KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Manage a clinical caseload. 2. Take part in leading on key disease areas (monitoring trends in the Quality and Outcomes Framework treatment, staff training and prescribing). 3. Assist in developing appropriate healthcare services for a diverse, patient list (practice based commissioning, patient participation and health promotion). 4. In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will be available to undertake a number of clinical sessions including queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions, actioning test results, medical reports and examinations (e.g. Insurance Companies) on behalf of the Practice. 5. These duties should be performed in a timely manner using agreed protocols. 6. Appointments will be 10 minutes duration and telephone appointments will be of 10 minutes duration. A student or learner maybe attached for this session. 7.Act upon most alerts (e.g. QOF) and reminders during a routine consultation i.e. (10 minutes). 8. Provide all GP services required as part of the PMS contract held between Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Trust and the commissioning CCG, including all core services such as Child Health Surveillance. 9. Undertake surgeries in accordance with the access needs of the practice population and the contractual obligation of the practice 10. Respond to medical problems presented by patients, including history taking, examination, investigation, diagnosis, treatment and referral where appropriate. 11. Provide appropriate preventative health care and advice. 12. Provide medical support as required to patients referred by nursing staff. 13. Provide free certification in line with Schedule 9 of NHS GMS Regulations (1992). 14. Adhere to the practice prescribing formulary, local and national guidelines. 15. Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self- referred or referred from other health care workers within the Trust. 16. Record clear and contemporaneous I.T. based consultation notes to agreed standards. 17. Collect data for audit purposes. 18. Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible). 19. Engaging in appropriate lifelong educational and audit activity in order to maintain clinical competence and performance, including the completion of objectives agreed by yourself and the practice, in an annual Personal Development Plan. Your Personal Development Plan must be in line with the Practice Development Plan. 20. Actively participating in the training and development of nurses, medical students and GP trainees in the practice. 21. Supporting the practice staff and responding to requests for advice and assistance from the practice reception, secretarial and nursing staff. 22. Attend prescribing, palliative care, clinical and practice meetings. 23. Provide additional enhanced services to the practices that meet the needs of the practices patient population and maximise the income streams to the practice. 24. Undertake additional training where necessary to provide these enhanced services. 25. Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety, annual QOF Assessment of the Practice. 26. Meet all tight timescales/deadlines for audits and written returns to ensure that the Practice meets quality standards and receives the designated funding (e.g. Quarterly Enhanced Services returns, annual QOF audit etc.). 27. Provide holistic person centred care to all patients, treating all with dignity and respect General Duties 1. Be available to take over the responsibility of patient care from the Out of Hours service at 0800 on a working day or where applicable maintain responsibility till the appropriate time when the Out of Hours service takes over care in the evening. This will involve working a shift pattern. 2. Continue to work until all clinical tasks have been completed. To make arrangements with others to cover when planning to leave before the end of the session. 3. Maintain the financial security of the Trust by ensuring accurate and efficient responses to income generation such as reports, dispensed prescriptions, private forms etc. 4. At all times to behave in a professional way that encourages quality care and the development of a team spirit. 360 degree feedback is used to assess clinicians and you will be required to participate in this. Confidentiality 1. 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. 2. 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 Company as a business Trust. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential. Data Protection 1. Do not use the personal data held by the Trust for a purpose not described in the Register entry or disclose such data to a third party. If you are in any doubt regarding what you should or should not do in connection with the Data Protection Act then you must contact your line manager or appropriate senior lead at the time.