Job responsibilities
Location:
It is intended that
clinical duties will be based at the main surgery at Kennedy Way Surgery.
SUMMARY OF MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of
health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of
care for all registered and temporary patients.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES/POSITION IN
STRUCTURE
Will report to
the Partners
SPECIFIC DUTIES/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.
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 and 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 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:-
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
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.
Role Requirement
Essential
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications & Training
MBBS
or equivalent medical degree
Full
registration with GMC
Certification
of Completion of Training JCPTGP/PMETB
Inclusion
on Performers List
MRCGP
Evidence
of a commitment to on-going personal & professional development
Knowledge & Understanding
Understanding
the role of medical services in a wider public health agenda
Knowledge
of the demographic characteristics that affect health and health care in the
area
Understanding
current NHS policies
Experience
Experience of working in primary care
in an area with significant health problems
Experience of providing primary care in
and out of hours
Development of areas of clinical
expertise
Experience of audit and improving care
for patients
Personal Skills and Qualities
Ability
to communicate clearly and effectively in English, both written and verbally.
Good
organisational skills
Time
management skills
Able
to work under pressure
Working
on own initiative
IT
skills (including word processing and database work) as relevant to General
Practice
Committed
to quality and patient satisfaction
Committed
to equal opportunities
Team
worker
Other
Commited
to working as part of a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency primary care team
Openness
to explore alternative working practices
