Job responsibilities
Stourside
Medical Practice
Job
Description for Salaried General Practitioner
Summary of main
responsibilities
The post-holder will manage a
caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting,
ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary
patients.
Supervisory
Responsibilities/Position in Structure
Will report to the GP Partner (Clinically) and to the Practice Manager
(Administratively)
Specific
Duties/Responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities:-
In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed,
the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of
duties including face to face surgery consultations, e-consult and video
consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home,
checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork,
reports 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.
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.
Providing counselling and health education.
Admitting or discharging patients to and from the
caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate.
Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes
to agreed standards.
Collecting data for audit purposes and complying with
QOF requirements.
Delivering enhanced services.
Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and
repeat prescriptions
Prescribing in accordance with the Practice
prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
In general the post-holder will be expected to
undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP
working within primary care.
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST
Other
Responsibilities within the Organisation:-
Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Practice
policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health
and safety.
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.
Contributing to the development of computer-based
patient records.
Contributing to the summarising of patient records and
Read-Coding patient data.
Attending training and events organised by the
Practice or other agencies, where 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.
In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job
Description, the post-holder may 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 and
Safety:-
The post-holder will 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:-
The post-holder will 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 non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings
priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional
Development:-
In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any
courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development
requirements are met, the post-holder will participate in any training
programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training
to include: -
Participation in an annual individual performance
review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own
personal and/or professional development.
Taking responsibility for own development, learning
and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are
undertaking similar work.
Quality:-
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and
will: -
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:-
The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective
communication within the team and will 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:-
The post-holder will: -
Apply Practice policies, standards and guidance.
Discuss with other members of the team how the
policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work.
Participate in audit where appropriate.