Clinical Responsibilities
* In accordance with the practice timetable, the post-holder will be available to undertake duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
* Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.
* Assess the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
* Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
* In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, develop care plans for health;
* Provide counselling and health education.
* Admit or discharge patients to and from the caseload and refer to other care providers as appropriate.
* Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
* Collect data for audit purposes.
* Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible).
* Prescribe in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
* Undertake the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
* Take a lead role on behalf of the practice in particular areas of clinical function, e.g. prescribing.
Other Responsibilities within the Organisation
* If mutually agreed at interview, there would be an expectation that you will work extended hours and these hours will be on a rotational basis.
* Prior to any subsequent introduction of hours worked outside core hour activity a period of 3 months notice will be provided.
* 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 evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation.
* 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.
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
In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements for PREP are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment. This includes: annual participation in an individual performance review, 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 people’s 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; participate fully in providing local and national enhanced services; participate fully in attaining QOF points and providing all services in the GMS Contract; participate fully in all commissioned services, including public health services.
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