Job responsibilities
Job responsibilities
Patient Consultation:
Assess and examine patients with a variety of health
concerns.
Take detailed patient histories, conduct physical
examinations, and order diagnostic tests when required.
Provide consultations for a range of conditions, including
acute illnesses, chronic diseases, and preventive health issues.
Diagnosis & Treatment:
Make accurate diagnoses and develop treatment plans,
including prescribing medications and offering lifestyle advice.
Ensure follow-up care for ongoing medical conditions and
post-treatment monitoring.
Care Planning:
Create and maintain personalised care plans for patients
with chronic conditions or long-term illnesses.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure the
patient receives comprehensive care.
Health Promotion:
Educate patients on disease prevention, healthy lifestyles,
and the management of medical conditions.
Promote immunizations, screenings, and other preventive
services in line with public health initiatives.
Documentation & Record Keeping:
Accurately document patient consultations, treatments, and
outcomes in electronic health records
Maintain up-to-date patient records in compliance with
regulatory and professional standards.
Collaboration:
Work alongside other healthcare professionals (nurses,
physiotherapists, specialists, etc.) in delivering patient care.
Participate in regular team meetings to discuss patient
progress and care strategies.
Clinical Leadership & Development:
Stay informed of current medical best practices and
guidelines.
Participate in professional development opportunities,
including continued medical education (CME) and training.
Compliance:
Ensure compliance with all healthcare regulations, legal
requirements, and ethical standards.
Adhere to safeguarding policies and patient confidentiality
guidelines.
Administration & Meetings:
Complete necessary administrative tasks, including referral
letters and reports.
Attend and contribute to practice meetings, patient reviews,
and audits as required
Confidentiality
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 and Safety
The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining
their own and others health and safety and security as defined in the practice
Health and 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-judgemental 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 appraisal and accreditation 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 as summarised in a Personal Development Plan and demonstrating
skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.
Taking personal responsibility for identification of courses
to ensure that objectives in PDP are met and statutory requirements around
training are met.
Attendance at clinical meetings and practice away days
alongside other members of the clinical and administration team.
Communication
The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective
communication within the team and 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
Attend meetings of the Primary Health Care team, management
meetings as appropriate and any additional meetings that are deemed necessary
by the partners.
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