Job responsibilities
Purpose of Job
To deal with
a wide range of health care needs in the primary care setting, providing
medical services to patients and such other duties as reasonable delegated to
you by the Practice, that are required of the Practice in providing services
under Personal Medical Service (PMS) Regulations.
Main Duties
In accordance with the Practice
timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to
undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone
consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing
repeat prescriptions, processing of blood results, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
Making professional, autonomous
decisions in relation to presenting problems, including history taking,
examination, investigation, whether self referred or referred from other
health care workers within the Practice.
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 appropriate
preventative health care and advice.
Admitting or discharging patients to
and from the Practice 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.
Prescribing in accordance with the
Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically
appropriate.
Providing reports eg Department of
work and Pensions, medical certificates and death certificates.
Support the practice with supervision
of junior doctors/ nurse team.
Provide cover or buddy for absent
colleagues.
Electronic medical note keeping for
all patient contacts, including template entries supporting clinical recall,
QOF data and maintaining comprehensive medical histories (i.e. Deanery
requirements to support the GP Training Practice Status of the Practice).
In general the post holder will be
expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated
with a General Medical Practitioner working within primary care.
Other Responsibilities within the
Practice
Awareness of and compliance with all
relevant practice policies or guidelines ,eg,Prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.
A commitment to lifelong learning
and audit to ensure to ensure evidence based best practice.
Contributing to evaluation, audit
and clinical standard setting within the Practice.
Ensure accurate Read Coding of
patient data.
Attending training and events organised
by the Practice and other agencies, where appropriate.
Participation in an annual individual
performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of
own personal and or professional development.
Clinically related administrative and
non-clinical duties necessary for the delivery of Personal Medical Services.
General
To participate in an annual
individual performance review process where the job description will be
reviewed, objectives will be agreed, performance monitored and personal
development needs discussed.
To act responsibly in respect of your
own and colleagues health and safety and welfare, following safe working
practices and complying with the Practices health and safety policy, this
includes attending mandatory and safety training.
To be aware of and co-operate in the
implantation of arrangements for risk management.
To promote equal opportunities and
comply with the Practices Equal Opportunity policy.
The Practice has a statutory duty to
ensure that patients, clients and members of the public are consulted and
involved in decisions about local health service developments. As an employee
you should be mindful of this and do what you can, appropriate to your role and
level of responsibility to meet this duty.
To comply with all other St Anns
Medical Centres policies and procedures.
Supporting the practice staff and
responding to requests for advice and assistance from the Practice reception,
secretarial and nursing staff.
You will be required to give due
regard to the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and contribute to achieving
maximum points in all areas.
Freedom to Act
Professionally responsible for own
workload, supervised by a partner operating within standard policies and
procedures.
Physical Effort
Occasional physical effort may be
required e.g. patient collapses or faints etc.
Working within a confined space,
moving equipment, kneeling to give patient care.
Mental Effort
Frequent requirement for
concentration responding to predictable and unpredictable patterns.
Concentration as dealing with patients with multiple long term conditions and
following assessment further problems may be highlighted.
Emotional Effort
Frequent exposure to distressing or
emotional circumstances, eg delivering and receiving bad news, dealing with
families of patients used as a support mechanism, dealing with cancer and
other terminal illnesses etc.
Possible exposure to highly
distressing or highly emotional situations, e.g., cardiac arrest, severe asthma
COPD exacerbations fits etc.
Working Conditions
Occasionally dealing with abusive and
aggressive patients.
Visiting patients in their home.
Apply infection control measures
within the Practice according to local and National guidelines including:
universal hygiene precautions, the collection and handling of laboratory
specimens several times a day, swabs, segregation and disposal of waste
materials, decontamination of instruments and clinical equipment.
Dealing with the reporting and
treatment of sharps injuries.
Working Relationships
Internal working relationships to interface with all members of the Practice.
External working relationships To interface with Patients, Relatives, Carers, Social
Services, Police, Voluntary Services, Department of Work and Pensions,
Secondary and Primary and Tertiary Care, Department of Education and
Professional Nursing Bodies.
Confidentiality
In the
course of seeking treatment patients entrust the Practice with or allow the
Practice to gather sensitive information in relation to their health or 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.
Summary
The post holder will support the
Practice as required across the range of duties as appropriate within the
grading of this post. In the context of a rapid and ongoing change within the
NHS and the Practice the above responsibilities represent the current
priorities and requirements for the post. These priorities will develop and
evolve over time. Any significant changes will be the subject of full
consultation with the post holder.