Job responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities:
•In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of 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
•Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation
•Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
•Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
•In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health
•Providing counselling and health education
•Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate
•Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
•Collecting data for audit purposes
•Compiling and issuing EPS acute and repeat prescriptions •Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
•In general,the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care, including:-taking part in the day-time on-call rota ; taking a usual share of repeat prescriptions and prescription queries ; telephone triage and home visits as needed
Other Responsibilities within the Organisation:
•Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, healthand safety, infection control
•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
•Negotiating holidays with the partners so as to avoid gaps in patient care
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.
Safeguarding
•The practice is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults, but also service users and visitors to our services. All staff have a responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and adults. The post-holder in conjunction with the management will be responsible for ensuring they undertake the appropriate level of training relevant to their individual role and responsibilities and that they are aware of and work within the relevant safeguarding policies and procedures.
•The post-holder is expected to treat patients, and carers, care and compassion at all times, treating each person as an individual by offering a personalised service. The practice staff will adopt, behaviours and attitudes which promote, support and respect, privacy and dignity. Staff are expected to challenge poor practice in relation to dignity and treat each other with respect.
•The practice is committed to providing consistently excellent and safe patient-centred care for all those who access our services, through highly skilled, committed and compassionate staff working together. The practice does this by putting our patients at the centre of all that we do and providing the best quality care with passion and pride. All staff are required to advocate, champion, and demonstrate the practices vision and values.
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
•Avoiding any professional work outside of contracted hours which might have an impact on his/her ability to function efficiently at work
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 people’s rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
•Respecting theprivacy, 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, 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
•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.
•Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the team’s 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
•Recognize people’s needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
