Job responsibilities
Job Description
Reporting to: Senior GP
Partner
Hours of work: Full time / Part time
Contract type: Permanent
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: Six weeks annual leave plus
public/ bank holidays (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 varied and interesting clinical caseload. The appointee will also have the
opportunity in the future 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.
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 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 and 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.
- They 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
