Clinical Responsibilities To provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment at first point of contact by attending to patients according to patient needs either in the Practice or patient's home. Work with practice teams to ensure the process for referral of urgent on the day patients is smooth and appropriate patients are referred making full use of the practitioners skills. To accurately triage and prioritise patients, including in emergency situations, demonstrating the use of a variety of techniques to elicit the history of an event/illness, including past medical and drug history. To evaluate clinical information from examination and history taking, and initiate appropriate treatment and/or referral. To undertake and interpret diagnostics and take appropriate action to manage patient care, whilst distinguishing between abnormal and normal findings in order to relate them to a possible diagnosis. To use broad clinical guidelines (NICE etc) relating them to individual cases, providing assistance and feedback to the organisation and others on how these should be interpreted. To signpost appropriately to other services in the identified healthcare pathway. To refer patients to appropriate care settings, within locally agreed healthcare pathways. To advise and support members of the public on healthy lifestyles, health promotion and disease prevention. To maintain accurate and systematic documentation of patient interactions and clinical care provided, including adverse events. Communication Ensure via use of clinical systems, attendance at meetings and other means that are a core part of the practice MDT supporting patients and work with the wider MDT including staff from SCFT, SPFT, Local Authority and Voluntary Sector organisations. Ensure high quality, clear communication with patients and carers including within challenging situations. Professional To proactively support audit of own caseload and that of colleagues to ensure the quality of the service is maintained an continuously improved. To seek out feedback from other members of the MDT and patients to support this. To undertake all necessary training and be familiar with all policies to ensure that comply with expected procedures and ways of working. To ensure practice is within good clinical governance and based on sound up-to- date clinical evidence. Where appropriate, to identify and assess any risks associated with patient care or to oneself and communicate these risks to the appropriate clinical manager. For further information, please see full job description.