Job responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB DETAILS
Job Title: Salaried GP
Hours of Work: 8 sessions per week
ORGANISATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
Reports to: 1.
THE
PARTNERS (Clinically)
THE
PRACTICE MANAGER (Administratively)
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.
Clinical responsibilities:
In accordance with the practice timetable the
post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of
duties, including consultations and
queries, checking/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
Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and
in line with current practice disease management protocols
Providing counselling and health education
Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed
standards
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.
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 record
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
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.
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, with 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 member
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
Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards
and guidelines will affect own work
Participate in audit where appropriate.