Salaried GP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical responsibilities:

In accordance with the services timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations and emergencies, telephone consultations and queries, triaging, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, patient test results,( patient medical reports and examinations for

Insurance Companies) on behalf of the Practice, referral letters NHS/private/CAB, paperwork and correspondence in a timely manner; acting as duty doctor on a rota basis

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

Recording clear and contemporaneous computerised 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 locally agreed or nationally agreed guidelines (in the absence of locally agreed ones).

In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within any of the Gateshead Healthcare GP Practices.

From time to time there may be extra duties/responsibilities that may be required of the post-holder. These will be agreed with the Service Lead, and there will be an expectation that new duties/responsibilities may be part of the role, but that they will be appropriate to the knowledge, skills and experience of the employed GP.

Other responsibilities with the Service:

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant policies/guidelines,

A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.

A commitment (when seeing patients) to helping the practice promote safe, high quality care.

Maintain reaccreditation portfolio and undertake annual appraisal.

Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting.

Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records.

Attending training, meetings and events organised by the service or other agencies, where appropriate.

Responsibility for completing Medical Reports / requests for patient information.

To be professional at all times and maintain a formal dress code.

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.

Health & Safety

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the services 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 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;

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 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 and annual GP Appraisal including taking responsibility for reaccreditation, 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.

Participating in Gateshead-wide educational initiatives, such as Time In Time Out.

Quality

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality, and will:

Alert other team members to Clinical Governance issues, quality and risk; participate in Significant Event Analysis reviews

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. He/she will also contribute to the overall team-working of the service putting the needs of the service first.

Communication

The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

Communicate effectively with the GP Clinical Lead / Service Manager (including regular one to ones and annual appraisal).

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 planning and implementation of services

The post-holder will:

Apply 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.

Work with the GP Clinical Lead and Practice / Service Manager to achieve standards of quality, performance standards, budgets and targets without compromising levels of patient healthcare.

Contribute towards the development and implementation of new standards, policies and procedures that are/will be required of GP Practices / NHS Services now and in the future.

Contribute to the development of the practice as a Commissioner of Services.

Attend and participate in regular team meetings

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• A good knowledge of and interest in general practice and primary care
• Strong levels of IT proficiency and familiarity with primary care clinical systems (EMIS WEB). Experience in using the Microsoft suite of programmes
• Proven ability to handle a busy and varied primary care case load
• A good understanding of Primary Care contracting requirements

Qualifications

Essential

• A vocationally trained and accredited GP
• MRCGP
• Current registration with the GMC and appropriate representation with a recognised medical defence organisation

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Initiative, creativity and motivation.
• Team spirit and comfortable in a strongly multidisciplinary team environment.
• Able to take a consultative approach to their work, appropriately involving relevant people.
• Able to put the needs of the team ahead of individual needs at busy times, periods of increased workloads (QOF assessment, flu campaigns, sickness absences or unplanned leave etc.).
• Respond in a flexible way to fluctuations in workload.
• Flexibility to adapt to different organisational settings.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team;
• Ability to work with limited supervision;
• Understanding of the pressures faced by GPs and healthcare teams
• Ability to draft cogent, error-free letters and reports in a timely manner
• Understanding of the need to safeguard income by ensuring that all QOF, local and national incentive schemes, prescribing or other initiatives are acted on as required.
• Ability to drive and use of a vehicle to carry out home visits

Desirable

• Willingness to contribute to and participate in a peer support group.
• Proven ability to offer support within a clinical team and share learning points in Practice meetings.
• Competent EMIS user

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

Fuller and Forbes Partnership

Address

Crawcrook Medical Centre

Pattinson Drive

Ryton

Tyne And Wear

NE40 4US

Employer's website

http://bramleyonline.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)