Job description
Clinical
Responsibilities are as below
In
accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will be
available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations,
telephone consultations, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat
prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork, reports and correspondence
in a timely fashion
Triage
patients presenting to the surgery by telephone, online and in person when on
call
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 and promoting healthy lifestyle
strategies and education
Manage
long-term conditions and patients with complex problems
Recording
clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
Collecting
data for audit purposes and complying with QOF requirements
Delivering
enhanced services
Check,
manage & process patient test results
Refer
patients to secondary care and/or relevant organisations and internally within
the PCN (e.g. to additional roles members of the PCN team) as required
Compiling
and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding
hand-written prescriptions whenever possible) in line with local and national
guidelines
Prescribing
in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever
this is clinically appropriate
In general,
the post-holder will be expected to undertake the duties and responsibilities
associated with a GP working within primary care in a surgery on a PCN basis
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
Responsibilities are as below
In
accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will be
available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations,
telephone consultations, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat
prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork, reports and correspondence
in a timely fashion
Triage
patients presenting to the surgery by telephone, online and in person when on
call
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 and promoting healthy lifestyle
strategies and education
Manage
long-term conditions and patients with complex problems
Recording
clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
Collecting
data for audit purposes and complying with QOF requirements
Delivering
enhanced services
Check,
manage & process patient test results
Refer
patients to secondary care and/or relevant organisations and internally within
the PCN (e.g. to additional roles members of the PCN team) as required
Compiling
and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding
hand-written prescriptions whenever possible) in line with local and national
guidelines
Prescribing
in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever
this is clinically appropriate
In general,
the post-holder will be expected to undertake the duties and responsibilities
associated with a GP working within primary care in a surgery on a PCN basis