Salaried GP

Job responsibilities

Key Duties and Areas of Responsibility

In accordance with the practice rota, undertake duties including surgery consultations, triage, telephone consultations and queries.

Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.

Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.

Assess the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.

Visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions as well as dealing with paperwork and administration in a timely fashion.

Perform clinical examinations of patients to assess, diagnose and monitor conditions.

Carry out minor surgery where required.

Provide emergency care while waiting for emergency transfer.

Effective management of long-term conditions.

Working collaboratively, accepting an equal share of the practice workload.

Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with good practice, policy, and guidance.

Undertake telephone triage and duty doctor roles.

Liaise with other healthcare professionals as part of multidisciplinary teams.

Develop care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols.

Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.

Prescribe in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.

Participate in practice audits as and when required.

Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care.

Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach i.e., root cause analysis (RCA).

Adhere to best practice recommended through clinical guidelines and the audit process.

Contribute to the successful implementation of continuous improvement and quality initiatives within the practice.

Contribute effective to the development and maintenance of the practice including clinical governance, training, financial management and HR.

Prepare and complete the revalidation process.

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 recognises 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, non-judgmental.

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:

Completing all mandatory training on eLearning/Bluestream, ensuring that it is always up to date.

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 other professionals / teams 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 in a positive friendly manner.

Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Able to demonstrate enthusiasm to developing nursing skills.
• An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality.
• Ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense.
• Ability to work without direct supervision and determine own workload priorities.
• Ability to work as part of an integrated multi-skilled team.
• Pleasant and articulate.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Able to work in a changing environment.
• Able to use own initiative.

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified GP
• Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent JCPTGP
• General Practitioner (Certificate of Completion of Training CCT)
• Full GMC registration with license to practice
• National Performers List registration
• Eligibility to practice in the UK independently

Desirable

• MRCGP qualification or similar
• Additional professional qualification i.e. MRCP, MRCGP, DRCOG, DCH

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Experience of continued professional development
• Experience of QOF and clinical audit
• Sound knowledge of clinical governance
• Minimum of two years as a General Practitioner
• General understanding of the GMC and NHS performers list
• Good clinical skills in assessment, diagnosis and management of acute Primary care presentations
• Sound knowledge of QOF, LCS, DES, CQUINs and use of appropriate coding
• Good leadership skills with the ability to influence and negotiate
• Good organisational and IT skills desirable
• Be able to clear an enhanced DBS check
• Good organisational skills and ability to manage and prioritise own workload
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills written, verbal (Particularly listening skills)
• Clear understanding of professional responsibility and accountability.

Desirable

• Experience of SystmOne or other clinical systems.
• Experience of medicines management

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).