Job summary
We are a forward thinking, well established 6 partner practice in
a market town in rural North Warwickshire, within easy reach of Birmingham,
Leicester and Coventry.
We are looking for a like-minded person to join us in continuing
to provide high quality, patient centred care.
We offer a well managed work-load and a healthy work life balance
with the support of our caring and dedicated clinical and admin team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is an experienced practitioner who will provide
care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical
assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care. They will demonstrate
safe, clinical decision-making and expert care, including assessment and
diagnostic skills, for patients within the general practice. The post holder
will demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process.
They will work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs
of patients
About us
About us;
- GMS, CQC rated good, high QOF achiever
- List size 16,500
- Training practice
- Support to continue existing special interests or develop new interests
- Multi skilled and experienced clinical team including 3 ACPs, 4 practice nurses, 3 HCAs
- Active member of a thriving PCN and supportive Federation, with a range of ARRS roles
- Enhanced access provided by third party
- Low volume of home visits
- Purpose built, practice owned premises
- Dispensing practice
- Proactive IT users including Emis, accuRx, Rapid Healthand Primary Care IT
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key
responsibilities
Clinical
practice
- Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions
and care for patients presenting
with an undifferentiated diagnosis.
- Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a
physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care
accordingly.
- Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate interventions/treatments
for patients with complex need
- Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic
effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with
evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols
- Work with patients in order to support compliance with
and adherence to prescribed treatments. Provide information and advice on
prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens,
side-effects and interactions.
- Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to
assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including
initiation of effective emergency care.
- Assess, identify and refer patients presenting with
mental health needs in accordance with the NSF for Mental Health.
- Undertake minor surgery as appropriate to competence.
Communication
- Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles,
to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
- Communicate with and support patients who are receiving
bad news.
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers,
recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome
different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways
of communicating.
- Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to
improve communication.
- Maintain effective communication within the practice
environment and with external stakeholders .
- Act as an advocate for patients and colleagues.
- Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance (eg
PALS) and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients,
recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate.
Delivering a
quality service
- Recognise and work within own competence and professional
code of conduct as regulated by the professional body. Produce accurate,
contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent
with legislation, policies and procedures.
- Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner
that maintains and promotes quality
- Deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines and
evidence-based care.
- Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and
peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation.
- Initiate and participate in the maintenance of quality
governance systems and processes across the organisation and its
activities.
- Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the
quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where
required.
- In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on
improving the quality of health care responding to local and national
policies and initiatives as appropriate.
- Evaluate patients response to health care provision and
the effectiveness of care.
- Support and participate in shared learning across the
practice and wider organisation.
- Use a structured framework (eg root-cause analysis) to
manage, review and identify learning from patient complaints, clinical
incidents and near-miss events.
- Assess the impact of policy implementation on care
delivery.
- Approve the performance of the team, providing feedback
as appropriate.
- Understand and apply legal issues that support the
identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, and be aware
of statutory child/vulnerable patients health procedures and local
guidance.
Leadership
personal and people development
- Take responsibility for own learning and performance
including participating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive
role mode.
- Support staff development in order to maximise potential.
- Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment,
encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good
practice.
- Encourage others to make realistic self-assessment of
their application of knowledge and skills, challenging any complacency or
actions that are not in the interest of the public and/or users of
services.
- Critically evaluate and review innovations and
developments that are relevant to the area of work.
- Enlist support and influence stakeholders and
decision-makers in order to bring about new developments in the provision
of services.
- Take a lead role in planning and implementing changes
within the area of care and responsibility.
- Contribute to the development of local guidelines,
protocols and standards.
- Maintain effective communication with those responsible
for the overall commissioning and procurement process.
- Maintain active involvement in the planning and processes
of primary care networks or similar initiatives.
Team working
- Understand own role and scope and identify how this may
develop over time.
- Work as an effective and responsible team member,
supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of
working.
- Delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the
principles of safe practice and assessment of competence.
- Create clear referral mechanisms to meet patient need.
- Prioritise own workload and ensure effective
time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team.
- Work effectively with others to clearly define values,
direction and policies impacting upon care delivery.
- Discuss, highlight and work with the team to create
opportunities to improve patient care.
- Manage and lead on the delivery of specifically
identified services or projects as agreed with the practice management
team.
- Agree plans and outcomes by which to measure success.
Management of
risk
- Manage and assess risk within the areas of
responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff
and patients.
- Monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe
and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security
legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Advocate for policies that reduce environmental health
risks, are culturally sensitive and increase access to health care for all.
- Interpret national strategies and policies into local
implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of
general practice.
Managing
information
- Use technology and appropriate software as an aid to
management in planning, implementation and monitoring of care, presenting
and communicating information.
- Review and process data using accurate Read codes in
order to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval for monitoring and
audit processes.
Learning and
development
- Undertake mentorship for more junior staff, assessing
competence against set standards.
- Disseminate learning and information gained to other team
members in order to share good practice and inform others about current
and future developments (eg courses and conferences).
- Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as
appropriate.
- Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families
and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning.
