Primary Care Network GP role

In accordance with the practice timetable, you

will make yourself available to undertake a variety of duties, including

surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients

at home, 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

Assessing the health care needs of patients with

undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems Screening patients for disease risk

factors and early signs of illness

Developing care plans for health in

consultations with patients and in line with current PCN and practice disease

management protocols

Providing counselling and health education

Admitting or discharging patients to and from

the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate

Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation

notes to agreed standards.

Collecting data for audit purposes as requested

for support.

Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute

and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever

possible)

Prescribing in accordance with the PCN and

practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.

In general, the post-holder will be expected to

undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP

working within primary care.

In addition to the main responsibilities listed:-

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant

PCN and 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.

As requested, supporting/contributing to

evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting

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

PCN, 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 employees will respect their privacy and act appropriately.

In the performance of the duties outlined in

this job description, you may have access to confidential information relating

to patients and their carers, PCN and practice employees and other healthcare

workers. You may also have access to information relating to the PCN and

practices 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 PCN or the

practices may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the

policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of

personal and sensitive data.

Health & safety

You will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and

management of their own and others health and safety and infection control as

defined in the PCN and practices health & safety policy/manual, and the

infection control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will

Not be limited to)

Using personal security systems within the

workplace according to guidelines

Awareness of national standards of infection

control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional

requirements, and good practice guidelines

Providing advice on the correct and safe

management of the specimen process, including collection, labelling, handling,

use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements

Correct personal use of Personal Protective

Equipment (PPE) and ensuring correct use of PPE by others, advising on

appropriate circumstances for use by clinicians, employees and patients.

Management of the full range of infection

control procedures in both routine and extraordinary circumstances (e.g.

pandemic or individual infectious circumstances)

Hand hygiene standards for self and others

Managing directly all incidents of accidental

exposure

Management and advice relating to infection

control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of

those protocols across the PCN and practices

Active observation of current working practices

across the PCN and practices in relation to infection control, cleanliness and

related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed, and

weaknesses/training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate to

the responsible person Identifying the risks involved in work activities and

undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical

and patient process

Making effective use of training to update

knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others across the

full range of infection control and patient processes

Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in

relation to infection control, ensuring that proper use is made of

hand-cleansing facilities, wipes etc., and that these are sufficient to ensure

a good clinical working environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as

appropriate to the responsible manager

Safe management of sharps use, storage and

disposal

Maintenance of own clean working environment

Using appropriate infection control procedures,

maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile and safe way, free from

hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation

to responsible management

Actively identifying, reporting, and correcting

health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised

Keeping own work areas and general/patient areas

generally clean, sterile, 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 responsible managers

Undertaking periodic infection control training

(minimum twice annually)

Correct waste and instrument management,

including handling, segregation, and container use

Maintenance of sterile environments

Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and

promoting the welfare of children.

Equality and Diversity

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 PCN and

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

In addition to maintaining continued education through

attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that

professional development requirements for PREP are met, the post-holder will

participate in any training programme implemented by the PCN as part of this

Employment, with 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

Participation in an annual appraisal and

revalidation.

Taking responsibility for own development,

learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who

are undertaking similar work.

Quality

You will strive to maintain quality within the PCN and

Practice, and will

Alert other team members both at the PCN and the

practices 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.

Positively completing and participating in

Significant Event Audits.

Communication

Recognise the importance of effective communication within

The team and will strive to

Communicate effectively with other team members

North

Cotswold Primary Care Network is an NHS collaboration between 5 GP Practices,

all with a CQC overall good rating Chipping Campden Surgery, Cotswold Medical

Practice, Mann Cottage Surgery, Stow Surgery and The White House Surgery. Our

surgery teams are working closely with each other, enjoying the ability to

share expertise and resources, to develop new services. Our vision is to

continue to improve the quality of care that we provide in alignment with the

need of our patient population. As part of a PCN, we are able to take advantage

of additional staff roles that are now available to support all of our

patients. These additional roles help us to provide the right care at the right

time, from the right professional.

Skills, Knowledge & Competencies

Qualifications

Experience

Work related Personal Qualities