Job responsibilities
Clinical duties
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Assessing and treating patients presenting with
undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems in their own place of residence.
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Instigate necessary invasive and non-invasive
diagnostic tests or investigations and interpret findings/reports.
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Assess, triage and treat patients, making any
necessary referrals to other members of the primary healthcare team or organise
admission if required.
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Have knowledge of Long-Term Condition
management.
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Ensure clinical practice is safe and effective
and remains within boundaries of competence, and to acknowledge limitations.
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Advise patients on maintaining health and refer
to allied services when a health promotion need is identified.
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Support anticipatory care plans when required.
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Communicate at all levels within the
multidisciplinary team ensuring an effective service is delivered.
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Maintain accurate, contemporaneous healthcare
records appropriate to the consultation.
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Ensure evidenced-based care is delivered at the
highest standards ensuring delivery of high-quality patient care.
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Work within local policies and procedures.
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Where the post holder is an independent
prescriber: to prescribe safe, effective and appropriate medication as defined
by current legislative framework.
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Enhance own performance through Continuous
Professional Development, imparting own knowledge and behaviours to meet the
needs of the service.
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Achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of
personal and professional development to meet the needs of the service.
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Participate in the audit process, evaluation and
implementing plans and practice change to meet patient need.
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Actively participate in mentoring and
supervision, plus practice derived CPD opportunities.
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Contribute positively to the effectiveness and
efficiency of the team and work colleagues.
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Take responsibility for safeguarding children
and vulnerable adults and work with other team members to ensure they are
protected.
Training and personal development
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Training requirements will be monitored by
yearly appraisal and will be in accordance with PCN and HCPC requirements.
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Personal development will be encouraged and
supported by the PCN. It is the individuals responsibility to remain up to
date with recent developments.
Liaison
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Work closely with the multi-professional,
management and administration teams to ensure the smooth running of the CHVS
team, reporting any problems encountered to the relevant person and ensuring
everyone is aware of the different roles within the team.
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Work closely with the wider PCN and Community team.
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Engage with the Secondary Care Discharge team to
support the safe discharge of patients back to their home environments.
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Participate in the education and training of
staff and students of all disciplines.
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Maintain continued education by attendance at
courses and study days as deemed useful or necessary for professional
development, ensuring CPD requirements are met.
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If it is necessary to expand the role to include
additional responsibilities, full training will be given.
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Develop and maintain a Personal Learning Plan
and educational portfolio.
Meetings
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It will be necessary to attend and contribute to
various PCN and MDT meetings as requested. The only reason for not attending
will be annual, study or sick leave or if a non-working day.
Confidentiality
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While 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.
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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.
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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:
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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 cur-rent legislation.
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Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and
beliefs of patients, carers, and colleagues.
Quality
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the
PCN, and will:
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Alert other team members to issues of quality
and risk.
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Assess own performance and take accountability
for own actions, either directly or under supervision.
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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.
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Work effectively with individuals in other
agencies to meet patients needs.
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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:
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Communicate effectively with other team members.
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Communicate effectively with patients and
carers.
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Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods
of communication and respond accordingly.
