Salaried GP

• In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/herself available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations, visiting patients at home and in nursing homes, 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 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
• Cover all the clinical management of the patients in surgery as appropriate including initiating investigations, reviewing results, making referrals to secondary care or to other providers as appropriate
• Developing care and treatment plans in consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols as well wider guidance such as that from NICE
• Providing counselling and health education
• Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate
• Ensuring appropriate follow up of patients
• Recording clear and contemporaneous computerised consultation notes to agreed standards
• Collecting data for audit purposes
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
• Prescribing generically whenever appropriately and in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary, NICE guidance and Good Prescribing Practice (as defined by British National Formulary guidance)
• Working with and support other members of the primary health care team in delivering high quality primary care
• Promoting the application of standards and codes of Practice set by the Royal College of General Practice, General Medical Council, Department of Health, and local NHS trust
• Participate in the practice achieving agreed QOF and other key performance indicator targets as required.
• Take responsibility for targets and services allocated, such as a QOF, Enhanced Services, Commissioning, and CQC as required.
• In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
• Commitment and contribution to achievement of the highest possible quality standards such as the QOF and other agreed Key Performance Indicator targets as required.
• A commitment to life-long learning and evidence-based best practice
• Champion Parkside's Motto, Values and Ethos in all activities
• Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the Organisation
• Contributing to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data
• Attendance at regular in-house governance and educational meetings and training as well as events at other agencies as appropriate
• Assistance with the training of other staff members and also with the education of doctors and nurses as appropriate
• Contribution to research studies and involvement as required

• 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
• As a doctor you will have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. 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.

• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice 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 specimens 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, staff 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 practice
• Active observation of current working practices across the practice 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 GP partners
• 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 GP partners
• 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
• 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 the GP partners
• Undertaking periodic infection control training
• 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.

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

Essential

• The successful candidate must possess and maintain the following qualifications and professional registrations to practice legally and safely in the UK:
• Medical Degree: Full primary medical qualification (MBChB, MBBS, or equivalent) recognized by the General Medical Council (GMC).
• GMC Registration: Full and current registration with the GMC with a license to practice.
• GP Register: Inclusion on the GMC General Practitioner Register.
• Performers List: Inclusion on the National Performers List (England) before commencing employment.
• Postgraduate Qualification: Certification of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Practice, or equivalent, with MRCGP qualification (or equivalent assessment).
• Clearance: Satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.