Job responsibilities
Reporting Relationships
Responsible to: Business Manager
About Darwin Medical Practice
Darwin Medical Practiceprovides services from Greenwood Health Centre, Lichfield Road, Burntwood; St Chads Health Centre, Dimbles Lane in Lichfield, and 29-31 High Street, Chasetown, Burntwood.
Our aim is to deliver a high quality service which will benefit our patients. With a large team working together we will maintain and improve the quality of care with the sharing of expertise and skills, this will enable patients to have more choice. We have a coordinated approach, developing our teams to support patients with long term and complex conditions.
We value our relationship with our patients and have an active Patient Participation Group to help us deliver the best service possible.
Teams
The following teams make up Darwin Medical Practice
- Business support
- Clinical staff including GPs and Partners
- Management
- Reception
- Administration
- Secretaries
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, 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 and 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 recognises 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:
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.
Job Purpose
The role of the Resource Manager is to support the Senior Managers by ensuring efficient appointment systems for the nursing and pharmacy teams including auditing and analysis and working with the management team to ensure smooth running of the practice.
Principal Accountabilities
- Responsible for creating nursing team and pharmacy team appointment systems and provision of adequate appointments for patient consultations to include PCN and attached staff.
- Ensuring sufficient room allocation for clinicians, highlighting issues in advance.
- Support the Business Manager in ensuring that performance and monitoring information is gathered and submitted in the correct format and within time frames to enable effective decision making at leadership and Partner level.
- Support clinicians and the management team regarding all matters relating to appointment systems.
- Support with the smooth induction and leaver process with staffing changes to maintain efficient processes and adherence to Information Governance requirements.
- Provide cover for the Resource Manager that is responsible for the GP and Urgent Care Team appointment systems.
To gather information, and produce reports, and statistical summaries using appropriate computer data applications where necessary.
Work with the management team to ensure the smooth running of the practice.
Any other duties as required, commensurate with the grade.
The Practice is open from 8.00am until 6.30pm, with regular extended hours surgeries. This role will have fixed working hours but all staff are expected to support the practice by working flexibly in exceptional circumstances, according to the needs of the service.
The contents of this job description and person specification will be reviewed on an annual basis in line with the practice training and development review policy.
