Job description

Job responsibilities

To work as one of a team of Drs and nurses delivering general practice services to patients registered at Belgrave Medical Centre.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• To undertake non-urgent and urgent consultations for registered and temp patients.
• To undertake telephone / triage consultations
• To undertake Home visits
• To undertake On-call clinics and extended hours
• To check and sign patient prescriptions
• To complete the process of daily patient test results
• To produce medical reports as when required
• To complete administration of relevant paperwork including referrals
• To record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes
• Supervisor nursing staff in matters relating to the treatment of patients
• To participate in relevant training and mentorship
• Attend and participate in any Clinical Meetings
• To carry out audits as required
• Keep up to date with advances in medicine and practices and support other medical and clinical staff to do the same
• Maintain own continuous professional development (CPD) and contribute to own enhance personal development performance through continuously developing own knowledge and skills to meet the current and future requirements of the job and respond to the learning needs of the service and by participating in island GP’s annual appraisal
• Be involved in ensuring that QOF/QIF and Enhanced Service targets are met
• Work with management team to achieve standards of quality performance budgets and targets without compromising patient healthcare
• Liaise with the Senior Partner / Practice Manager in the overall functioning and efficiency of the practice
• To share and utilise areas of practice with peers and non-clinical colleagues to inform and enhance patient care
• To liaise with local health services, Hospitals, Walk in Centres, Social Services, District Nursing Team, Palliative Care teams and other external services when a patient referral or specialist advice is required
• To be aware of current Safeguarding processes and refer as appropriate to Social Services/other external agencies.
• Adhere to the local clinical pathways
• To guide prescribing staff so that, prescribing and medicines management is safe and effective and as appropriate, comforms to:
• NICE guidance and DH directions
• Good Prescribing Practice as defined by British National Formulary (BNF) guidance from Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Controlled Drugs legislation
• Shared protocols agreed between the CCG and other NHS providers
• Locally specified Patient Group Direction
• To inform senior colleagues of any factors affecting delivery of the service as soon as they arise
• To raise concerns around risk, malpractice or wrongdoing at work, which may affect patients, staff or the organization, at the earlies reasonable opportunity
• Be supportive of any complaints policy and procedure to ensure proper investigation and appropriate follow up actions.
• To adhere to all practice policies procedures and guidelines
• To comply with the standards set out in the contract of employment
• To undertake any other duties as appropriate to the role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• - MBChB or equivalent
• - Registered on National Performers List
• - Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance
• - Importance of evidence based practice & clinical effectiveness
• - Ability to take independent clinical decisions when necessary and to
• seek further advice from colleagues as appropriate
• - Ability to manage own time and work load
• - Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team or independently
• - Excellent communication skills written and verbal
• - Excellent interpersonal skills ability to communicate sensitively with
• patients, relatives and staff
• - Able to make good clear concise medical notes
• - Knowledge of the NHS
• - Ability to work across different clinical environments and with multi-
• disciplinary teams
• - Excellent time keeping skills
• - Can demonstrate honesty, integrity and appreciation of ethical
• dilemmas
• - Excellent negotiation and conflict management skills
• - Ability to undertake flexible working
• - Willingness to undertake any training for the role as and when r
• required
• - Willingness to undertake audits and appraisals as necessary
• - Ability to use own judgment
• - GP vocational or add experience in general practice
• - Commitment to CPD
• - Potential to cope with stressful situations and work under pressure
• - Able to undertake responsibility
• - Understand the need for strict confidentiality
• - Able to manage change

Desirable

• - MRCGP / DRCOG
• - RCGP Membership to other professional body
• - Valid Basic Life Support Certificate
• - Valid Level 3 Safeguarding
• -Evidence of participation in, progressing and completing clinical audit
• cycles
• - Knowledge of Emis
• - IT skills including Microsoft Office
• - Knowledge of the NHS

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.

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Belgrave Medical Centre

Address

Belgrave Medical Centre

116 Belgrave Road

Stoke-on-trent

ST3 4LR