Salaried General Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

Undertake a variety of duties to include 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

Assess and manage the health care needs of patients

Promote self-care and management for patients, particularly those with long-term conditions

Undertake preventative work with 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

Refer to other care providers as appropriate in line with practice procedures

Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes

Prescribe appropriately in line with practice and local formulary guidance where clinically appropriate

Undertake repeat prescribing in line with practice procedures

Supporting the practice in achieving QoF, enhanced services and other contractual requirements

Administration and HR

Comply with external regulatory requirements eg CQC

Attend practice meetings and regular clinical meetings as agreed with the partners as well as PPG meetings if required.

Engage with channels of communication between partners, non-clinical and clinical staff

Undertake appropriate clinically based CPD

Participate in appraisal and revalidation as required of all GPs

Adhere to agreed procedures and protocols within the practice

Providing cover for other GPs holidays and other absences

Information Governance:

Comply with data protection and overall Information Governance

Have an understanding of the use of practice IT systems

Engage in any necessary IT training either with outside agencies or in-house

Health and Safety

Comply with all aspects of Health & Safety in line with practice policy and current legislation, including fire precautions and security of personnel, staff and patients and property

Be aware of the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks

Make effective use of training to update knowledge and skills

Report potential risks identified

Clinical Governance and Performance/Quality Management

Participate as part of the practice team in identifying the risks involved in areas of prescribing, result handling, confidentiality, communication, chaperone and record keeping and creating a safe environment for patients and staff by implementing risk management principles

Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintain own work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards and reporting potential risks identified

Ensure that read codes are correctly entered to enable optimal data extraction

Contribute to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation

Undertake statutory and mandatory training

Safeguarding

Comply with national and local requirements to ensure the safeguarding, and to promote the welfare, of all children and those adults in need of safeguarding

Work with multi-agency colleagues to promote the safety and well-being of vulnerable individuals when 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 will have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They will 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.

Equality and Diversity

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues and:

Act 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

Respect the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues

Behave in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• On GMC GP Register
• On Medical Performers List

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Pioneer Medical Group

Address

Collins Street

Bristol

BS11 9JJ

Employer's website

https://www.pioneermedicalgroup.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)