Job summary
The post-holder will be
responsible for managing a caseload of patients presenting with a wide range of
health care needs within a primary care setting. Working with clinical and
operational colleagues in delivering a safe, high performing, effective,
sustainable, innovative person centred medical service
The post-holder will develop good working
relationships with:
- Patients
- GP colleagues
- Nurses
- Additional Reimbursement roles
- Surgery staff
- Community healthcare staff
- Hospital
staff
Main duties of the job
Clinical Responsibilities:
- To provide a comprehensive range of clinical duties at the agreed Surgeries within our group which are City of Coventry Health Centre, Broad Lane Surgery, Foleshill Surgery and Stoke Aldermoor Surgery.
- To undertake surgery consultations, home visits where necessary, and telephone queries from patients and health care professionals.
- Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation
- To undertake on-call duties as part of the Surgery on-call rota, where agreed. This may include requesting that patients present at the surgery, telephone consultations, home visits and triage.
- Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate
- Work with patients in order to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments. Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side-effects, and interactions
- Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
About us
Coventry and Rugby GP Alliance is committed to supporting
and delivering high quality primary care services to the local population and
strengthening and developing general practices.
We are a private company limited by
shares, and as such, we are wholly owned by the practices within our
Federation, covering a total population of around
450,000.
We continue to provide a range of high quality, accessible
and responsive services, whilst always looking forward to find new ways to
support general practice and our local population.
Our aim is to strengthen primary care for a stronger NHS.
Our work plan continues to evolve to support local and national local policy
developments, as well as local practice, Network and partner needs in terms
of Supporting, Innovating, Delivering and Educating.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
Responsibilities:
- Toprovide a comprehensive range of clinical duties at the agreed Surgeries within our group, located in City of Coventry Health Centre, Broad Lane Surgery, Foleshill Surgery and Stoke Aldermoor Surgery.
- To
undertake surgery consultations, home visits where necessary, and telephone
queries from patients and health care professionals.
- Making
professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether
self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the
organisation
- To
undertake on-call duties as part of the Surgery on-call rota, where agreed.
This may include requesting that patients present at the surgery, telephone
consultations, home visits and triage.
- Admitting
or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care
providers as appropriate
- Work
with patients in order to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed
treatments. Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter
medication on medication regimens, side-effects, and interactions
- Prioritise
health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex,
urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency
care
- Support
patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles
and apply principles of self-care. Support and manage health needs of patients
presenting for family planning or sexual health consultations
- Assess,
identify, and refer patients presenting with mental health needs in accordance
with national and local guidelines.
- 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
- 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).
Other Responsibilities:
- Awareness of and compliance
with all relevant Surgery policies/guidelines, eg prescribing, confidentiality,
data protection, health and safety.
- To
undertake any other duties commensurate with the post holders grade as agreed
with the Lead GP.
- To
attend and contribute to regular administration and clinical meetings whether
formal or informal. This may involve adjustments to workload to allow
attendance.
- To
keep up to date with current and forthcoming National Service Frameworks and
NICE guidance and their impact on primary care services
- To
contribute to the clinical governance agenda of the Surgery and to fully
participate in the reporting of incidents as per Practice policy
- 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,
contributing to the maximum Surgery performance under QOF.
- Attending training and
events organised by the Surgery or other agencies, where appropriate.
Communication
- Able
to confidentially utilise a full range of communication methods to disseminate
information to large numbers of people
- Able to confidently adapt communication
style and content to reflect different type of people when making contact.
- Ability to receive highly complex,
sensitive, or contentious information and process appropriately; and where
needed translate this information into a delivery message or plan for the wider
team.
- Lead
in positivity and effective working relationships with commissioners, other
health care providers and other key health care providers and other key
partners to support an integrated approach to high quality patient care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
Responsibilities:
- Toprovide a comprehensive range of clinical duties at the agreed Surgeries within our group, located in City of Coventry Health Centre, Broad Lane Surgery, Foleshill Surgery and Stoke Aldermoor Surgery.
- To
undertake surgery consultations, home visits where necessary, and telephone
queries from patients and health care professionals.
- Making
professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether
self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the
organisation
- To
undertake on-call duties as part of the Surgery on-call rota, where agreed.
This may include requesting that patients present at the surgery, telephone
consultations, home visits and triage.
- Admitting
or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care
providers as appropriate
- Work
with patients in order to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed
treatments. Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter
medication on medication regimens, side-effects, and interactions
- Prioritise
health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex,
urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency
care
- Support
patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles
and apply principles of self-care. Support and manage health needs of patients
presenting for family planning or sexual health consultations
- Assess,
identify, and refer patients presenting with mental health needs in accordance
with national and local guidelines.
- 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
- 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).
Other Responsibilities:
- Awareness of and compliance
with all relevant Surgery policies/guidelines, eg prescribing, confidentiality,
data protection, health and safety.
- To
undertake any other duties commensurate with the post holders grade as agreed
with the Lead GP.
- To
attend and contribute to regular administration and clinical meetings whether
formal or informal. This may involve adjustments to workload to allow
attendance.
- To
keep up to date with current and forthcoming National Service Frameworks and
NICE guidance and their impact on primary care services
- To
contribute to the clinical governance agenda of the Surgery and to fully
participate in the reporting of incidents as per Practice policy
- 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,
contributing to the maximum Surgery performance under QOF.
- Attending training and
events organised by the Surgery or other agencies, where appropriate.
Communication
- Able
to confidentially utilise a full range of communication methods to disseminate
information to large numbers of people
- Able to confidently adapt communication
style and content to reflect different type of people when making contact.
- Ability to receive highly complex,
sensitive, or contentious information and process appropriately; and where
needed translate this information into a delivery message or plan for the wider
team.
- Lead
in positivity and effective working relationships with commissioners, other
health care providers and other key health care providers and other key
partners to support an integrated approach to high quality patient care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration with a licence to practise and entry on the GP Register (Certificate of completion date must be within 2 years).
- Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Practice / Certificate Confirming Eligibility for General Practice Registration (CEGPR), or equivalent.
- Included on a Medical Performers List or eligible.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Desirable
- MRCGP
- Evidence of other specialist interest /development / training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of NHS general practice
- Experience of using electronic clinical patient records
-
- Evidence of working autonomously and as part of a team
- Experience of undertaking audit in general practice
- Knowledge of current and forthcoming NSFs and their impact on primary care services
- Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance
Desirable
- Understanding of policy developments related to the delivery of primary care services including General Practice, the GMS contract, Clinical Governance, Network Contract DES, and Quality & Outcomes Framework
- Knowledge of the health needs of the surgery population
- Eligibility for minor surgery, CHS, obstetrics, family planning accreditation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration with a licence to practise and entry on the GP Register (Certificate of completion date must be within 2 years).
- Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Practice / Certificate Confirming Eligibility for General Practice Registration (CEGPR), or equivalent.
- Included on a Medical Performers List or eligible.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Desirable
- MRCGP
- Evidence of other specialist interest /development / training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of NHS general practice
- Experience of using electronic clinical patient records
-
- Evidence of working autonomously and as part of a team
- Experience of undertaking audit in general practice
- Knowledge of current and forthcoming NSFs and their impact on primary care services
- Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance
Desirable
- Understanding of policy developments related to the delivery of primary care services including General Practice, the GMS contract, Clinical Governance, Network Contract DES, and Quality & Outcomes Framework
- Knowledge of the health needs of the surgery population
- Eligibility for minor surgery, CHS, obstetrics, family planning accreditation
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
