Job responsibilities
Job Summary
- To perform as a general practitioner working independently and with other health care professionals to assess, diagnose and treat conditions of patients within a primary care setting.
- To work in a community and care home setting, with the PCN-wide clinical teams, community, and secondary care colleagues, providing acute home visits, complex frailty for the housebound and care home population and proactive enhanced care for our ageing and frail population.
- To carry out care home ward rounds, supported by the PCN Care Home nurses and pharmacists.
- To perform clinical and administrative work based on the SystmOne Clinical system.
- Balance direct clinical care with involvement in broader PCN initiatives.
- To provide expert professional advice to patients, carers and colleagues.
- To be professionally accountable and responsible for all elements of clinical practice in accordance with the GMC code of conduct and ensuring the safety of patients and the quality of their care.
- To be able to travel independently across the Poole area.
Main Responsibilities:
All general duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care:
- Undertaking a variety of duties including visiting patients at home, surgery face to face consultations, telephone consultations and queries, prescription administration and management, general administration (referrals, pathology, reports, correspondence) in a timely fashion, ensuring high quality care.
- Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting medical problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcare workers within the organisation.
- Assessing the healthcare needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
- Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
- Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols.
- Providing health education.
- Contribute to optimise PCN Investment and Impact Fund (quality improvement markers)
- Recording clear 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.
- Prescribing according to local and national guidelines.
- Supporting Extended Hours services, enhancing patient access
Clinical Responsibilities:
- In accordance with the PCN/practice rotas, as agreed, the post-holder will be available to undertake a variety of duties including visiting patients at home, telephone consultations and queries, checking and signing/authorising 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.
- Expectation to complete a mandatory induction.
- Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.
- Prescribing in accordance with the prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
Communication
- Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
- Recognise the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating.
Delivering a quality service
- Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality, including participating in shared learning across the practice, PCN and wider organisation. Work as part of the team to seek feedback, continually improve the service and contribute to business planning.
Miscellaneous
- Work as part of the team to seek feedback, continually improve the service and contribute to business planning.
- Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post and the scope of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner.
- Duties may vary from time to time, without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility.
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, as an employee, you must take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and for other persons who may be affected by your acts or omissions at work. The Act also states that you must not intentionally or recklessly interfere with or misuse anything provided in the interests of health, safety and welfare.
Staff are required to make themselves aware of Health and Safety Policies and to report any accidents/incidents.
EQUALITY & DIVERSITY
Poole Central is committed to developing, supporting and sustaining a diverse workforce, representative of the community it serves, through the creation of a work environment where staff are able to do their jobs to the best of their abilities without having to face discrimination or harassment.
All employees have a responsibility to ensure that they understand the standards expected and that they promote and adhere to the policies and measures adopted by the Practice.
CONFIDENTIALITY AND DATA PROTECTION
Confidential and personal information related to staff, patients and the PCN must not be disclosed within or outside the place of work, except in the proper discharge of duties. It is the responsibility of all staff to be aware of their obligations in respect of the Data Protection Act 1998, as outlined in the Practice Policy and Procedure.
VULNERABLE ADULTS, CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
All members of staff have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of vulnerable adults, children and young people in all relevant areas of their work. This will include timely attendance at relevant training events and compliance with the Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole Inter-Agency Safeguarding Procedures.
IDENTITY BADGES
If available ID badges must be worn at all times while on duty.
CLINICAL OBLIGATIONS
If Statutory/Professional Registration is a requirement of this role it must be always maintained
Responsibility to maintain continuous professional development in order to meet requirements of professional registration
To work within the boundaries of your relevant Professional Code of Conduct
Adherence to national guidelines and best practice evidence on infection control
Compliance with the PCN clinical policies.
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by 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
All employees are expected to actively engage with the development of the Primary Care Network and Integration with other Health and Social Care Providers.
NO SMOKING POLICY
Smoking is prohibited on all premises.
QUALITY
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice network, 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.
