Job responsibilities
Job
Summary
The post-holder
will manage and be responsible for a defined caseload of patients and deal with
a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest
standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.
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. These
will include surgery consultations, telephone and video consultations, triaging
patients on the triage list, on-call doctor duties, visiting patients at home, checking,
and signing repeat prescriptions, 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 relevant caseloads and referring to other care providers as
appropriate.
Recording clear and factual consultation
notes to agreed standards.
Collecting data for audit purposes.
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 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.
Contribution
to the Implementation of Services
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.
Work
alongside and with the other GPs, practice nurses, practice manager, reception,
and administration staff.
Work
alongside and with external providers including care home staff, district
nurses and hospital teams.
Contribution to Usual GP Workload
Complete routine daily surgery
Complete
on-call surgeries shared pro rata between all our GPs.
Complete
a pro-rata share of paperwork (after full clinical document management has been
completed by our administration team).
Confidentiality
While
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 thebusiness 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, safetyand 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 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 are met,
the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the
Practice as part of this employment. Such training is 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.