Job responsibilities
Accountable to: Partners - Dr J A
Hopwood Dr C A Bowley Dr C Jones
Responsible to: Practice
Manager Samantha Spike
Job Summary:
The
post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs
in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all
registered and temporary patients.
Clinical Responsibilities:
In
accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves
available to undertake a variety of duties including AskmyGP consultations,
surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, triage calls,
triage visits, checking and signing of repeat prescriptions and dealing with
queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
Respond
to medical problems presented by temporary residents as required.
Making
professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether
self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the
organization.
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.
To
assist in the establishment of appropriate systems to manage common chronic
medical conditions.
Completion
of clinically related administrative and non clinical duties needed for the
delivery of the service.
Providing
counseling and health education.
Refer
patients for further opinions and interventions according to Practice protocols.
Recording
clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
Compiling
and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding
hand-written prescriptions wherever possible).
Prescribing
in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary whenever this is
clinically appropriate.
Participate
in training plans of medical students as required.
In
general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and
responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
Maintaining, monitoring and updating
computer database and management of medical records and practice audits
Ensure
that practice clinical database is updated promptly and accurately with
information relating to patient records, as required for clinical accuracy and
for practice recording requirements under QOF and Enhanced Services.
Appropriate
use of read codes.
Participating
in the collection and collation of statistics towards the preparation of
practice reports, performance monitoring and audits.
Practice Organisation
Process
and action incoming patient and hospital correspondence.
Attendance
at in-house meetings, significant event audit meetings and others as deemed
necessary.
Ensure
that the practice complaints system is adhered to at all times
Awareness
and compliance with all relevant guidelines e.g. data protection,
confidentiality and health and safety.
Maintain
all mandatory training.
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 organization. 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.
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.
Providing
information regarding immune consent with particular regard to Hepatitis B
status
Identifying
the risk involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way
that manages those risks.
Using
appropriate infection control procedures particularly those relating to needle
stick injuries, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from
hazards
Ensuring
that all accident or dangerous accidents are reported and investigated, and
follow up action taken where necessary.
Equality and Diversity
The
post-holder will support the quality, diversity and rights of patients, carers
and colleagues to include:
Acting
in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them
in a way that is consistent with 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.
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 enhanced 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 recognize 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.
Each
session will consist of 16 AskmyGP requests.