Job responsibilities
Clinical
responsibilities:
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
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
Admitting or 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
Compiling and issuing
computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand written
prescriptions whenever possible)
Prescribing in accordance
with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is
clinically appropriate
In general, the
post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and
responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary car
Other
responsibilities within the organisation:
Awareness of and
compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing,
confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
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 records
Contributing to the
summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data
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. Health & safety: The post-holder will
implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management of their own and
others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice
health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the
practice infection control policy and published procedures. This will include
(but will not be limited to):
Using personal security
systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
Awareness of national
standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual /
professional requirements, and good practice guidelines
Providing advice on the
correct and safe management of the specimens process, including collection, labelling,
handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport
arrangements
Correct personal use of
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and ensuring correct use of PPE by others,
advising on appropriate circumstances for use by clinicians, staff and
patients.
Management
of the full range of infection control procedures in both routine and
extraordinary circumstances (e.g. pandemic or individual infectious
circumstances)
Hand hygiene standards
for self and others
Managing directly all incidents
of accidental exposure
Management and advice
relating to infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and
implementation of those protocols across the practice
Active observation of
current working practices across the practice in relation to infection control,
cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed and
weaknesses/training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate to
the responsible person
Identifying the risks
involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that
manages those risks across clinical and patient process
Making effective use of
training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training
of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes
Monitoring practice
facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that proper
use is made of hand-cleansing facilities, wipes etc., and that these are
sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of facilities to
be escalated as appropriate to the responsible manager
Safe management of sharps
use, storage and disposal
Maintenance of own clean
working environment
Using appropriate
infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and
sterile and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective
action where needed or escalation to responsible management
Actively identifying,
reporting, and correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards
immediately when recognised
Keeping own work areas
and general/patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and
hazards/risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming
responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across
the business in consultation (where appropriate) with responsible managers
Undertaking periodic
infection control training (minimum twice annually)
Correct waste and
instrument management, including handling, segregation, and container use
Maintenance of sterile
environments
Demonstrate due regard
for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
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 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 and guidance
Discuss with other
members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own
work
Participate in audit
where appropriate.