Job responsibilities
Clinical
Responsibilities
The
post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and
responsibilities associated with a GP working within Primary Care. The following list is not exhaustive.
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 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
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, eg 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 &
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 recognize 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.
Environment
The post-holder needs to
be aware of Waters Green Medical Centre impact on the environment and be
vigilant and pro-active in ensuring staff adhere to management policies and
procedures i.e. recycling, waste management, use of vehicles etc.
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act
This
post is not exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 therefore you are only
required to declare any convictions you have which are not spent under the
act.
Flexibility:
The list of duties in this
job description is not exhaustive and is intended to outline the main
activities of the postholder. Duties and
responsibilities may be subject to change taking into account the development
needs and following full discussion with the postholder.
Codes of Conduct and Accountability
You
are expected to comply with relevant Cumberland House Surgery and Waters Green
Medical Centre codes of conduct and accountability.
Cumberland House Surgery requires Standard Disclosure through the
Criminal Records Bureau for this post to ensure suitability for employment.