Job summary
ABOUT THE ROLE
At Hama medical centre we are more than just a healthcare provider - we are part of the community we serve. As a family friendly run business, we put the well-being of our patients at the heart of everything we do. With compassion, care, and a personal touch, we are here to support our patient's journeys and always have their best interests in mind. Together at Hama we make our community healthier and stronger, one patient at a time. We are looking for the right person to join us to continue that journey building stronger connections along the way.
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.
Main duties of the job
KEY 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
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
KEY REQUIREMENTS
4. GP Specialist training
5. GMC registration
6. Experience as a GP
About us
PICS is the employer for this role. We collaborate with patients and partners to design and deliver clinically robust health and social care solution through Community Services, Out of Hospital Services, GP Practices, and Primary Care Networks. Find out more about us:
Benefits of working for PICS
We offer a comprehensive package which includes:
7. NHS Pension 2015 Scheme (subject to eligibility)
8. Alternative government-based scheme (subject to eligibility)
9. Competitive leave entitlement that includes maternity, paternity and adoption leave, study leave allowance, and sickness provisions
10. Access to education and training opportunities, depending on your role (CPPE Pharmacy, NHS England Roadmap for First Contact Practitioners, apprenticeship schemes, support professional development)
11. Working in a multi-disciplinary team with support from a wide variety of professionals
12. A flexible approach to a work-life balance
13. Cycle to work scheme (subject to eligibility)
14. Access to Blue Light Card scheme
15. All staff events and conferences
16. Staff engagement (Wellbeing Group, EDI Network, Staff Focus group)
17. Free parking across many sites
18. Personalised induction into the company and job role
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical:
19. 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
20. Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation
21. Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
22. Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
23. Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
24. Providing counselling and health education
25. Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate
26. Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
27. Collecting data for audit purposes
28. Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
29. Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
30. In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
Additional
31. Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
32. A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice
33. Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation
34. Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records
35. Contributing to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data
36. Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
Confidentiality
The post holder will:
37. 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
38. 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
39. 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):
40. Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
41. Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines
42. 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
43. 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.
44. Management of the full range of infection control procedures in both routine and extraordinary circumstances ( pandemic or individual infectious circumstances)
45. Hand hygiene standards for self and others
46. Managing directly all incidents of accidental exposure
47. Management and advice relating to infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practice
48. 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
49. Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process
50. 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
51. 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
52. Safe management of sharps use, storage and disposal
53. Maintenance of own clean working environment
54. 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
55. Actively identifying, reporting, and correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised
56. 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
57. Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum twice annually)
58. Correct waste and instrument management, including handling, segregation, and container use
59. Maintenance of sterile environments
60. 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:
61. 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
62. Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
63. 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:
64. Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
65. 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:
66. Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
67. Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
68. 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
69. Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
70. 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:
71. Communicate effectively with other team members
72. Communicate effectively with patients and carers
73. Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
Contribution to the Implementation of Services
The post-holder will:
74. Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
75. Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
76. Participate in audit where appropriate.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
77. Please provide details of your CPD, using examples where necessary.
78. Please provide your registration number of your GMC professional registration.
Personal Qualities
Essential
79. Please provide details for why you would be a great fit for this role and why you have decided to apply.
Experience
Essential
80. Please provide detailed information of how you feel that your experience is suitable for this role; please provide examples to support your application referring to the job description and person specification for guidance.
Knowledge and skills
Essential
81. Please provide detailed information of how you feel that your knowledge and skills are suitable for this role; please provide examples to support your application referring to the job description and person specification for guidance.