Job responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE:
SALARIED GENERAL PRACTITIONER
REPORTS TO: THE
PARTNERS (Clinically)
THE PRACTICE MANAGER (Administratively)
HOURS: 6 SESSIONS per week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 2 sessions each day.
Salary: £10,400 per session
Job Summary:
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.
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, telephone consultations and queries, visiting
patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with
queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion
Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to
presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcare
workers within the organisation
Assessing
the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
Screening
patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
In consultation with patients and in line with
current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health
Providing
counselling and health education
Admitting
or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care
providers as appropriate
Recording
clear and contemporaneous 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 the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever
this is clinically appropriate
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 within the Organisation:
Awareness
of and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g.
prescribing,
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
Contributing
to the summarising of patient records and Read-Coding patient data
Attending
training and events organised by the Practice or other agencies, where
appropriate.
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.
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 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.
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 for PREP
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, 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:
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.