Salaried GP

Steppingstones Medical Practice Job Description Job Title: Salaried GP Accountable To: The Partnership Sessions of Work: 4-6 sessions per week days to be discussed JOB SUMMARY The post-holder will support the practice to manage a busy and interesting clinical caseload. They will work as one of a team of practice GPs, nurses and delivering general practice services to patients at Steppingstones Medical Practice. Principle Responsibilities The post-holder will undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations and emergencies, telephone consultations and queries, on-call, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with clinical queries, patient test results, patient medical reports and examinations (e.g. Insurance Companies) on behalf of the Practice, referral letters NHS/private, paperwork and correspondence in a timely manner Making professional decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation Supervising and supporting trainee doctors. Comply with the requirements of the practices General Medical Services (GMS) contract, Enhanced Services contracts and educational/training delivery contracts. Clinical Responsibilities Provide high quality medical services to patients registered with the practice Refer patients as appropriate and in accordance with local protocols and procedures Recording clear and contemporaneous I.T. based consultation notes to agreed standards Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness Manage long-term conditions in accordance with practice, local and national clinical guidelines Undertake duties such as prescription signing, prescribing reviews, telephone advice and queries Extended hours if required in accordance with the rota Participate in the Duty Doctor rota which involves dealing with urgent appointments, home visits, telephone calls and urgent results Undertake clinics, postnatal checks, child developmental checks as agreed or required Prescribe generically and in accordance with the practice formulary/ICB formulary Provide appropriate health promotion advice to all patients Undertake a share of workflow management of incoming correspondence Provide medical reports and letters that require clinical input Ensure good clinical governance is part of patient care and other practice activities Adhere to practice guidelines, policies, and procedures Practice evidence-based medicine Take ongoing responsibility for patients with difficult and complex problems including consistent follow up The post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care. Non-clinical Responsibilities Maintain clinical records (manual/electronic) in line with good practice and in accordance with practice procedures including appropriate coding as agreed in the practice Maintain administrative records in relation to GMS contract, enhanced services contracts, and Long Term Conditions Framework and becoming LTC lead, including coding Work as part of a team to ensure targets are met Work in line with agreed practice procedures and protocols Be available for informal contact with team members, especially other practice GP colleagues Attend and participate on a regular basis on in-house clinical, and educational meetings Contribute to the practices clinical governance and quality activities including clinical audit Maintain regular and consistent and professional attendance, punctuality, personal appearance and adherence to relevant Health and Safety guidelines Training and Education Prepare for and complete the annual external appraisal system, maintaining a license to practice Prepare for and complete the revalidation process Undertake training that meets personal, statutory and mandatory and practice learning needs including recording of learning, reflection, complaints etc. Participate in and contribute to learning activities such as significant event reviews, clinical audit, protected learning time, video analysis of consultations Contribute to delivering teaching for doctors in training in the practice. Supporting and developing our other clinical and non-clinical colleagues 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, the practice Health & Safety Manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to): Ensuring job holders across the practice adhere to their individual responsibilities for infection control and health and safety, using a system of observation, audit and check, hazard identification, questioning, reporting and risk management Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of health and safety and infection control statutory and best practice guidelines and ensure implementation across the business 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 across the business Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards, and initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas clean, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other senior managers Undertaking periodic infection control training 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 Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights Quality The post-holder 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 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 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. Job description Job responsibilities Steppingstones Medical Practice Job Description Job Title: Salaried GP Accountable To: The Partnership Sessions of Work: 4-6 sessions per week days to be discussed JOB SUMMARY The post-holder will support the practice to manage a busy and interesting clinical caseload. They will work as one of a team of practice GPs, nurses and delivering general practice services to patients at Steppingstones Medical Practice. Principle Responsibilities The post-holder will undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations and emergencies, telephone consultations and queries, on-call, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with clinical queries, patient test results, patient medical reports and examinations (e.g. Insurance Companies) on behalf of the Practice, referral letters NHS/private, paperwork and correspondence in a timely manner Making professional decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation Supervising and supporting trainee doctors. Comply with the requirements of the practices General Medical Services (GMS) contract, Enhanced Services contracts and educational/training delivery contracts. Clinical Responsibilities Provide high quality medical services to patients registered with the practice Refer patients as appropriate and in accordance with local protocols and procedures Recording clear and contemporaneous I.T. based consultation notes to agreed standards Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness Manage long-term conditions in accordance with practice, local and national clinical guidelines Undertake duties such as prescription signing, prescribing reviews, telephone advice and queries Extended hours if required in accordance with the rota Participate in the Duty Doctor rota which involves dealing with urgent appointments, home visits, telephone calls and urgent results Undertake clinics, postnatal checks, child developmental checks as agreed or required Prescribe generically and in accordance with the practice formulary/ICB formulary Provide appropriate health promotion advice to all patients Undertake a share of workflow management of incoming correspondence Provide medical reports and letters that require clinical input Ensure good clinical governance is part of patient care and other practice activities Adhere to practice guidelines, policies, and procedures Practice evidence-based medicine Take ongoing responsibility for patients with difficult and complex problems including consistent follow up The post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care. Non-clinical Responsibilities Maintain clinical records (manual/electronic) in line with good practice and in accordance with practice procedures including appropriate coding as agreed in the practice Maintain administrative records in relation to GMS contract, enhanced services contracts, and Long Term Conditions Framework and becoming LTC lead, including coding Work as part of a team to ensure targets are met Work in line with agreed practice procedures and protocols Be available for informal contact with team members, especially other practice GP colleagues Attend and participate on a regular basis on in-house clinical, and educational meetings Contribute to the practices clinical governance and quality activities including clinical audit Maintain regular and consistent and professional attendance, punctuality, personal appearance and adherence to relevant Health and Safety guidelines Training and Education Prepare for and complete the annual external appraisal system, maintaining a license to practice Prepare for and complete the revalidation process Undertake training that meets personal, statutory and mandatory and practice learning needs including recording of learning, reflection, complaints etc. Participate in and contribute to learning activities such as significant event reviews, clinical audit, protected learning time, video analysis of consultations Contribute to delivering teaching for doctors in training in the practice. Supporting and developing our other clinical and non-clinical colleagues 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, the practice Health & Safety Manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to): Ensuring job holders across the practice adhere to their individual responsibilities for infection control and health and safety, using a system of observation, audit and check, hazard identification, questioning, reporting and risk management Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of health and safety and infection control statutory and best practice guidelines and ensure implementation across the business 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 across the business Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards, and initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas clean, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other senior managers Undertaking periodic infection control training 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 Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights Quality The post-holder 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 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 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.