Job responsibilities
Bexley Medical Group
JOB
TITLE: SALARIED GENERAL PRACTITIONER
REPORTS
TO: THE PARTNERS (Clinically)
THE PRACTICE MANAGER
(Administratively)
HOURS: TBC
Job
Summary:
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.
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
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
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
& 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 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.
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
