Job description

Job responsibilities

Dr S Raghavan & Partners

Job Description Salaried GP

Clinical Duties & Responsibilities

• In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations, queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeats prescriptions, dealing with queries, paperwork, reports 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.

• Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems. Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.

• In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health.

• Providing counselling and health education.

• Admitting or discharging patients to and from the case load and referring to other care providers as appropriate.

• Delivering enhanced services.

• Compiling and issuing computer generated acute and repeat prescriptions

• Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.

• Undertake regular clinical audits and completing audit cycles.

• In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Responsibilities with the organisation

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

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

• Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting with the organisation.

• Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records.

• Contributing to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data.

• Attending training and events organised by the Practice or other agencies where appropriate.

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 health 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 and 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: -

1. Using personal security systems within the work place according to Practice guild lines.

1. Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.

1. Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.

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

1. Reporting potential risks identified.

Equality and Diversity

The post holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include: -

1. Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with the Practice procedure and Policies and current legislation.

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

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

Personal and Professional Development

Maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to this employment.

The post holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training to include: -

1. Participation in an annual individual performance review, including talking responsibility for maintaining a record of their own personal and/or professional development.

1. Taking responsibility for their own development, learning, performance and demonstration skills also involvement in activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Quality

The post holder will strive to maintain quality with the Practice and will: -

• Alert other team members about any 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 their own and the team activities, 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

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.

• Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Contribution to implementing services

The post holder will: -

1. Apply Practice Policies, Standards and Guidance

1. Discuss with other members of the team on how the Policies, Standards and guidelines will affect own work.

1. Participate in audit where appropriate.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent Medical Degree
• Qualified GP MRCGP - General practitioner certificate of completion of training CCT
• Full GMC registration

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 (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Heathfield Family Centre

Address

133 Heathfield Road

Handsworth

Birmingham

B19 1HL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.heathfieldfamilycentre.com/ (Opens in a new tab)