ARRS General Practitioner - Carlisle Healthcare PCN

Job responsibilities

ARRS GENERAL PRACTITIONER

SESSIONS

Six Sessions Per Week

ACCOUNTABLE TO

Clinical Director Dr Robert Westgate (Clinically)

PCN Operational Managers Tracey Darrington & Julie Swan

HOSTED BY

Carlisle Healthcare

Our PCN

Carlisle Healthcare PCN delivers care to a patient population of around 54,000 patients across 5 sites.

Our aim is to provide exemplary patient care, finding innovative solutions in general practice to deliver the best care we can to our patients.

Our PCN and practice teams have a positive and supportive working relationship, and this role is an opportunity to enhance our PCN services further. We are looking to expand our team by seeking to employ a newly qualified General Practitioner to work alongside our practice and PCN staff.

Our PCN ARRS staff currently includes GP, Clinical Pharmacists, Social Prescribers, Paramedics, First Contact Physiotherapists, Advanced practitioners, Nurses, Care Coordinators and occupational therapist.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a GP to support provision of care to our PCN population. The successful applicant will be expected to work from all practice sites and within the PCN visiting team.

To perform as an autonomous general practitioner working independently with other health care professionals to assess, diagnose and treat the conditions of patients attending within a primary care setting. Provide expert professional advice to patients, carers and colleagues whilst maintaining clinical excellence. To be professionally accountable and responsible for all elements of clinical practice in accordance with the GMC code of conduct, ensuring the safety of patients and quality of their care is primary.

The post holder will need to be capable of independent travel across the network and work flexibly to meet the needs of the business.

This role is a permanent position, working six sessions per week.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

In accordance with the practice rota, as agreed, the post-holder will be available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing/authorising 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 in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health.

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.

Expectation to complete a mandatory induction.

Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.

Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.

The post-holder will be required to visit patients during surgery time in an emergency if clinically indicated.

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.

Attending training and events organised by the network or other agencies, where appropriate.

Participating positively and actively in clinical and network practice meetings.

Four of our practices are training practices, there is a strong ethos around training and development of others, and the successful candidate will support the further training of other roles where appropriate.

Create opportunities to address patients care needs in the most expedient way, taking into account that continuity of care and access to services are often in direct conflict.

Encourage patients to be aware of the service pressures within primary care and to manage their expectations of what we can realistically deliver in a manner that is fair and proportionate for all care priorities.

Communicate and reassure patients of the need to offer alternative care options where appropriate and safe to do so.

To immediately highlight any concerns you may have in respect of safety or quality of patient care to the Clinical Director/Practice Partners/PCN operational managers.

Manage self/Professional Development:

Develops and maintains up to date personal development plan and professional portfolio for purposes of annual individual performance review, appraisal and revalidation.

Is able to develop their own knowledge and clinical practice to meet objectives and changes in service.

Manage own time, workload and resources effectively.

Operate a high standard of probity.

A commitment to learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.

Makes accurate record keeping in EMIS and makes effective use of the clinical system by ensuring the consistent and accurate entering of data and use of Snomed Codes.

Facilitates the use of up-to-date information technology in order to collate accurate and timely information as and when required by the practice.

Works within the Caldicott and Data Protection principles.

Assist in the development of practice protocols for the practice and clinical protocols for the clinical team.

Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.

Can identify, critically appraise and present significant events related to own performance and discuss within the clinical team.

Actively contributes to Practice/Service/Team audit/Research activity as required.

Instigates audit activity as required e.g. new services.

Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation.

The role holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health and Safety Policy.

Use personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines.

Identify the risks involved in work activities and undertake such activities in a way that manages the risks.

Make effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.

Use appropriate infection control procedures, maintain work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.

This job description reflects the current situation. It is subject to review and updating in the light of changing service needs. Details may be changed in consultation with the role holder and/or reviewed at their annual appraisal.

Job descriptions are not designed to be all-inclusive although they will, as far as practicable, be a reasonably accurate and understandable specification of duties. The nature of our organisation demands a flexible approach to provide efficient and modern services to our patients.

This job description may be amended by Carlisle Healthcare Primary Care Network, and you may be required to carry out additional or other duties as reasonably required.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in urgent care and/or a primary care environment
• Experience of dealing with a range of clinical conditions
• Experience of providing home visits
• Proven ability to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of own clinical practice.
• Understanding of evidence-based practice.
• Evidence of working autonomously, with some support and supervision

Desirable

• Experience in triage
• Knowledge of Quality and Outcomes Framework.
• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
• Knowledge of health-promotion strategies

Other Skills and attributes

Essential

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) including recording of accurate clinical notes.
• Strong IT skills and competent in the use of Microsoft Office and Outlook
• Knowledge of General Practice Clinical System EMIS Web
• Effective time management (Planning, Organising and Prioritising), with excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to work autonomously, and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to listen and empathise whilst being honest and caring
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure with and understanding of the audit process
• Polite and confident, flexible and cooperative
• Motivated, forward thinker with ability to use own judgement and common sense
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• High levels of integrity
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Ability to work under pressure / in stressful situations
• Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
• Observance of strict confidentiality.

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Ability to effectively triage, assess and diagnose
• Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
• Assessing and managing acute deteriorations/exacerbations of Long-Term Conditions
• Understands the importance of evidence-based practice
• Ability to assess and manage patient risk effectively and safely.
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs

Qualifications

Essential

• Newly qualified GP - general practitioner certificate of completion of training (CCT) (within 2 years and not having had a substantive post) with full GMC registration and license to practice.
• Experience of working in a GP training practice using EMIS Web

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).