Clinical Duties Being the GP Clinical Lead for a multidisciplinary Proactive Care Team consisting of a GP (this role), Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician, District Nurse and Paramedic. Responsible for overseeing medical decision-making, conducting regular health assessments and managing complex care home/housebound patients. Provide face to face and telephone consultations for care home and housebound patients. Conduct patient home visits either in care home settings or individual personal homes.
Manage patient care including investigating and reviewing results, developing care plans, and making the necessary referrals. Issue and sign repeat prescriptions, adhering to national and local guidelines. Administer and manage care home and housebound patient queries, test results, referral letters and any other duties as required in a timely manner. Make clear consultation notes and records using EMIS.
Ensure safe, evidence based and cost-effective care in line with Practice disease management protocols and NICE guidelines. Independently prescribe medications within your scope of practice. Review and manage care home and housebound patient medications following the appropriate policies and local clinical guidelines. Actively lead MDT and care conference meetings as required.
Be prepared to be flexible and to provide cover as required in our Urgent Care Centre or for our reactive home visiting team as demand requires, e.g. in response to increased winter pressures. Health Promotion and Patient Support Regularly screen for lifestyle factors and support patients in adopting health promotion strategies and self-care principles. Contribute to the delivery of anticipatory care plans.
Professional Development Maintain awareness of clinical practice developments. Attend PCN wide meetings and clinical meetings. Participate in performance reviews and take responsibility for your personal development. Engage in mandatory training and attend courses as required.
Team Collaboration Provide clinical support and guidance to both clinical and administrative staff to maintain the highest care standards. Collaborate with health and social care providers to deliver an integrated, safe service. Risk Management and Compliance Adhere to all practice policies and procedures, including those related to prescribing, confidentiality, and data protection. Apply infection control measures and manage risks in compliance with local and national guidelines.
Contribute to clinical governance through audits, peer reviews, and significant event analysis. Patient Safety and Confidentiality Ensure patient and carer confidentiality, in line with practice policies. Manage patient data securely, only disclosing it to authorised persons. Quality and Governance The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within PCN 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. Work effectively with individuals in other agencies. Effectively manage own time, workload, and resources. 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, staff, and other healthcare workers. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential. Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with 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 PCN Health & Safety Policy, to include: 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 Safeguarding The post-holder will assist in promoting and protecting against any safeguarding concerns relating to patients, to include: To recognise and report to the appropriate authorities any concerns regarding Vulnerable Adult issues to include social care and mental health. All staff must comply with mandatory training requirements and ensure that adult safeguarding is embedded as an essential part of their daily practice.
Postholder to understand duties in relation to the Mental Capacity Act. 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 the PCN 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.
The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform tasks as necessitated by your changing role within, and the overall objectives of, the organisation agenda. Discussions on any major changes will be held with the postholder.