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, reports 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 and
complying with QOF requirements.
Delivering enhanced services.
Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute
and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever
possible).
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.
Other
Responsibilities within the Organisation:
Awareness of and compliance with all relevant
Practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data
protection, health and safety.
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.
Mission
Statement
All 9 PCN surgeries, working together, improving
health inequalities and outcomes. Working collaboratively with other
community services and transforming primary care delivery.
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.
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
Equality
& 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 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-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.
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 patients and
carers.
Communicate Effectively with other team
members.
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.
