Job responsibilities
The purpose of the role is to:
- To work as an autonomous practitioner, responsible for the provision of medical services to the practice population, delivering an excellent standard of clinical care whilst complying with the contract.
- Adhere to the GMC standards for good medical practice, contributing to the effective management of the practice, leading by example, maintaining a positive, collaborative working relationship with the multidisciplinary team
Duties and responsibility's already listed
Safeguarding
- Ensuring the safety and well being of all individuals in your care.
- Identifying and reporting any concerns regarding abuse, neglect, or exploitation in line with Practice policies and legal requirements.
- Completing mandatory safeguarding training and keeping up to date with best practices.
- Maintaining professional boundaries and fostering a safe and supportive environment.
- Understand the importance of recognition, observation, documentation and communication
- Has knowledge of other practitioners and agencies roles
- Understands basic legal issues around child abuse and protection of vulnerable adults
- Undergo appropriate background checks, including DBS
Mental Health:
- Recognise and be aware of appropriate referral mechanisms for family violence, vulnerable adults, substance abuse and addictive behaviours
- Offering guidance on lifestyle modifications and coping strategies to support mental well-being
- Creating a safe and non-judgmental space for patients to discuss their mental health concerns.
- Value emotional resilience, self-care, and proactive engagement in creating a mentally healthy work environment.
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
- It is essential that, if the legal requirements are to be met and the trust of our patients is to be retained, all staff must protect patient information and provide a confidential service.
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
- Follow COVID Practice social distancing and infection control protocol
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
- Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Managing information:
The post holder should use technology and appropriate software as an aid to management in the planning, implementation and monitoring of care and presenting and communicating information. Data should be reviewed and processed using accurate SNOMED to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval for monitoring and audit processes.
Personal/Professional Development:
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
Collaborative working:
The post-holder will recognise the significance of collaborative working and understand their own role and scope and identify how this may develop over time.
Teamwork is essential in multidisciplinary environments and the post holder is to work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working and work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery
Effective communication is essential, and all staff must ensure they communicate in a manner which enables the sharing of information in an appropriate manner.
Communicate effectively with other team members
Communicate effectively with patients and carers
Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly
The post holder should delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence.
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
- 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 across all areas of work
- Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines might be improved following review
- Participate in audit where appropriate.
Security
The security of the organisation is the responsibility of all personnel. The post holder will:
- Ensure they always remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity immediately to their line manager.
- Guarantee that restricted areas remain effectively secured
- Maintain password controls, password are not to be shared
- Under no circumstances share the codes for the door locks with anyone
Professional Conduct:
The post holder will be expected to dress appropriately for their role as detailed in the Practice policy
Quality & Continuous Improvement (CI)
To preserve and improve the quality of our output, all personnel are required to think not only of what they do, but how they achieve it. By continually re-examining our processes, we will be able to develop and improve the overall effectiveness of the way we work. The responsibility for this rests with everyone working within the practice to look for opportunities to improve quality and share good practice.
This practice continually strives to improve work processes which deliver health care with improved results across all areas of our service provision. We promote a culture of continuous improvement, where everyone counts and staff are permitted to make suggestions and contributions to improve our service delivery and enhance patient care.
