Job responsibilities
Job Summary:
Our large, busy GP Practice requires an enthusiastic and motivated GP to join our team. The applicant must possess excellent communication skills along with a professional manner, have the ability to work well as a member of a team and effectively managed their own time and workload.
Clinical responsibilities of the role are:
- In accordance with the Practice rota, as agreed, the post holder will make him/herself available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing electronic and paper prescriptions, dealing with prescription queries, paperwork and correspondence to the desired quality and 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
- Assess 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, develop care plans for health
- Provide counselling and health education
- Admit or discharge patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate
- Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
- Collect data for audit purposes
- Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions
- Prescribe in accordance with the Practice Prescribing policy 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
Professional responsibilities of the role are:
- To maintain full registration with the GMC and with a recognised medical defence organisation approved by the partners
- To maintain full registration on the NHSE approved doctors list
- To maintain full accurate and contemporaneous records of activities both written and computerised as applicable to an agreed standard. The practice has a paperless approach and as such the computer records form the main record of all interactions with patients
- To promote good communications within the multi-disciplinary team
- To maintain and update professional knowledge in line with the Clinical Governance Plan / Quality and Outcomes Framework, The Practice Development Plan and your own Personal Development Plan
- To participate in educational programmes within the Practice
- To participate in GP appraisal
- To maintain standards of conduct and dress to maintain public confidence
- To maintain confidentiality in all areas at all times
Administrative and miscellaneous responsibilities of the role are:
- To ensure that any in house audit and requirements are achieved e.g. QOF prompts are actioned
- To complete all statutory and other paperwork / data entry both for medico-legal purposes
- To record all clinical activity and health promotion data in the Practice computer system
- To maintain good lines of communication with the partners and the practice management
- To promptly notify the Management team of an absence
- To book annual leave via the Management team and to provide reasonable help/cover for colleagues absence or leave
- To observe health and safety rules as outlines in the Practice Health and Safety policy
- Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies and procedures
- A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice
- Contribute to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation
- Attend and contribute weekly clinical meeting, quarterly team meetings and ad hoc training session organised by the Practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
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.
- To work in accordance of all practice written protocols
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 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:
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 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
- Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly
Safeguarding:
Thornton Practice is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and vulnerable adults who attend the surgery, either as patients or when accompanying patients. The post-holder will be expected to share this commitment.
If the post-holder has a concern regarding a child or young person or vulnerable adult they have a duty to act upon that concern. This may mean sharing that concern with another professional and following local and national guidance.
This job description is not exhaustive and may need to be amended as the practice develops. A flexible attitude and close liaison with other members of the practice is an integral part of this post.
