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)