Job summary
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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
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. Collecting data for audit purposes
10. Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
11. Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
12. In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
Other responsibilities within the organisation:
13. Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
14. A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice
15. Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation
16. Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records
17. Contributing to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data
18. Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
19. Experience of working to achieve standards within the Quality
20. and Outcome Framework (QOF)
21. Understand the health and social needs of a local practice patient population
22. Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact with patients and other healthcare professionals.
23. Experience of supporting service change
24. Ability to listen actively to patients in a non-judgemental manner.
25. The ability to deal with criticism and work well under severe pressure.
26. Strong attention to detail.
27. Patience and a calm demeanour in stressful situations.
28. Formulating treatment plans and evaluation of progress
29. Ability to work with integrated care pathways, protocols, and patient specific directives.
30. Understanding of the current issues and challenges facing primary care
31. Ability to develop and deliver evidence based care.
32. Experience of service improvement and quality initiatives.
33. Evidence of contributing to practice development and research in clinical area.
34. Ability to understand the importance of and establish own role in Clinical Governance and risk management.
35. Demonstrates evidence of continuous professional development (CPD)
36. Demonstrates awareness of the importance of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
37. Ability to work flexibly to meet Practice demands
38. Sensitive and shows empathy in difficult situations
39. Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, nurses, other staff and agencies (verbal, written and electronic formats)
40. Caring attitude to patients
41. Must value and appreciate the worth of others
42. A recognition of the importance of showing respect, dignity and compassion to patients and colleagues
43. Progressive, forward-thinking attitude
44. Commitment to continuing education and professional development
Qualifications
Essential
45. Fully Qualified GP eligible to work in General Practice in the NHS
46. MBBS or equivalent medical degree
47. National Performers List Registration
48. General Practitioner Register under article 10 of the General and Specialist Medical Practice Order 2003
49. Not subject to suspension under section 41A of the Medical Act 1983
50. Clear DBS report
51. Evidence of commitment to ongoing personal & professional development
52. Eligible to independently practice in the United Kingdom