Salaried GP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities

The post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within Primary Care as set by the regulatory and standard setting organisations, including but not limited to the duties below:

• In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations (face to face, telephone, video etc as appropriate), telephone consultations and queries, triage, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion
• Respond to medical problems presented by all registered and temporary patients as required
• 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
• In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health
• To assist the nursing team in the establishment of appropriate systems to manage common chronic medical conditions e.g. asthma, COPD
• Completion of clinically related administrative and non-clinical duties need for the delivery of the service

• Provide health promotion and advice, signposting patients to appropriate services to maximise their health and social functioning and their ability to self-manage their care.
• Be constantly mindful of the need for the provision of both personalised care and population health, including reducing health inequalities and ensure that these are reflected in daily practice.
• Refer patients for further opinions and interventions according to practice protocols
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible) during the consultation
• Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
• Participate in training plans of GP Registrar and Medical Students as required

Maintaining, Monitoring & Updating Computer Database and Management of Medical Records & Practice Audits

• Ensure that the patients notes are accurate with information relating to the patient and for the recording requirements for QoF, Enhanced Services and other such work
• Respond to alerts on records
• Appropriate use of read codes
• Participation in the auditing of Practice activity
• Participation in patient satisfaction audits

Practice Organisation

• Process and action incoming patient and hospital correspondence
• Undertake private medicals as required
• Attendance, where possible, at team meetings, significant event audit meetings, annual complaint audit meeting and others as deemed necessary
• Ensure that the Practice complaints system is adhered to at all times
• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
• Completion of required training whether On-Line, in House or Externally
• Maintain current CPR and anaphylaxis certification

Professional Development

• Keep up to date with personal appraisal, indemnity cover, re-validation, DBS and other compulsory requirements
• Engage in appropriate educational activity to maintain clinical competence and performance
• Attendance and participation in educational meetings in the Practice and externally
• Support colleagues in their professional development

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• - Broad knowledge of Primary Care and fit with the wider clinical community
• - Broad knowledge of the role of governance in ensuring high quality care and safe practice
• - An understanding of practice management (including the relevant business and financial aspects)
• - Ability to apply sound clinical knowledge and handle uncertainty, using judgement to refer patients appropriately
• - Ability to work successfully in a multi professional/disciplinary team and across organisational boundaries as well as autonomously
• - Ability to appraise own performance, demonstrate insight and act on feedback
• - An enterprising and dynamic approach to developing and diversifying the practice
• - Positive approach to appraisal and job planning
• - IT skills
• - Excellent written and oral communication skills
• - Ability to manage own time and workload
• - GMC Registration and License to practice
• - Entry on GP Performers List
• - MRCGP

Desirable

• - Ability to develop and maintain a specialist clinical interest in the overall context of the practice and its work.

Experience

Essential

• - Diagnosing and managing complex multiple diseases and problems in the same patient in physical, psychological and social terms
• - Adult safeguarding and child protection
• - Delivering preventative, acute, continuing and end of life care Clinical audit and quality improvement

Desirable

• - Experience of under graduate and postgraduate teaching and training

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

HavensHealth

Address

Anchor Healthcare Centre

Meridian Way

Peacehaven

East Sussex

BN10 8NF

Employer's website

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