GP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Salaried GP Job Description

The GP will be expected to:

• Fulfil their share of Routine and Urgent appointments. Prescribe as per local & national guidelines
• Accept a share of visits routine and emergency;
• Accept responsibility and time-manage completion of administration: letter, results, referrals, telephone calls and home visits;
• Accept and manage a share of queries relating to patients;
• Take responsibility for appropriate referrals (following local guidance and good medical practice) and administration pertaining to them,
• Meet targets for QOF as part of day to day role;
• Sign a share of repeat prescriptions each day ;
• Complete a share of child protection, insurance & DWP reports & medicals;
• Attend Mental Health Sections. This would be ideally carried out by the GP who knows the patient best, where possible, otherwise responsibility lies with the On Call doctor at the time when the call is received;
• Attend Child Protection reviews where appropriate (sessions will be backfilled with locum cover as necessary);
• Complete cremation forms and death certificates, bearing in mind that some GPs may not yet be able to complete Part 2 of the cremation form;
• Cover for colleagues in exceptional circumstances such as sudden illness, taking into account the individual doctors external commitments such as childcare.
• Be responsible for at least one online consultation list per week (1 session). Including triage of patient appointments and completion of administrative requests.

The role of the On Call Doctor

All doctors will be expected to fulfil their routine responsibilities as detailed above during an On Call session.

The On Call doctor should be prepared to:

• Field & manage urgent queries from outside agency health professionals, reception, admin & nursing staff/healthcare assistants on an ad hoc basis.
• See face to face and/or contact by telephone patients in both pre-booked and on the day/urgent appointments.
• Responsibility for managing extension to fit note requests received via PKB (Patient Knows Best)
• Contact patients for scheduled telephone appointments and take urgent telephone calls from patients and liaise with other healthcare professionals as required.
• Visits before twelve are routine & to be shared between all doctors. Visit requests after 12.30pm triaged by the on-call GP as urgent for that day or as routine for the following day.
• Be present in the building unless on a visit, when you should be contactable by mobile phone in the event of an emergency. The individual doctors should be responsible for having a mobile phone fully charged.

ESSENTIAL

DESIRABLE

Education /Qualification

GMC Registration

Previous Experience

Evidence of involvement in Clinical Audit

In depth knowledge and understanding of primary and community health care

Good understanding of General Practice Procedures

Sound understanding of clinical governance

Adherence & awareness of confidentiality

Good patient rapport

Experience of change management

Experience of MDT & PCN working

ESSENTIAL

DESIRABLE

Interpersonal Skills / Aptitude and Personal Qualities

Able to work autonomously or as part of a team

Confident and able to effectively communicate with members of the public; colleagues and management

Excellent time management & organisational skills

Proven patient care skills

Adaptable to organisational change

Flexibility

EFFORT REQUIRED WITHIN THE ROLE & THE WORKING ENVIRNMENT

Physical

Emotional

Mental

Working Environment

Combination of standing and sitting.

Frequent data inputting and use of wide range of appropriate software systems.

Limited moving and handling.

Occasional verbal abuse (public / patients)

Requirement to deal with sensitive issues

Concentration required during processing patient information.

Potential occasional requirement to diffuse difficult and emotive situations.

Ability to work under pressure to effectively deal with high level of patient contacts

Purpose built facility and work area.

Access to staff parking

Exposure to human body fluids

Frequent VDU / Telephone use

May be required to drive to different venues or sites to attend any relevant training or meetings

Health & Safety

In addition to the responsibilities of the Employer under Health and Safety legislation you are reminded of your responsibilities for health and safety at work under the Health and Safety At Work Act 1974 as amended and associated legislation. These include the duty to take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and of others in your work activities or omissions, and to co-operate with your employer in the discharge of its statutory duties. You must adhere strictly to the policies and procedures on health and safety, and report all accidents, dangerous occurrences, unsafe practices or damage to your manager promptly using the Practices incident reporting system. You must make use of appropriate training, safety equipment, protective clothing and footwear and attend training. Failure to comply with these requirements may result in disciplinary action.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• GMC
• Experience of working within Primary Care
• Experience of remote consultation
• Experience of multi disciplinary working
• Experience of PCN engagement
• To participate in the on call GP rota

Qualifications

Essential

• GMC Registration
• Performers List

Desirable

• Experience of delivering high quality primary care GP services.
• Experience of MDT working
• PCN engagement

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

Derby Road Health Centre

Address

336 Derby Road

Nottingham

NG7 2DW

Employer's website

https://www.drhc.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)