Job responsibilities
Job Description
Salaried GP/Advanced Clinical
Practitioner
Reporting to: Senior GP Partner
Hours of work:
Contract type: Permanent and Maternity Cover
Role summary: The post-holder will provide general
medical services managing 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
Location: You would be expected to work across
both sites in Harehills and Moortown
Annual
leave: Seven weeks annual leave plus public/ bank
holidays (FTE or pro rata)
Study
leave: One
week per annum, included in annual leave allowance.
Salary: Negotiable and
in line with tier progression model, depending
on qualifications and experience
Main
purpose of the role:
To support the Partners to manage a busy and interesting clinical
caseload. The appointee will also have the opportunity to take part in leading
on key disease areas (monitoring trends in treatment, staff training and
prescribing) and assist in developing appropriate healthcare services for a
diverse, patient list (practice-based commissioning, patient participation and
health promotion).
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
surgery consultations and emergencies, telephone consultations and queries,
triaging, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries,
patient test results, referral letters NHS/private, paperwork and
correspondence in a timely manner.
Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting
problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers
within the organisation.
Recording clear and contemporaneous I.T. based consultation notes to
agreed standards.
Collecting data for audit purposes.
Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions
(avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible).
Prescribing in accordance with locally agreed or national guidelines.
In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal
duties and responsibilities associated with a GP / ACP working within primary
care.
Other
responsibilities with the Practice:
Supporting teaching and training of doctors and nurses.
Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice
policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health
and safety, annual QOF Assessment of the Practice.
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.
Attending training, Practice Meetings and events organised by the
practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
Meet all tight timescales/deadlines for audits and written returns to
ensure that the Practice meets quality standards and receives the designated
funding (e.g. Quarterly Enhanced Services returns, annual QOF audit etc.)
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.
Health & 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.
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 / internal
appraisal and annual external GP appraisal 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.
Keep up to date with any mandatory training
suggested by the practice.
Quality
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice,
and will:
Alert other team members to issues of Clinical Governance issues,
quality and risk; participate in Significant Event Analysis reviews.
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. He/she will also
contribute to the overall team-working of the Practice putting the needs of the
Practice first.
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 planning and 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.
Work with the Partners and Management Team to achieve standards of
quality, performance standards, budgets and targets without compromising levels
of patient healthcare.
Contribute to the development and implementation of new standards,
policies and procedures that are/ will be required of GP Practices now and in
the future (as directed by NHS/ DoH/ ICB, new legislation etc.)
