Job responsibilities
Job responsibilities
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, reports and correspondence in a timely fashion.
- Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to
presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care
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 and complying with QOF
requirements.
- Delivering enhanced services.
- 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, confidentiality, data protection, health
and safety.
- 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 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:
- 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 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:
- 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
