Job responsibilities
In accordance with the practice
timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will 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 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
Developing care plans for health
in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease
management protocols
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
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.
Undertake an equitable share in
prescription management and other administrative duties.
Undertake Duty Doctor sessions
as agreed after initial induction period.
Other responsibilities within the organisation:
Awareness of and compliance with
all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality,
data protection, health and safety
Training
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.
All our clinicians are
encouraged to take an active role in training within the practice
Health & Safety
The post holder will assist in
promoting and maintaining their own and others health and safety and security
as defined in the practice Health and Safety Policy, to include
Using personal security systems
within the workplace according to practice guidelines
Identifying the risks involved
in work 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
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.
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-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, with 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 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.
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.
