Job responsibilities
Main duties of the job
To perform as an autonomous general practitioner working
independently and with other health care professionals to assess, diagnose and
treat the conditions of patients attending within a primary care setting, both
in practice and on home visits.
Provide expert professional advice to patients, carers and
colleagues and ensure the maintenance of 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 have full access to a care to
enable full geographical working across Prestwich PCN and work flexibly to meet
the needs of the PCN.
Collecting data for audit purposes
About us:
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our
multi-disciplinary PCN team which consists of 6 GP Practices, Clinical
Pharmacists, Paramedics, Social Prescribers, Physiotherapists, Care
Coordinators, Health Coach and Pharmacist Technicians.
We are a dynamic, forward thinking PCN who are passionate
about developing and delivering excellent quality local services to meet the
needs of our patients. We are a high achieving PCN performing well across the
board with consistently positive friends and family feedback, leading in covid
and flu vaccinations and managing prescribing targets well.
We are 6 GP Practices in Prestwich PCN. We have a weighted
list size of approximately 40,000 patients between the 6 GP practices.
Our 6 practices are:
Whittaker Lane Medical Centre
Fairfax Medical Practice
Greylands
The Birches
St Gabriels
Longfield Medical Practice
Clinical responsibilities
In accordance with the practice rota, as agreed,
the post-holder will make him/her-self 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
Referring to other care providers as appropriate
Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation
notes to agreed standards
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.
The post-holder will participate in the extended
hours enhanced service.
The post-holder will undertake fair share of
home visiting sessions per week as allocated.
Experience with audit and able to lead audit
programmes
Organisational Quality and Patient services
Recognise and work within own
competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the GMC
Follow all practice, PCN
policies, guidelines, including prescribing, confidentiality, data protection,
security, health and safety policies
Demonstrate efficient and
prompt delivery of administrative tasks
Prioritise, organise and
manage own workload and resources in a manner that maintains and promotes
quality
Assess own performance and
take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
Participate in quality
improvement initiative, including Significant Event Analysis and the review of
patient complaints
Contribute to the ongoing
development of the Practice, PCN local and national standards, targets e.g.
Quality and Outcomes Framework, IIF
Support the aims and objectives of all practice policies and
procedures to ensure high quality care , service delivery and minimise risk.
Communication
Regular communication with
the health professional and managerial and administrative staff of the Practice
to ensure the smooth running of the practice
Liaison with the members of
the wide multi-disciplinary team, including ICB, hospitals, community services
and other agencies (such as local authority, social services and voluntary
agencies) in order to assure appropriate care is provided for the Practice
population
Communicate effectively with
patients and carers, recognising their needs for alternative methods of
communication
Demonstrate sensitive
communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to
treatment
To communicate difficult
often unpleasant or sensitive messages to patients and families
Participate in Practice & PCN Meetings and others as
appropriate
Teamwork
Work as an effective and
responsible team member, supporting partners and other members of the practice
team in a flexible manner
Show commitment to maintain
and demonstrate compliance with practice vision, values and behaviours
Understand own role and scope
within the organisation and identify how this may develop over time
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
Ensure clear understanding
and utilisation of referral mechanisms are in place to meet patient need
Responsibility for Information Resources
Review and process data using
accurate SNOMED coding in order to ensure easy and accurate information
retrieval for monitoring and auditing purposes
Other responsibilities within the Organisation
Contribute to the development
and achievement of the PCN strategy and goals
Participate in and promote
the practice online services to patients (eg online medical viewer), along with
involvement of practice online consultation system
Equality and Diversity:
Act in a way that recognise
the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is
consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current legislation.
Respect the privacy, dignity,
needs and beliefs of patients, carers visitors and colleagues. They must be
treated equally, irrespective of gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual
orientation religion etc Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the
individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings
priorities and rights
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.
Security, Health
& Safety:
The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining
their own and others health, security and safety as defined in each Practice
Health & 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
Personal & Professional Development:
In addition to maintaining continued education through
attendance at any courses and or study days necessary the post-holder will
participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of
this employment, 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
The following information is indicative of current
arrangements, but these are subject to change. The continuing development of
the PCN will influence ongoing changes in work patterns, and some flexibility
is necessary
Person specification
Experience of working in a primary care
environment
Experience of continued professional
development
Experience of QOF
Newly Qualified General Practitioner (with under
2 years from qualification)
Not previously been substantively employed at
a GP Practice
General understanding of the primary care
contract
Experience of medicines management
Experience of
clinical audit
Qualifications
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Qualified GP
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MRCGP
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Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent
JCPTGP
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General Practitioner (Certificate of
Completion of Training CCT)
Skills
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Excellent communication skills (written and
oral)
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Clear, polite telephone manner
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Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
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EMIS user skills
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Effective time management (planning and
organising)
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Ability to work as a team member and
autonomously
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Strong IT skills
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 to check for any
previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants
must have and maintain, for the full duration of the contract, current UK
professional registration and indemnity insurance.
