Job responsibilities
Primary Duties and Areas of ResponsibilityClinical Role
The post-holder will:
Provide a first point of contact within practices
for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, making use
of skills in history taking, physical examination, problem-solving and clinical
decision-making, to establish a diagnosis and management plan.
Undertake clinical reviews including diagnosis,
treatment and management of both acute and chronic conditions.
Provide assessment, treatment and diagnosis at
point of first contact, by attending to patients in a variety of clinical or
non-clinical settings according to patients needs.
Undertake home visits and care home visits, in
accordance with the relevant protocols.
Make professionally autonomous decisions for
which he/she is accountable.
Refer patients to an alternative care setting or
treat & discharge as appropriate.
Instigate necessary invasive/non-invasive
diagnostic tests/investigations and interpret findings/reports.
Ensure that professional standards are
maintained and within the guidance issued by the Department of Health,
the Health and Care Professions Council and the College of Paramedics
Ensure that there is a robust system in place
for maintaining clinical governance.
Work with multi-disciplinary teams within the
Practice and across the broader healthcare community, to promote integrated and
seamless pathways of care.
Contribute to the Practice achieving its quality
targets to sustain the high standards of patient care and service delivery.
Participate in the assessment of community
health needs and help to develop patient and family-centred strategies to
address them.
Help to develop and set up new patient services
and participate in initiatives to improve existing patient services.
Teaching and mentoring role
The post-holder will desirably:
Promote a learning environment for patients,
colleagues and other health professionals.
Contribute to the planning and implementation of
the teaching of and support for new and existing staff in the Practice,
including medical students, student Paramedics and newly recruited Paramedics.
Professional role
The post-holder will:
Promote evidence-based practice through the use
of the latest research-based guidelines and the development of practice-based
research.
Monitor the effectiveness of their own clinical
practice through the quality assurance strategies such as the use of audit and
peer review.
Maintain any professional registration such as
with the HCPC.
Participate in continuing professional
development (CPD) opportunities to ensure that up to date evidence-based
knowledge and competence in all aspects of the role is maintained including
maintaining up to date CPR training.
Record accurate consultation data within the
patients records.
Keep up to date with pertinent health-related
policy and work with the Practice team to consider the impact and possible
strategies for implementation.
Work collaboratively with colleagues within and
external to the Practice.
Pro-actively promote the Paramedic role within
the practice and externally to key stakeholders and agencies.
Identify own learning needs in order to remain
current and improve service delivery.
Non-clinical team role
The post-holder will:
Identify appropriate opportunities to delegate
both clinical and administrative tasks to other appropriate staff.
Help the practice operate in a cost-effective
manner.
Identify and manage care risks on a continuing
basis.
Participate in practice meetings as required.
Participate in audits and inspections as
appropriate.
Work closely with the doctors and managers in
the setting up and/or improving of practice systems for monitoring/measuring
performance against clinical governance and quality targets.
Ensure all practice policies are fully
implemented.
Health & Safety and Risk Management
The post-holder must comply at all times with
the Practice Health and Safety policies.
The post-holder will comply with the Data Protection
Act (2018) and the Access to Health Records Act (1990)Equality and Diversity
The post-holder must co-operate with all policies and
procedures designed to ensure equality of employment. Co-workers, patients and
visitors must be treated equally irrespective of gender, ethnic origin, age,
disability, sexual orientation, religion etc.
Respect for patient confidentiality
The post-holder should respect patient confidentiality at
all times and not divulge patient information unless sanctioned by the
requirements of the role.
Communication and working relationships
The post-holder will establish and maintain effective
communication pathways with the following:
GPs within the practice and externally with the ICB
as a whole
Whole clinical team including Nurse
Practitioners, pharmacists.
Reception and Administration Teams
Special Working Conditions
The post-holder is required to travel independently
between sites, patient homes and to attend meetings etc hosted by other agencies.
The post-holder will have contact with bodily fluids, i.e.,
wound exudates, urine, blood etc whilst in clinical practice and must take
precautions as required to minimise the risk of infection/contamination using
PPE.
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1994
Due to the nature of this work, this post is exempt from
the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1994
(Exceptions) Order 1995. Applicants for posts are not entitled to withhold
information about convictions which for other purposes are spent under the
provisions of the Act and in the event of employment, any failure to disclose
such convictions could result in disciplinary action or dismissal by the
Practice. Any information given will be
completely confidential and will be considered only in relation to an applicant
of a position to which the order applies.
Job Description Agreement
This job description is intended to provide an outline of
the key tasks and responsibilities only.
There may be other duties required of the post-holder
commensurate with this position.
This description will be open to regular review and may
be amended to take into account development or changes within the Practice. All
members of staff should be prepared to take on additional duties or relinquish
existing duties in order to maintain the efficient running of the Practice.
