Job description

Job responsibilities

• Provide high quality patient care including prevention, screening, treatment, management of chronic conditions and health promotion

• Develop care and treatment plans in consultation with patients and in line with current Practice protocols as well as wider guidance e.g. NICE

• Carry out surgery and telephone consultations and undertake home visits

• Speak and see patients promptly and in a timely manner. In order to minimise waiting times.

• Ensure appropriate follow up of patients

• Generate, check and sign acute and repeat prescriptions in-line with practice policy

• Liaise with other team members and organisations involved in patient care and respond promptly to queries

• Investigate and refer patients as appropriate in line with current guidance

• Deal promptly with results and correspondence, clearly communicating any actions that are required

• Provide cover as needed, for all of the above, when other GPs are on leave

• When providing care ensure the judicious use of resources and NHS funds

• Keep clear and contemporaneous computerised consultation notes and patient records to agreed standards and in-line with practice policies

• Collect data for audit and QoF purposes

• Prescribe generically whenever appropriate and in accordance with the Practice formulary, commissioning and national guidance

• Maintain high levels of communication with patients and carers to ensure effective delivery of care

Other day to day Responsibilities within the Organisation:

• Demonstrate an awareness of, and compliance with, all relevant Practice policies/guidelines e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety

• Demonstrate a commitment and contribution to achievement of the highest possible quality standards such as the QOF, prescribing targets and other agreed performance Indicator targets

• Demonstrate a commitment and contribution to clinical governance processes including significant event review

• Demonstrate a commitment to life-long learning, audit and evidence-based best practice

• Contribute to evaluation and audit within the practice

• Attend and demonstrate commitment to, clinical, clinical governance and educational meetings, ensure that accurate records and minutes are kept and circulated and that action points from previous meetings have been addressed

• Show responsiveness to other doctors and team members working with you at any given time with regard to sharing of workload

• Assist with the training of other staff members and also with the education of doctors and nurses in training as appropriate

• Develop and promote positive collaborative working relationships with partners and all team members

• Liaise with all relevant agencies and services to promote knowledge and awareness of services in the practice and local community

• Complete patient reports within a timely manner

• Take responsibility for own personal development and participate fully in the GP appraisal scheme

• Raise with management if you identify concerns about the health or performance of a colleague or team member

• 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

• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk

• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

• Review all practice-related e-mails and respond promptly to these

• Take responsibility for audits as required

• Take responsibility for targets and services allocated, such as a QOF, Enhanced Services, etc. This includes staying abreast of new guidelines and evidence, developing policies in-line with these and communicating these to the practice team.

• Provide support to the practice manager as required e.g. complaints or governance issues, CCG/NHSE related issues.

• Contribute in developing new areas of work, improving existing services and attending team meetings as required.

• Attend required training events e.g. PLT and feedback key learning points to the team

• Reporting of Significant Incidents involving the practice

• Manage own health and stress and alert partners and practice manager promptly if any health issues arise that may impact on personal performance

Confidentiality

• 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. As a GP you will have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers. You 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. 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 assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health,

safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice

• guidelines

• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities

• in a way that manages those risks

• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills

• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards

• Reporting potential risks identified.

Equality and Diversity

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and

colleagues, to include:

• Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current legislation

• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues

• Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgemental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified GP
• GMC full registration
• Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent (JCPTGP)
• Membership of recognised defense union
• MRCGP
• Currently on a GP performers list
• Never been removed from a performers list for a detrimental reason

Desirable

• DRCOG / DFP / DCH
• Recognised qualifications for GP registrar training

Other Requirements

Essential

• Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check clearance
• Occupational health clearance
• Meet the requirements and produce evidence for GP revalidation
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) commensurate with the role

Experience

Essential

• Have worked in a GP setting
• Microsoft Office applications
• Excellent communication (oral and written) and inter personal skills
• Ability to listen and empathise
• Good time management
• Excellent keyboard and computer Skills
• Problem solving and a 'solutions focused' approach
• Understanding of Clinical Governance and quality issues as well as health and social policy
• Pleasant and articulate
• Hard working, willing and flexible with ability to work under pressure
• Empathetic, honest, caring, diplomatic and considered
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Self-motivated, positive and forward looking
• Observance of strict confidentiality
• Ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense.

Desirable

• Knowledge of local clinical pathways
• GP Clinical IT systems
• Strong interest in education

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Whitby Group Practice

Address

Rievaulx Road

Whitby

North Yorkshire

YO21 1SD