Job description

Job responsibilities

Reporting to: The Practice Partners Drs. Hughes & McClelland on Clinical matters, Management Team, Nese Merkell and Sarah Nunn on Organisational and Administrative matters

Hours of work: 6 sessions per week (F/T) plus equitable shares of Home Visits, covering On-Call duties and Extended Hours.

Contract type: Full time Salaried GP position

Role summary: The post-holder will provide General Medical Services, managing 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

Location: Clapham Family Practice, Mary Seacole Centre, 89 Clapham High Street, London, SW4 7DB

Annual leave: Six weeks annual leave plus public/ bank holidays (FTE or pro rata for any P/T positions).

Study leave: Up to one week per annum

Salary: Negotiable and in line with GPC model, depending on qualifications and experience

Main purpose of the role:

To support the GP partners and one Nursing Team Manager to manage a busy and interesting clinical caseload. The appointee will also have the opportunity to take part in leading on key disease areas (monitoring trends in treatment, staff training and prescribing) and assist in developing appropriate healthcare services for a diverse, patient list (practice based commissioning, patient participation and health promotion. This is a PMS Practice).

Clinical responsibilities:

In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including Face to Face and Telephone consultations. Queries, Home Visits, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with patient test results, patient medical reports and examinations (e.g. Insurance Companies) on behalf of the Practice, paperwork and correspondence, all in a timely manner;

Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation;

Recording clear and contemporaneous I.T. based consultation notes to agreed standards using our EMIS LV clinical system;

o Collecting data for audit purposes;

o Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible);

o Prescribing in accordance with locally agreed or national guidelines.

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 with the Practice:

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.

A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice;

Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation;

Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records;

Attending training, Practice Meetings and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

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. Enhanced Services returns, annual QOF audit etc.)

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;

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 practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.

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 recognises 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;

Personal/Professional Development

In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

Participation in an annual individual performance review, annual GP Appraisal including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development;

Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Quality

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

Alert other team members to issues of Clinical Governance issues, quality and risk; participate in Significant Event Analysis reviews

Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision;

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;

Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs;

Effectively manage own time, workload and resources. He/she will also contribute to the overall team-working of the Practice putting the needs of the Practice first.

Communication

The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

Communicate effectively with other team members;

Communicate effectively with patients and carers;

Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Contribution to the planning and implementation of services

The post-holder will:

Apply practice policies, standards and guidance;

Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work;

Participate in audit where appropriate.

Work with the Partners and Management Team to achieve standards of quality, performance standards, budgets and targets without compromising levels of patient healthcare.

Contribute towards the development and implementation of new standards, policies and procedures that are/will be required of GP Practices now and in the future (as directed by NHS/ DoH/ SHA/ PCT, new legislation etc.)

Mandatory Training

Child Protection (Safeguarding Children) Level 3

Safeguarding Adults Level 2

GDPR/I.G

Infection Control

Basic Life Support

Fire Safety

Health and Safety

PREVENT

Equality & Diversity

Mental Health Capacity Act

NHSD

All Team Members are expected to complete the above within the first week of employment. With regard Child Protection, It is the Practices responsibility to ensure that all Team Members are aware of whom their Line Manager is and who the current Safeguarding GP is for the Practice.

Job Description updated 09/05/2024 Dr. Gerry Hughes is the Current Safeguarding GP for Adults-Dr. Devika Unnikrishnan for Children

It is the responsibility of every Team Member to report any concerns that they may have about a child or that childs interaction with another person, or their surroundings.

FURTHER INFORMATION RE PERSONAL SPECIFICATION, ESSENTIAL & DESIRABLE SKILLS AVAILABLE ON ATTACHED JOB DESCRIPTION

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Fully Qualified GP eligible to work in General Practice in the NHS
• MBBS or equivalent medical degree
• National Performers List Registration
• General Practitioner Register under article 10 of the General and Specialist Medical Practice Order 2003
• Not subject to suspension under section 41A of the Medical Act 1983
• Clear DBS report
• Evidence of commitment to ongoing personal & professional development
• Eligible to independently practice in the United Kingdom
• Experience working in general practice/primary care environment

Desirable

• Desirable Skills & Experience
• Experience and an interest in a specific disease area
• Sexual Health
• Women Health

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

The Clapham Family Practice

Address

Mary Seacole Centre

89 Clapham High Street

London

SW4 7DB