Job summary: The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.
Clinical responsibilities:
1. 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 and in accordance with the contractual obligations set out by the GMS contract.
2. Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.
3. Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
4. Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
5. Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols.
6. Providing counselling and health education.
7. Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate.
8. Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
9. Participating actively in the collection of data for audit purposes.
10. Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.
11. Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
12. Providing support for other clinicians such as nurses, nurse practitioners and health care assistants including the signing of prescriptions where appropriate.
13. Working with other clinicians to establish a culture of learning and professional development and to take part in the training of undergraduates, General Practitioners and other healthcare professionals.
In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
Collaborative working within the Primary Care Network.
Other responsibilities within the organisation:
1. Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.
2. A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.
3. Supporting the primary health care team in all quality initiatives, including the Quality and Outcomes Framework, Investment & Impact Fund, the Care Quality Commission and others as may arise from time to time.
4. Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records.
5. Contributing to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data.
6. Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
To work collaboratively with other members of the Primary Health Care Team, including participating in multi-disciplinary meetings, significant event analyses and other activities in the interest of individual and team development and improved care of patients. To maintain an interest in the practice programme for training and education and contribute effectively to the educational development of learners who may (at different times) be attached to the practice.
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