Job responsibilities
- Patient Care:
- Provide high-quality, patient-centered care for a wide range of medical conditions.
- Conduct consultations and clinical examinations for patients, diagnosing conditions and recommending treatment or management plans.
- Prescribe medications, treatments, or therapies as required.
- Follow up on patient progress and ensure continuity of care.
- Manage referrals to specialists or other healthcare providers when necessary
- Clinical Responsibilities:
- Carry out routine checks such as vaccinations, health screenings, and chronic disease management (e.g., asthma, diabetes).
- Deliver care in a compassionate and empathetic manner, addressing both physical and emotional aspects of health.
- Participate in clinical audits and quality improvement activities to ensure care standards are maintained.
- Collaboration and Teamwork:
- Collaborate with other GPs, practice nurses, healthcare assistants, and administrative staff to deliver holistic care
- Contribute to multi-disciplinary team (MDT) discussions when appropriate.
- Professional Development:
- Keep up-to-date with medical advancements and evidence-based practices through continued professional development (CPD).
- Participate in regular appraisals and performance reviews.
- Engage in clinical supervision and peer review activities to maintain high standards.
- Administrative Duties:
- Accurately document patient interactions, medical history, and treatment plans in the practice's electronic health record (EHR) system.
- Complete necessary paperwork for referrals, medical certificates, or other required documentation.
- Support the practice in ensuring compliance with local and national healthcare regulations.
- Be personally accountable for professional and ethical actions and practices within a legal and ethical framework that adheres to the GMCs requirements and local policies and procedures
- Maintain confidentiality, while communicating patient information, in such a way that preserves the dignity and privacy of the patient and the patients family and carers.
This Job Description is intended as a basic guide to the scope and responsibilities of the post and is not exhaustive. It will be subject to regular review and amendment as necessary in consultation with the postholder.
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.
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 recognizes 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.
Health & Safety:
Staff members are expected to 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
Personal/Professional Development:
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 recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:
Communicate effectively with other team members
Communicate effectively with patients and carers
Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly
Contribution to the implementation of services:
