Job responsibilities
Job
Summary
To be
familiar with Good Medical Practice and follow the guidance it contains as
directed by the General Medical Council.
To work
as a member of the multidisciplinary Practice team to provide general medical
services. The post holder will manage a busy caseload and deal with a wide
range of health needs in a primary care setting.
To help
ensure the Practice provides the highest standards of care for all registered
and temporary patients.
Key
Responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
The post holder will be expected to undertake all
the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within
primary care. The following list is not exhaustive:
In
accordance with the Practice consulting schedule, as agreed, the post-holder
will make him/herself available to undertake a variety of duties including
surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients
at home (outside of usual visits done by our Paramedics), checking and signing prescriptions
and dealing with queries, patient test results, patient medical reports and
examinations (e.g. insurance companies) and letters on behalf of the Practice.
Making
professional autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether
self-referred or referred from other health care workers.
Screen
patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
Cover all
of the clinical management of the patients in the surgery as appropriate
including initiating investigations, reviewing results and making referrals to
secondary care or to other providers as appropriate.
Develop
care and treatment plans in consultation with patients and in line with current
practice disease management protocols as well as wider guidance such as that
from NICE.
Ensure
appropriate follow up of patients.
Recording
clear and contemporaneous computerised consultation notes to agreed standards.
Collecting
data for audit purposes and sharing and publishing the results on Teamnet.
Compiling
and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written
prescriptions whenever possible).
Making
referrals to other health care providers (NHS and private) in line with
national and local guidelines and pathways.
Prescribing
in accordance with locally agreed or national guidelines.
Work with
other members of the primary health care team in delivering high quality
primary care.
Play a
lead role in practice achieving agreed QOF and other key performance indicator
targets.
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 nonjudgmental and
respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Continuous
Personal and Professional Development
Ensure
that professional updating and development needs are met through participating
in and maintaining a record of appropriate training and educational programmes.
Participate in the Practice appraisal programme and GP appraisal.
Confidentiality
and Data Security
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.
As a GP
you will have access to confidential information relating to patients and their
carers. You 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.
Awareness
of and compliance with Practice confidentiality, IT and data security policies.
Health
and Safety
Use
appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and
safe way and free from hazards.
Report
potential risks identified.
To work
in a safe manner at all times and to comply with the organisations operational
health and safety policies and procedures including those relating to infection
control.
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 will 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.