Job responsibilities
3. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical
To have clinical responsibility for a registered patient list and maintain appropriate records of treatment given and NHS services provided following GMC guidance and good clinical practice
Offer and carry out consultations and where appropriate physical examinations for the purposes of identifying and reducing the risk of illness disease or injury including immediately necessary and temporary residents
In accordance with e Practice rota as agreed, make him or herself available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, home visits, checking, validating and answering medication queries, signing repeat prescriptions, dealing with results, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion
Advise patients on general health matters and significance of risk activities e.g. tobacco and alcohol consumption, mis-use of drugs
Offer and provide as appropriate advice and occasional administration of immunisation and vaccinations currently available and required
Arrange for referral of patients, as appropriate, for the provision of any other service utilising pathways provided by the ICB
Provide family planning and contraceptive services
Undertake medication reviews
Provide minor surgery where the practitioner meets eligibility criteria (or undergoes training)
Provide ante and post-natal services integrated with the community midwives
Active participation and co-operation in the management arrangements of the practice and in the work of the practice team and wider community health team
Work collaboratively with the team to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of chronic disease management for our patients
Contribute and maintain strong communication with the other agencies for whom care is being given to patients from who the practitioner is responsible e.g. local complex care team, hospital at home, rapid response team.
Work alongside clinical and admin colleagues to deliver the highest care for the practice patients.
Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and correctly coded records to relevant professional and Practice standards and guidelines.
Teaching and Training
Undertake regular GP Appraisal and revalidation
Participate in the educational and training events of the Practice and wider community
Assist where appropriate with the training of under and post graduate students and GP registrars
Share knowledge with the team and support staff
Teamwork
Work as an effective and responsible team member supporting other members of the clinical and non-clinical staff in a flexible and approached manner
Understand own role and scope within the practice team and identify how this may develop
Participate in team activities that create opportunities to improve patient care e.g. meet with patient group occasionally
Ensure clear understanding of practice systems, referral mechanisms and policies to meet patient needs
Lead or participate in projects of specific areas of work as required
Information
Review enter and process date using accurate Read codes and good record structure
Understand and follow the requirements of confidentiality including the Data Protection Act, Freedom of Information and refer to Caldicott Guardian and IG Lead any queries or concerns
Follow Practice Policy on use of email and computer tasks as the main internal method of nonverbal communication
Rota
All GPs are expected to contribute to the working of the Practice in whatever way is necessary to deliver care for our patients and some flexibility is required in hours worked from time to time
The working week will be made up of number of clinical sessions including routine surgeries, duty doctor surgeries on a rota, telephone consultations, video consultations, F2F consultations, visits, meetings and clinical admin
The post holder will normally work regular days or sessions each week but this may vary according to GP holidays and other requirements of the rota thus flexibility is necessary and expected.
Non-NHS Services
The practice carries out usual additional non NHS services for its patients and the post holder will take part in this. Monies earned are payable to the Practice
4. 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
5. 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, the practice Health & Safety Manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will 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
- Actively reporting of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised
- Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, assisting in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness consistent with the scope of the job holders role
- Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually)
- Reporting potential risks identified
6. EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
Act as a role model in the observance of equality and diversity good practice
Act in ways that recognise the importance of peoples rights interpreting them in a way that is consistent with procedures
Respect the privacy, dignity and beliefs of patients, carers, visitors and co-workers. They are to be treated equally, irrespective of gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion etc.
Follow the chaperoning policy
Be aware of statutory procedures local guidance and referral criteria regarding the protection of children and vulnerable adults. Take action in the appropriate manner if required
7. 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:
- 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
8. ORGANISATION AND QUALITY
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will:
Recognise and work within own competence and the professional code of conduct for doctors as set out by the GMC
Follow organisation policies including Safety, Security and Information Governance
Deliver admin tasks promptly and efficiently
Prioritise, organise and manage own and others workload in a manner that maintains and promotes high service standards to ensure effective time management across the team
Deliver care to Frameworks, NICE guidelines, NHS and CCG policy pathways and evidence based care
Assess effectiveness of care through self and peer review, benchmarking, audit and evaluation and implementing improvement where required
Participate in quality improvement initiatives such as Significant Event Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, Peer review, Referral meetings
Cooperate fully and openly with investigation of patient complaints or other investigations including providing responses to complaints as appropriate
Support and work towards achievement of national standards e.g. Quality and Outcome Framework, CQC Essential Standards (or revised) local CCG and NHS England local team standards
Participate in CCG commissioning initiatives and programmes as required
Support the on-going development of the Practice
