Salaried GP

Job responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities

In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties, including surgery consultations, telephone consultations, eConsultations, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion

Actioning a share of blood results and incoming clinical documents, both paper and electronic

Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers

Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems

Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness

Offering preventative advice

Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols

Referring to other care providers as appropriate

Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards

Collecting data for audit purposes

Prescribing in accordance with the local or practice prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate

Pro-rata share of on-call

Complies with safeguarding training requirements as set out by employment terms and any relevant professional and national bodies

Takes prompt and timely action when there are any welfare or safeguarding concern, compliance with safeguarding children's and adults procedures.

In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Secondary Responsibilities

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines.

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

Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies

Generic Responsibilities

All staff at Thirsk Doctors Surgery have a duty to conform to the following:

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

A good attitude and positive action towards ED&I creates an environment where all individuals are able to achieve their full potential. Creating such an environment is important for three reasons: it improves operational effectiveness, it is morally the right thing to do, and it is required by law.

Patients and their families have the right to be treated fairly and be routinely involved in decisions about their treatment and care. They can expect to be treated with dignity and respect and will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Patients have a responsibility to treat other patients and our staff with dignity and respect.

Staff have the right to be treated fairly in recruitment and career progression. Staff can expect to work in an environment where diversity is valued, and equality of opportunity is promoted. Staff will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Staff have a responsibility to ensure that you treat our patients and their colleagues with dignity and respect.

Safety, Health, Environment and Fire (SHEF)

This practice is committed to supporting and promoting opportunities to for staff to maintain their health, well-being, and safety. You have a duty to take reasonable care of health and safety at work for you, your team, and others, and to cooperate with employers to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements. All personnel are to comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Environmental Protection Act 1990, Environment Act 1995, Fire Precautions (workplace) Regulations 1999 and other statutory legislation.

Confidentiality

This practice is committed to maintaining an outstanding confidential service. Patients entrust and permit us to collect and retain sensitive information relating to their health and other matters, pertaining to their care. They do so in confidence and have a right to expect all staff will respect their privacy and always maintain confidentiality. It is essential that if, the legal requirements are to be met and the trust of our patients is to be retained that all staff protect patient information and provide a confidential service.

Quality & Continuous Improvement (CI)

To preserve and improve the quality of our output, all personnel are required to think not only of what they do, but how they achieve it. By continually re-examining our processes, we will be able to develop and improve the overall effectiveness of the way we work. The responsibility for this rests with everyone working within the practice to look for opportunities to improve quality and share good practice.

This practice continually strives to improve work processes which deliver health care with improved results across all areas of our service provision. We promote a culture of continuous improvement, where everyone counts, and staff are permitted to make suggestions and contributions to improve our service delivery and enhance patient care.

Learning and Development

The effective use of training and development is fundamental in ensuring that all staff are equipped with the appropriate skills, knowledge, attitude, and competences to perform their role. All staff will be required to partake and complete mandatory training as directed by the Practice Management Team, as well as participating in the practice training programme. Staff will also be permitted (subject to approval) to undertake external training courses which will enhance their knowledge and skills, progress their career and ultimately, enable them to improve processes and service delivery.

Collaborative Working

All staff are to recognise the significance of collaborative working. Teamwork is essential in multidisciplinary environments. Effective communication is essential, and all staff must ensure they communicate in a manner which enables the sharing of information in an appropriate manner.

Service Delivery

Staff at Thirsk Doctors Surgery must adhere to the information contained with practice policies and regional directives, ensuring protocols are always adhered to. Staff will be given detailed information during the induction process regarding policy and procedure.

Security

The security of the practice is the responsibility of all personnel. Staff must ensure they always remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity immediately to their line manager. Under no circumstances are staff to share the codes for the door locks to anyone and are to ensure that restricted areas remain effectively secured.

Professional Conduct

At Thirsk Doctors Surgery, staff are required to dress appropriately for their role. Administrative and Nursing staff will be provided with a uniform whilst staff on the GP timetable must dress in accordance with their role. This can be uniform, non-uniform or scrubs, as preferred

Safeguarding

Safeguarding Children

• Under section 11 of the Children Act 2004 all NHS staff must ensure that their functions are discharged with regard to the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children (Working Together to Safeguard Children, HM Gov 2015).
• https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/942454/Working_together_to_safeguard_children_inter_agency_guidance.pdf

• All staff need to ensure, as part of their work with children and families and with adults who are parents or carers who are experiencing personal problems, that the needs of the children are considered and that where necessary they are assessed and appropriate referrals are made. Staff need to be aware of the relevant parts of What To Do If Youre Worried A Child Is Being Abused (DfES 2015)

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/419604/What_to_do_if_you_re_worried_a_child_is_being_abused.pdf

Safeguarding Adults

• All staff are expected to comply with the Care Act (2014). Sections 42 to 46 (Ch 14) of the Care Act (2014) statutory guidance (Care and support statutory guidance) states:

Safeguarding means protecting an adults right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect. It is about people and organisations working together to prevent and stop both the risks and experience of abuse or neglect, while at the same time making sure that the adults wellbeing is promoted including, where appropriate, having regard to their views, wishes, feelings and beliefs in deciding on any action.

Professionals should work with the adult to establish what being safe means to them and how that can be best achieved.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/care-act-statutory-guidance/care-and-support-statutory-guidance#safeguarding-1

Other Requirements

Essential

• Flexibility to work outside of core office hours.
• Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check.
• Provide 2 References one being your current employer.
• Provide Right to Work Documentation & Identification upon request.
• Occupational Health Clearance.

Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent medical degree.
• GMC registration.

Desirable

• MRCGP.
• Evidence of continued role development.
• Teaching qualification.

Aptitude and Abilities

Essential

• Broad range of IT skills.
• Able to use own initiative and work without supervision.
• Able to effectively co-lead a team and the service.
• Able to cope with and effectively organise the workload.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and non-verbally daily.
• Practical problem-solving skills.
• Ability to motivate and inspire self and others.
• Accurate written and verbal communication of information.
• Ability to show empathy and understand the difficulties faced by people affected by adverse life events.
• Ability to prioritise own workload.
• Ability to ask sensitively about information needs.
• Ability to retrieve and consolidate information from a wide range of sources and in different formats.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to show evidence of leadership.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.

Experience

Essential

• Sound knowledge of clinical governance, including audit and service improvement activities.
• Eligibility for Medical Indemnity Membership.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Ability to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations.
• Familiarity with issues of service organisation, transformation and development.
• Adhere to policies around confidentiality, health & safety, equality & diversity, safeguarding.
• Calm and objective.
• Confident, yet approachable.
• Recognition of own limitations.
• Demonstrates enthusiasm.
• Non-judgemental, respectful of others privacy, needs & beliefs.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to address and work to overcome any equality, diversity and rights of service users.
• Identify and mitigate potential risks to health, safety and policy.

Desirable

• Ability to set up a new role and develop and grow the service.

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).