Salaried GP

Delivering exceptional healthcare to patients, diagnosing and treating a wide range of medical conditions

Collaborating within the multi-disciplinary team to ensure comprehensive, co-ordinated and high quality patient care

Participating in clinical meetings, case discussions, and continuous professional development activities

Adhering to best practice guidelines, ethical standards and regulatory requirements

Contributing to quality improvement initiatives and promoting a culture of excellence

Flexibility to provide a mix of telephone and face to face patient appointments

Clinical responsibilities

In accordance with the practice timetable, the post-holder will undertake a variety of duties, including;

face to face consultations, telephone consultations and answering queries

visiting patients at home

checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries relating to medicines management

dealing with 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 professionals

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 consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols

Providing counselling and health education

Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards

Collecting data for audit purposes

Prescribing in accordance with the local 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.

Other responsibilities within the organisation

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines

A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice

Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting

Using appropriate templates and protocols to ensure the correct summarising, recording and read coding of patient records

Attending training and events organised by the 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 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.

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.

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 your annual appraisal are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice 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

Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work

Ensuring that all statutory and mandatory training is kept up to date as directed by the practice

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 ensure suitable use of 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

Respond to communications internally and externally in a timely manner

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

Participate in audit where appropriate

We are a forward thinking partnership, who appreciates the need for work/life balance, clinical supervision and support. We also support flexible scheduling options.

We are supported by our local Training Hub to ensure our staff have access to excellent training and development opportunities and we are keen to support portfolio working arrangements.

We are fully engaged with our local Primary Care Networks, including provision of localised services and we host at one of our sites some of the Sutton borough extended access services.

Qualifications

Experience

Other Skills