Job responsibilities
SUMMARY OF MAIN
RESPONSIBILITIES
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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
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Due to
the fast pace of change within Primary Care and the NHS as a whole the list
below is not exhaustive and the post-holder should expect their job roles and
tasks to change in line with the needs of the practice.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES/POSITION IN
STRUCTURE
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Will report to the Partners (clinically)
and to the Strategic Manager (administrative matters).
SPECIFIC DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical Responsibilities:-
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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, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients
at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries,
paperwork, reports and correspondence in a timely manner.
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Temporary
additional sessions for covering colleagues absences and for other eventualities
may be, from time to time requested in exceptional operational circumstances by
mutual agreement.
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Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting
problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers
within the organisation.
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Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and
undiagnosed problems.
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Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
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In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease
management protocols, developing care plans for health.
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Providing counselling and health education.
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Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring
to other care providers as appropriate.
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Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed
standards.
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Collecting data for audit purposes and complying with QoF requirements.
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Delivering enhanced services.
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Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions
(avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible).
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Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or
generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
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In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal
duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within the Primary Care
setting.
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Your appointment
and remuneration is fully inclusive for all activities undertaken within the
Practice and related to the Practice and its patients. Any income generated in relation to this role
will be deemed to be Practice income.
Other Responsibilities within
the Organisation:-
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Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines,
e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.
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A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based
best practice.
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Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within
the organisation.
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Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records.
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Contributing to the summarising of patient records and Read-Coding
patient data.
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Attending training and events organised by the Practice or other
agencies, where appropriate.
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Provide clinical supervision to doctors in training (protected time will
be allocated) and feeding back to the relevant trainer within the practice.
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Support Nurse Practitioners working within the practice who deal with
acute illness presentation.
Confidentiality:-
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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.
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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.
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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:
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Using personal security systems within the workplace
according to Practice guidelines.
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Identifying the risks involved in work activities and
undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.
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Making effective use of training to update knowledge and
skills.
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Using appropriate infection control procedures,
maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.
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Reporting potential risks identified.
Equality and Diversity:-
The post-holder will support the equality,
diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
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Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights,
interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and
policies, and current legislation.
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Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers
and colleagues.
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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:
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Participation in an annual individual performance review, including
taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or
professional development.
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Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and
demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.
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Will attend and contribute to the practice in house training, business
and educational meetings, held on Friday lunchtimes (as appropriate).
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The candidate will be encouraged to develop any particular clinical
skills they may bring to the practice, if appropriate to the practice needs.
Quality:-
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality
within the Practice, and will:
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Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.
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Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either
directly or under supervision.
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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.
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Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients
needs.
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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:
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Apply Practice policies, standards and guidance.
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Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and
guidelines will affect own work.
Participate in audit where appropriate.