Equality and
diversity
- Identify patterns of discrimination and take action to
overcome this and promote diversity and equality of opportunity.
- Enable others to promote equality and diversity in a
non-discriminatory culture.
- Support people who need assistance in exercising their
rights.
- Monitor and evaluate adherence to local chaperoning
policies.
- Act as a role model in the observance of equality and
diversity good practice.
- Accept the rights of individuals to choose their care
providers, participate in care and refuse care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key
responsibilities
Clinical
practice
- Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions
and care for patients presenting
with an undifferentiated diagnosis.
- Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a
physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care
accordingly.
- Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate interventions/treatments
for patients with complex need
- Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic
effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with
evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols
- Work with patients in order to support compliance with
and adherence to prescribed treatments. Provide information and advice on
prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens,
side-effects and interactions.
- Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to
assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including
initiation of effective emergency care.
- Assess, identify and refer patients presenting with
mental health needs in accordance with the NSF for Mental Health.
- Undertake minor surgery as appropriate to competence.
Communication
- Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles,
to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
- Communicate with and support patients who are receiving
bad news.
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers,
recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome
different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways
of communicating.
- Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to
improve communication.
- Maintain effective communication within the practice
environment and with external stakeholders .
- Act as an advocate for patients and colleagues.
- Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance (eg
PALS) and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients,
recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate.
Delivering a
quality service
- Recognise and work within own competence and professional
code of conduct as regulated by the professional body. Produce accurate,
contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent
with legislation, policies and procedures.
- Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner
that maintains and promotes quality
- Deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines and
evidence-based care.
- Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and
peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation.
- Initiate and participate in the maintenance of quality
governance systems and processes across the organisation and its
activities.
- Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the
quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where
required.
- In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on
improving the quality of health care responding to local and national
policies and initiatives as appropriate.
- Evaluate patients response to health care provision and
the effectiveness of care.
- Support and participate in shared learning across the
practice and wider organisation.
- Use a structured framework (eg root-cause analysis) to
manage, review and identify learning from patient complaints, clinical
incidents and near-miss events.
- Assess the impact of policy implementation on care
delivery.
- Approve the performance of the team, providing feedback
as appropriate.
- Understand and apply legal issues that support the
identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, and be aware
of statutory child/vulnerable patients health procedures and local
guidance.
Leadership
personal and people development
- Take responsibility for own learning and performance
including participating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive
role mode.
- Support staff development in order to maximise potential.
- Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment,
encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good
practice.
- Encourage others to make realistic self-assessment of
their application of knowledge and skills, challenging any complacency or
actions that are not in the interest of the public and/or users of
services.
- Critically evaluate and review innovations and
developments that are relevant to the area of work.
- Enlist support and influence stakeholders and
decision-makers in order to bring about new developments in the provision
of services.
- Take a lead role in planning and implementing changes
within the area of care and responsibility.
- Contribute to the development of local guidelines,
protocols and standards.
- Maintain effective communication with those responsible
for the overall commissioning and procurement process.
- Maintain active involvement in the planning and processes
of primary care networks or similar initiatives.
Team working
- Understand own role and scope and identify how this may
develop over time.
- Work as an effective and responsible team member,
supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of
working.
- Delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the
principles of safe practice and assessment of competence.
- Create clear referral mechanisms to meet patient need.
- Prioritise own workload and ensure effective
time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team.
- Work effectively with others to clearly define values,
direction and policies impacting upon care delivery.
- Discuss, highlight and work with the team to create
opportunities to improve patient care.
- Manage and lead on the delivery of specifically
identified services or projects as agreed with the practice management
team.
- Agree plans and outcomes by which to measure success.
Management of
risk
- Manage and assess risk within the areas of
responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff
and patients.
- Monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe
and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security
legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Advocate for policies that reduce environmental health
risks, are culturally sensitive and increase access to health care for all.
- Interpret national strategies and policies into local
implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of
general practice.
Managing
information
- Use technology and appropriate software as an aid to
management in planning, implementation and monitoring of care, presenting
and communicating information.
- Review and process data using accurate Read codes in
order to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval for monitoring and
audit processes.
Learning and
development
- Undertake mentorship for more junior staff, assessing
competence against set standards.
- Disseminate learning and information gained to other team
members in order to share good practice and inform others about current
and future developments (eg courses and conferences).
- Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as
appropriate.
- Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families
and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning.
Equality and
diversity
- Identify patterns of discrimination and take action to
overcome this and promote diversity and equality of opportunity.
- Enable others to promote equality and diversity in a
non-discriminatory culture.
- Support people who need assistance in exercising their
rights.
- Monitor and evaluate adherence to local chaperoning
policies.
- Act as a role model in the observance of equality and
diversity good practice.
- Accept the rights of individuals to choose their care
providers, participate in care and refuse care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified General Practitioner registered with appropriate professional bodies
Desirable
- Working knowledge of EMIS
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified General Practitioner registered with appropriate professional bodies
Desirable
- Working knowledge of EMIS
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).
Additional information
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).
