ARRS GP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities:

To provide a comprehensive range of clinical duties at the agreed GP Practices within The Colliery Practice.

To undertake surgery consultations, home visits where necessary, and telephone queries from patients and health care professionals.

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

Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate.

Work with patients in order to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments. Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimes, side-effects and interactions.

Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.

Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles and apply principles of self-care. Support and manage health needs of patients presenting for family planning or sexual health consultations.

Assess, identify and refer patients presenting with mental health needs in accordance with the national and local guidelines.

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, develop care plans for health.

Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.

Collecting data for audit purposes.

Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.

Other Responsibilities:

Awareness of and compliance with The Colliery Practices policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.

To undertake any other duties commensurate with the post holders grade as agreed with the Lead GP.

To attend and contribute to regular administration and clinical meetings whether formal or informal. This may involve adjustments to workload to allow attendance.

To keep up to date with current and forthcoming National Service Frameworks and NICE guidance and their impact on primary care services.

To contribute to the clinical governance agenda of the GP Practices and to fully participate in the reporting of incidents as per Practice policy.

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

Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the Colliery Practice.

Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records.

Contributing to the summarising of patient records and Read-coding patient data, contributing to achieving the maximum performance under QOF.

Attending training and events organised by the Colliery Practice or other agencies where appropriate.

Communication:

Able to confidentially utilise a full range of communication methods to disseminate information to large numbers of people.

Able to confidently adapt communication style and content to reflect different types of people when making contact.

Ability to receive highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information and process appropriately; and where needed translate this information into a delivery message or plan for the wider team.

Lead in positivity and effective working relationships with commissioners, other health care providers and other key partners to support an integrated approach to high quality patient care.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC Registration with a licence to practise and entry and the GP Register (Certificate of completion date must be within 2 years and not having held a substantive post before).
• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Practice / Certificate of Confirming Eligibility for General Practice Registration (CEGPR), or equivalent.
• Included on the Medical Performers List or eligible.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Experience of NHS General Practice and primary care
• Experience of using electronic clinical patient records (EMIS/System One)
• Experience of medicines management
• Experience of QOF and clinical audit
• Understanding of policy developments related to the delivery of primary care services including General Practice, the GMS contract, Clinical Governance, Network Contract DES and Quality and Outcomes Framework
• Knowledge of the health needs of the Primary Care Network population

Desirable

• Outstanding level of clinical knowledge and skills commensurate with that of an experienced GP
• Polite and confident
• Flexible and cooperative
• Motivated, forward thinker
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathic in distressing situations
• Effectively be able to communication and understand the needs of the patient
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Effectively utilise resources
• Punctual and committed to support the team effort
• Flexibility to work outside of core office hours

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

The Colliery Practice

Address

60 Hednesford Street

Cannock

Staffordshire

WS11 1DJ

Employer's website

https://www.thecollierypractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)