Salaried General Practitioner

duties including surgery and online consultations, telephone consultations and queries,

visiting patients at home, checking and signing/authorising repeat

prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a

timely fashion.

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Screening patients for disease risk factors and

early signs of illness

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In consultation with patients and in line with

current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health

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Providing

counselling and health education

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Admitting

or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care

providers as appropriate

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Recording

clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards

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Compiling

and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions

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Prescribing

in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever

this is clinically appropriate

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The

post-holder will be required to visit patients during surgery time in an

emergency if clinically indicated.

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The

post-holder will undertake a fair % of On Call sessions per week as allocated

on the practice rota and participate in the extended hours enhanced service.

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The

post-holder will undertake fair share of home visiting sessions per week as

allocated.

The successful candidate will be offered between 4-8 sessions per week, based on the individual's availability

Confidentiality

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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

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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

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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

Patient Management

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Create

opportunities to address patients care needs in the most expedient way, taking

into

account that continuity of care

and access to services are often in direct conflict.

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Encourage

patients to be aware of the service pressures within primary care and to manage

their

expectations of what we can realistically deliver in a manner that is fair and

proportionate for all care

priorities.

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Make

improved use of the telephone and other technologies. Encourage patients to

rely on face to-face consultation only where there is a clinical need to do so.

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Communicate

and reassure patients of the need to offer alternative care options where appropriate

and safe to do so.

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To

immediately highlight any concerns you may have in respect of safety or quality

of patient care to the PCN Clinical Director/Practice Partners/PCN

Manager.

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:

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Using

personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines

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Identifying

the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way

that manages those risks

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Making

effective use of training to update knowledge and skills

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Using

appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and

safe way and free from hazards.

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Reporting

potential risks identified

Equality & Diversity

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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

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Respecting

the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues

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Behaving

in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and

respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

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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

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Respecting

the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues

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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

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Participation

in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for

maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development

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Taking

responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating

skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work

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Attend

all relevant annual updates

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Inform

the lead GP of any concerns regarding the role and any professional development

needed

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Be

aware of own professional boundaries and what to do when you have reached them

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Awareness of and compliance with all relevant

practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data

protection, health and safety

Quality

The

post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will:

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Alert other team

members to issues of quality and risk

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Work to practice

protocols

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Assess own

performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under

supervision

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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

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Work effectively

with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs

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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:

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Communicate

effectively with other team members

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Be familiar in

all mediums of communications such as email, tasks, telephone etc

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Communicate

effectively with patients and carers

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Recognise

peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly

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Communicate

effectively to outside agencies

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Contribution to

the Implementation of Services

Research and Development

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Is able to identify, critically appraise and

present significant events related to own performance and discuss within the

clinical team.

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Actively contributes to Practice/Service/Team

audit/Research activity as required.

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Instigates audit activity as required e.g. new

services.

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Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical

standard setting within the organisation.

The post-holder will

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Apply

Practice policies, standards and guidance

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Discuss

with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will

affect own work

Greenwich Health is committed to providing quality of care to our patients whilst building resilience for General Practice and delivering services and programmes of work to deliver care at scale to the Greenwich Population.

Valentine Health Partnership is a large state-of-the-art GP Training Practice based in the multicultural borough of Greenwich, with a list size of +32,000 patients and two surgeries, based in Woolwich & Shooters Hill. The practice is friendly, supportive and innovative.

At Valentine we are committed to health promotion & actively involved in a range of schemes & services to provide high-quality care to the local population. We have a Strong team ethos with close-knit clinical team & family-friendly working environment.

We offer competitive remuneration as well as other benefits including:

Skills

Qualifications

Experience