Job responsibilities
To deliver a high standard of patient care using advanced autonomous
clinical skills with in-depth theoretical knowledge andevidence-based practice working with the support and guidance from the
GPs and other Independent clinicians working within the practice.
To manage a clinical caseload and deal with presenting patients needs in
a general practice setting.
Primary Duties and Areas of
Responsibility
1. Assess and triage patients,
including same day triage, and as appropriate provide definitive treatment or
make necessary referrals to other members of the practice team.
2. Advise patients on general
healthcare and promote self-management where appropriate, including signposting
patients to other community or voluntary services and to self-care.
3. Be able to:
i. perform specialist health checks
and reviews
ii. perform and interpret ECGs;
alongside other results as appropriate
iii. perform investigatory procedures
as required
iv. undertake the collection of
pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs, etc.
v. perform investigatory procedures
needed by patients and those requested by GPs.
vi. perform a home visit
4. Support the delivery of
anticipatory care and end of life care plans and lead certain community
services (e.g. monitoring blood pressure and diabetes risk of elderly patients
living in sheltered housing).
5. Communicate at all levels across
PCNs and other organisations, ensuring effective, patient-centered service.
6. Communicate proactively and
effectively with all colleagues across the multi-disciplinary team, attending
and contributing to meetings as required and accepting referrals and referring
to specialist services where appropriate.
7. Prescribe, issue and review
medications as appropriate following policy, patient group directives, NICE
(national) and local clinical guidelines. This will be done in accordance with
evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols, and within scope
of practice N.B relevant if possesses prescribing qualification only. The
practice is happy to support individuals to complete their V300 course if they
don't already have it.
8. Assess, diagnose, plan, implement
and evaluate treatment and or interventions and care for patients presenting
with an undifferentiated diagnosis, and patients with complex needs within the
clinical and domiciliary setting.
9. Clinically examine and assess
patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan
clinical care accordingly
10. Prioritise health problems and
intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency
situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
11. Take an active part in
achievement of contractual markers.
12. Implement and participate in
vaccination programmes as appropriate.
13. Enhance own performance through
continuous professional development, keep up to date with current
evidence-based practice, and impart own knowledge and skills to colleagues to
meet the needs of the service.
14. Recognise and work within own
competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the HCPC and College
of Paramedics.
15. Participate in research and
utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of
self and the team, implementing improvements where required.
16. In partnership with other
clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding
to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate.
17. Alert other team members to
issues of quality and risk .
18. Produce accurate, contemporaneous
and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation,
policies and procedures.
19. Work in accordance with internal
administrative systems relating to but not limited to the management of
clinical data.
20. Send and receive written
information on behalf of the patient, practice relating to the physical and
social welfare of patients.
21. Ensure that all practice and
organisational policies are fully implemented.
22. Participate in continuing
professional development opportunities to keep up-to-date with evidence-based
knowledge and competence in all aspects of the role to meet clinical governance
guidelines for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and a Personal
Development Plan (PDP) utilising a reflective approach to Practice.
23. Promote and support a learning
culture within the practice and assist in clinical instruction, mentoring and
supervision of medical, nursing or physician associate students and other
learners that may periodically be attached to the practice.
24. Work closely with other clinical
staff and administrative managers in the setting up and or improving of
practice systems for monitoring and measuring performance against DQOF and PCN
DES targets.
25. Registration with Health Care
Professions Council (HCPC) to be renewed every 2 years to maintain
registration.
26. Undertake statutory and mandatory
training as required by the organisation.
27. Respect patient confidentiality
at all times and not divulge patient information unless sanctioned by the
requirements of the role.
28. Membership of
the College of Paramedics Voluntary Register is not mandatory but desirable.