GP Partner

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities Clinical

Caring for patients

Conduct patient consultations during the practices clinical appointment hours

Triage patients presenting to the practice in person or by telephone

Conduct home visits, as appropriate

Check and sign repeat prescription requests

Prescribe in line with local and national guidelines

Refer patients to secondary/urgent care and additional interventions, as appropriate

Manage long-term conditions and patients with complex health problems

Promote healthy living strategies and give health and wellbeing advice

Make autonomous clinical decisions relating to patients health needs

Develop and implement practice guidelines, policies and procedures

Communication with patients

Being able to effectively communicate with patients who require additional support; such as level of understanding, cultural or language needs or preferred communication method

Use communication that is appropriate to the situation, particularly with regard to sensitive or grave situations

Use appropriate communication skills and style to make patients aware of risk, and to obtain consent where necessary

Delivering high-quality care

Provide services to the practices patient population, to the highest possible standard and in line with competencies and professional code of conduct

Monitor and maintain the standard of care provided, taking appropriate action if standards are not met, through self and peer review, benchmarking and evaluation

Lead and undertake clinical governance and clinical audit activities to ensure the continual improvement of service delivery

Lead and participate in reviewing and responding to complaints, significant events and other shared learning activities within a structured framework

Support and mentor staff in training to ensure they deliver the highest possible standards of care

Support the performance of team members and collaborate in improving the quality of healthcare and service provision, in line with local and national policy and strategy

Work within the practices legal framework for identifying vulnerable patients and apply policies relating to treatment of vulnerable patients

Key Responsibilities Non-clinical

Management and leadership

Make, implement and adhere to decisions in collaboration with fellow partners

Lead on clinical and practice management, including delegating responsibilities, as appropriate

Develop and nurture professional and collaborative working relationships with all staff and external stakeholders

Ensure the practice and staff follow best practice as set out in clinical guidelines and identified through audits

Develop and maintain systems to ensure the efficient running of the practice, such as staff training, performance, clinical governance, finance, IT, complaints, equity and diversity

Action and refer concerns and issues, as appropriate

Attend and contribute to in-house meetings, including clinical, education/training-related and administrative

Attend meetings and events held by external agencies and stakeholders

Personal and professional development of self and others

Comply with the GMC Code of Conduct

Prepare for and complete annual external appraisals

Prepare for and complete revalidation process

Act as a mentor and positive role model to all members of staff both clinical and non-clinical sharing information and good practice

Undertake training as required to ensure competencies for delivering all responsibilities, to meet personal, statutory and practice education and learning needs

Keep up to date with current evidence-based approaches to patient care and service delivery, in line with NICE and the National Service Framework

Lead and contribute to education activities, such as reviewing significant events, clinical audit, protected learning time, etc

Contribute to education and training of trainee clinical staff and students

Maintaining confidentiality

The GP partner will, as an integral part of and in the course of carrying out the role, have access to confidential and sensitive information relating to patients, carers and family members, as well as access to confidential commercial information about the practice and its business.

All such information must be treated in the strictest of confidence, and only shared as necessary and in accordance with the practices confidentiality/data sharing policies and in line with data protection legislation.

Equality and diversity

The GP partner will comply with and actively promote the practice equality and diversity policy and any associated legislation, to include:

Recognising the rights of patients, carers, family members and colleagues, and respecting their needs, beliefs, privacy and dignity

Not discriminating against patients, carers, family members or colleagues on the grounds of any of the protected characteristics in the Equality Act 2010

Identifying discriminatory practices and patterns or discrimination and taking appropriate action to tackle such action and promote equality

Recognising and promoting the right of patients to choose their care provider and to participate or refuse care

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• A medical practitioner whose name is included in the General Practitioner register under article 10 of the General and Specialist Medical practice order 2003
• Not subject to suspension under Section 41A of the Medical Act 1983
• Currently on a performers list and not suspended from that list or the medical register
• Accredited as a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP)

Skills and attributes

Essential

• Understanding of the health and social needs of a local practice population
• Good understanding of QOF
• Commitment to personal and professional development
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Understanding of the current issues and challenges facing primary care
• Imaginative approach to problem solving and provision of services

Desirable

• Competency in using EMIS Web and Docman

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Northern Moor Medical Practice

Address

Northern Moor Medical Practice

216 Wythenshawe Road

Manchester

M23 0PH

Employer's website

https://www.northernmoor.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)