Job responsibilities
Key Clinical Responsibilities:
The post-holder will practice in accordance with
accepted good medical practice and the various clinical policies of the service, to include:
-
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/video 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 practice or external organisations.
-
Assessing the health needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed
problems.
-
Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
-
Contributing to QOF requirements and recording data appropriately.
-
Contributing to PCN requirements and recording data appropriately.
-
In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease
management protocols, developing care plans for health related illnesses.
-
Screening patients for health education.
-
Admitting and 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
and contributing to the practice
audit programme as required.
-
Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions
using EPS
-
Prescribing in accordance with the accepted prescribing formulary (or
generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
-
Take responsibility for some aspects of the clinical work within the
team, for example:
-
co- coordinating aspects of
governance, QOF, enhanced services, CPD and keeping clinical protocols up to date.
In general, the post holder
will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within
primary care, as set by Royal College of General Practitioners, General Medical council, all other Royal
colleges and councils applicable to the staff within the practice, Department of Health, Clinical Commissioning Groups
and all other regulatory and standard setting
organisations.
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 their own performance and take accountability for their own actions, either directly
or under supervision.
-
Contribute to the effectiveness
of the team by reflecting on their own and team activities and making
-
suggestions on ways to
improve and enhance the teams
performance and service development.
-
Work effectively with individuals
in other agencies to meet patients needs.
-
Effectively manage their own time, workload and resources.
-
Prescribe safe and effective medicines management which conforms
to:
- NICE guidance and DH directives
- Good Prescribing Practice as defined by British
National Formulary (BNF) guidance from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
of Great Britain on safe and secure
handling of medicine
- Operate safe management and regular review
for all patients receiving repeat prescriptions
- Controlled Drugs legislation
- Shared protocols
agreed between the CCG and other NHS providers
- Locally specified Patient Group Directions
-
Work effectively so as not to exceed the practice prescribing budget
as set annually by the CCG.
-
Comply with targets set within any national and local enhanced
schemes.
-
Contribute to the teams approach which ensures that
referrals are made for patients to see other medical service providers, ensuring that adequate information is given
to personnel to whom the patient has been referred for proper assessment to be made.
-
Be supportive of any complaints policy and procedure to
ensure proper investigation and appropriate follow-up
action in the event of a complaint being made about any aspect of the service
provided or any personal provider
of the service.
-
Actively participate in the practice
Significant Events Reviews.
Other Responsibilities within
the Organisation:
-
Contribute to service development and implementation of the practice
GMS contract.
-
Be aware of and comply with all relevant practice
policies/guidelines/procedures, eg, prescribing, child protection, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety, discipline, etc.
-
Demonstrate a
commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.
-
Contribute to individual case discussions at clinical
meetings and bring examples of cases for group
discussion.
-
Contribute to the organisational development of the practice
by contributing to the development of ideas,
strategies and policies
which will promote the efficiency and well-being of the
practice.
-
Contribute to evaluation /audit and clinical
standard setting within
the practice.
-
Contribute to the development of high quality computer-based/paper light
patient records.
-
Contribute to the summarising of patient
records and coding of patient
data.
-
Attend training events organised by the practice and other
agencies, where appropriate.
-
Attend team meetings and other meetings as may be necessary.
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. 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 and Safety:
The post-holder
will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health and
safety and security as defined in the Practice
Health and 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 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 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 the teams annual
individual performance review, including taking responsibility for
-
maintaining a record
of their own personal
and/or professional development.
-
Taking responsibility for their own development,
learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others
who are undertaking similar work.
Communication:
The post-holder should recognise 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, guidance and procedures
-
Discuss with other members of the team how the
policies, standards, guidance and procedure will affect their own work in the
practice
-
Participate in audit where appropriate
