Job responsibilities
Job Responsibilities:
Strategic Management and Planning
The post holder will:
- Keep abreast of current affairs and identify potential threats and opportunities
- Contribute to practice strategy; formulate objectives and research and develop ideas for future practice development
- Monitor and evaluate performance of the practice team against objectives; identify and manage change
- Develop and maintain effective communication both within the practice and with relevant outside agencies
- Prepare and annually update the Practice Development Plan, oversee the implementation of the aims and objectives
- Assess and evaluate accommodation requirements and manage development and expansion plans
Financial Management
Manage practice budgets and seek to maximise income
Through negotiation with the PCO and preparation and submission of regular development plans, ensure the practice receives an appropriate and equitable allocation of resources
Understand and report on the financial implications of contract and legislation changes
Human Resources
Oversee the recruitment and retention of staff and provide a general personnel management service
Ensure that all staff are legally and gainfully employed. Monitor skill-mix and deployment of staff
Manage staffing levels within target budgets
Evaluate, organise and oversee staff induction and training and ensure that all staff are adequately trained to fulfil their role
Develop and implement effective staff appraisal and monitoring systems
Support and mentor staff, both as individuals and as team members
Implement effective systems for the resolution of disputes and grievances
Keep abreast of changes in employment legislation
Maintain up-to-date HR documentation (including job descriptions, employment contracts and employment policies)
Organisational
- Convene meetings, prepare agendas and ensure distribution of minutes as necessary
- Develop practice protocols and procedures, review and update as required
- Ensure that practice premises are properly maintained and cleaned and that adequate fire prevention and security systems are in place
- Manage the procurement of practice equipment, supplies and services within target budgets
- Develop and review Health & Safety policies and procedures and keep abreast of current legislation
- Arrange appropriate insurance cover
- Ensure that the practice has adequate disaster recovery procedures in place
- Arrange appropriate maintenance for practice equipment
Patient Services
- Adopt a strategic approach to the development and management of patient services
- Ensure service development and delivery is in accordance with local and national guidelines
- Ensure that the practice complies with NHS contractual obligations in relation to patient care
- Maintain registration policies and monitor patient turnover and capitation
- Oversee and/or develop repeat prescribing systems
- Oversee and/or develop and manage an effective appointments systems
- Oversee and/or organise surgery timetables, duty rotas and holiday cover
- Routinely monitor and assess practice performance against patient access and demand management targets
- Develop and implement an effective complaints management system
- Liaise with patient groups/PALS
Information Management and Technology
- Evaluate and plan practice IT implementation and modernisation
- Keep abreast of the latest development in primary care IT including DoH initiatives such as EPRs and disease coding, and regularly update the practice management team
- Motivate, support and monitor staff in the use of IT; organise, oversee and evaluate IT training
- Set targets and monitoring standards for data entry and data collection
- Ensure that the practice has effective IT data security, back-up, maintenance and disaster recovery plans in place
- Liaise with the PCT regarding systems procurement, IT funding and national IT development programmes.
- Maintain the practices website.
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:
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 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.
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.