General Practitioner- Salaried

Job responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

The post holder will be an experienced general practitioner, who acting within their professional boundaries; will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of their care. They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision- making and expert care for patients within the general practice.

The post holder will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures.

The post holder will build effective working relationships with other health care professionals.

The post holder will work within the team of clinicians to deliver excellent primary health care services within the practice.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To provide the full range of NHS General/Primary Medical Services to the patients registered to the Company, temporary residents and patients presenting for immediately necessary treatment including clinical examination, diagnosis, treatment and referral as appropriate

To be personally accountable for professional and ethical actions and practices within a legal and ethical framework that adheres to the GMCs requirements and local policies and procedures

To maintain confidentiality, while communicating patient information, in such a way that preserves the dignity and privacy of the patient and the patients family and carers

To work in a non-judgemental anti-discriminatory way, with regard to the cultural and religious beliefs of individuals and groups

To ensure that prior to any course of action involving individuals/groups, their informed consent or other valid authority has been obtained

To promote and maintain optimum health of the registered patient population of the Company by identifying, planning and undertaking specific health promotional activities with identified individuals and target groups in order to improve their health and facilitate further service development

To establish, develop and maintain appropriate systems for the management of patients with long-term conditions

To support the Performance Manager in ensuring delivery on specified performance elements relating to the Company contracts, e.g. Quality Outcomes Framework, Primary Care Quality Contract, as part of routine administration tasks

To ensure that record-keeping is managed through the creation and maintenance of concise, contemporaneous computerised records, and that all care is recorded accurately and in a timely fashion

To interpret and explain complex facts in relation to a patients condition, taking appropriate action and giving advice in a professional manner to team members, and when appropriate to family and other carers, in such a way that protects and preserves the patients dignity

To have continuing responsibility for Child Protection and Children in Need in all cases of suspected or confirmed abuse, and to ensure compliance with local and national guidelines, policies and procedures

To ensure that concerns and identified potential risks are referred to the appropriate agency immediately

To use evidence-based practice to develop and maintain high quality clinically effective and cost-effective primary care

To assess and diagnose across a wide range of primary health care conditions, order investigations, plan and provide treatment as needed and discharge patients

To assess, tolerate and manage risk and deal with uncertainty

To prescribe in accordance with local formulary and Company guidance.

To provide telephone consultations as required

To ensure the accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with health care and practice administration

To collaborate with other health professionals and agencies as appropriate, liaising and communicating effectively with medical, voluntary and statutory agencies as necessary

Recording clear and contemporaneous I.T. based consultation notes to agreed standards.

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.

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-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

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 ...