Job responsibilities
Oakwood Surgery
Job Description
Salaried GP
Job
Title:
Salaried
GP.
Role
Summary:
The
post-holder will manage a patient caseload and deal with a wide range of health
needs, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary
patients.
Main
Purpose of Job:
To
support the GP partners in the Practice to manage a busy, interesting clinical
caseload. The appointee will also have the opportunity to take part in leading on
key disease areas (monitoring trends in treatment, staff training and
prescribing) and assist in developing appropriate healthcare services for a
diverse suburban patient list; including Directed Enhanced Services
commissioning, patient participation and health promotion.
Responsible to:
The Practice
Partners.
Main
tasks of job:
Clinical
Responsibilities
1)
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,
referrals and correspondence in a timely manner.
2)
Making
professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether
self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the Practice.
3)
Assessing
the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed
problems.
4)
Screening
patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
5)
In
consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management
protocols, developing care plans for health.
6)
Providing
counselling and health education.
7)
Admitting
or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care
providers as appropriate.
8)
Recording
clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
9)
Collecting
data for audit purposes.
10) Compiling and issuing
computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written
prescriptions whenever possible).
11) Prescribing in accordance with the
Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically
appropriate.
12) Ensuring that all work carried out
which carries a private fee is properly recouped and accounted for; e.g.
Medical Reports, Insurance reports, Private letters to third Parties etc.
13) 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 practice:
1)
Awareness
of and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g.
prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.
2)
A
commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best
practice.
3)
Contributing
to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the Practice.
4)
Contributing
to the development of computer-based patient records.
5)
Contributing
to the summarising of patient records and accurate Read-Coding of patient data.
6)
Attending
training and events organised by the Practice or other agencies, where
appropriate.
7)
Mentor
additional roles within the practice.
Confidentiality:
Data
protection is a top priority for the Practice. The Data Protection Act places
obligations on us to ensure that data is processed lawfully and stored
according to its strict provisions. You are required to uphold the Companys
data protection policies when dealing with information about patients, carers,
colleagues, other healthcare workers. Our work is of highly confidential nature
and information gained must not be communicated to other persons except in the
recognised course of duty. Unauthorised disclosure of confidential information
will result in disciplinary action and may lead to your dismissal.
Information relating to customers, colleagues, other
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 special category data.
Health
& 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:
1)
Using
personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice
guidelines.
2)
Identifying
the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way
that manages those risks.
3)
Making
effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.
4)
Using
appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and
safe way and free from hazards.
5)
Reporting
potential risks identified.
Equality
and Diversity:
The post-holder will support the
equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
1)
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.
2)
Respecting
the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
3)
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:
1)
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:
2)
Participation
in a Practice based annual individual performance review, including taking
responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional
development.
3)
Maintaining
skills and knowledge for CPD and accreditation via the annual GP appraisal
process.
4)
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:
1)
Alert
other team members to issues of quality and risk.
2)
Assess
own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or
under supervision.
3)
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.
4)
Work
effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs.
5)
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:
1)
Communicate
effectively with other team members.
2)
Communicate
effectively with patients and carers.
3)
Recognise
peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond
accordingly.
Contribution
to the planning and implementation of services:
The post-holder will:
1)
Apply
Practice policies, standards and guidance.
2)
Discuss
with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will
affect their own work.
3)
Participate
in clinical audits when requested or where appropriate.
The above
list serves to illustrate the scope and responsibilities of the post and is not
intended to be an exhaustive list of duties. You will be expected to perform
different tasks as necessitated by the development of this role as the practice
develops, and the overall business objectives of the practice change.
