Job description

Job responsibilities

Post :

Salaried GP

Accountable To:

Partner

Education Qualification

Criteria within person specification

Role Definition

As a Salaried GP you 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. As a member of the team and one of the employees you will be expected to set an example to others, assist in education and training and to play a role in target achievement and service development.

To work without supervision and use initiative in execution of duties.

Clinical Responsibilities:

In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the Salaried GP will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including;

• Surgery consultations, telephone consultations, visiting patients at home and in nursing homes, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
• Cover all the clinical management of the patients in surgery as appropriate including initiating investigations, reviewing results, making referrals to secondary care or to other providers as appropriate
• Developing care and treatment plans in consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols as well wider guidance such as that from NICE
• Ensuring appropriate follow up of patients
• Recording clear and contemporaneous computerised consultation notes to agreed standards
• Collecting data for audit purposes
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
• Prescribing generically whenever appropriately and in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary, NICE guidance and Good Prescribing Practice (as defined by British National Formulary guidance)

• Working with and support other members of the primary health care team in delivering high quality primary care
• Promoting the application of standards and codes of Practice set by the Royal College of General Practice, General Medical Council, Department of Health, and local NHS trust
• Take an active role in the practice achieving agreed QOF and other key performance indicator targets.
• Take an active role in delivering clinical and organisational governance.

Other Responsibilities within the Organisation:

• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
• Commitment and contribution to achievement of the highest possible quality standards such as the QOF and other agreed Key Performance Indicator targets
• A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice
• Take an active role in Clinical Commissioning where appropriate
• Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation
• Attendance at regular in-house governance and educational meetings and training as well as events at other agencies as appropriate
• Contributing to the summarising of patient records and accurate Read-Coding of patient data

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 Salaried GP you will have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. 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:

As a Salaried GP you 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:

As a Salaried GP you 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
• Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Quality :

As a Salaried GP you will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will:

• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
• 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.

Communication:

As a Salaried GP you 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
• Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Contribution to the Implementation of Services:

As a Salaried GP you 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.

Personal/Professional Development

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, 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

Contribution to the 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

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Note: This job description is subject to reinterpretation/adjustment after consultation with the job holder in the light of changing circumstances and requirements.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified GP
• GMC full registration
• Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent (JCPTGP)
• Membership of recognised defence union (MPS/MDU)
• MRCGP
• Currently on a performers list
• Never been removed from a performers list for a detrimental reason
• A demonstrable commitment to professional development
• Understands the importance of evidence-based practice and clinical effectiveness
• Evidence of recent self-directed learning or development

Desirable

• DRCOG
• DFP
• DCH

Experience

Essential

• GP Primary Care Experience
• Good understanding of QOF
• Experience of Microsoft Office Applications
• Experience of GP Clinical IT systems

Desirable

• Experience of working within a deprivation area
• EMIS PCS experience
• Docman experience

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• 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
• Strong interest in education
• Ability to relate to the interviewing team
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Initiative and drive
• Pleasant and articulate
• Able to work under pressure
• Self motivated and positive
• Empathetic, honest, caring
• Adaptable and forward thinking
• Enthusiastic and energetic
• Diplomatic and considered hard working, willing and flexible
• Observance of strict confidentiality
• Ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense.
• Flexibility of working hours / able to work at the desired times
• Non smoker
• Good sickness record
• Car driver

Desirable

• Job stability

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

Aelfgar Surgery

Address

Church Street

Rugeley

Staffordshire

WS15 2AB