Job responsibilities
Clinical
responsibilities:
- In
accordance to the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make
him/herself 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 medical reports and examinations (e.g. Insurance
Companies) on behalf of the Practice, referral letters (NHS and private),
paperwork and correspondence in a timely manner;
- 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 computer based 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 national guidelines;
- 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
with the Practice:
- Teaching
and training of doctors and nurses;
- Awareness
of compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, eg prescribing,
confidentiality, data protection, health and safety, CQC and annual QOF assessment
of the Practice;
- A
commitment to life long learning and audit to ensure evidence based best
practice;
- Keep
a portfolio;
- Contributing
to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation;
- Contributing
to the development of computer based patient records;
- Attending
training, Practice Meetings and events organised by the Practice or other
agencies where appropriate;
- Meet
all tight timescales/deadlines for audits and written returns to ensure
that the Practice meets quality standards and receives the designated
funding (eg Enhanced Services returns, annual QOF audit etc).
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 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 and 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 as
training to include:
- Participation
in an annual individual performance review, annual GP appraisal 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 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
Practice putting the needs of the Practice first.
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
planning and 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;
- Work
with the Partners and Management Team 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 now and in the future
(as directed by NHS/NHS England/SHA/CCG, new legislation etc).
Safeguarding
Whitstable Medical Practice is committed to safeguarding and promoting
the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults; and expects all
staff and post holders to share this commitment by understanding their role in
effective safeguarding.
