GP with a view to Partnership - Royal Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom - Kingswood Surgery

Description

Job summary

The salaried GP will be responsible fordelivering the full range of primary care services as part of the practiceensuring the highest standards of care for the differing needs of our patientpopulation with own list of registered patients.

The salaried GP will work closely with thepractice multi-disciplinary team of other GPs, nurses and non-clinical staffto provide a high quality and accessible service to patients.

Clinical responsibilities:

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 and emergencies

Telephone consultations and queries

Home visits.

Compiling and issuing computer generated acute and repeat prescriptions including using electronic prescribing services

Prescribing in accordance with national guidelines

Patient medical reports and examinations ( insurance reports) on behalf of the practice

Referral letters (NHS and private)

Managing paperwork and correspondence in a timely manner.

Dealing with hospital correspondence

Checking and managing pathology and test results

Making professional autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcare workers within the organisation

Assessing the healthcare needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems

Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness

In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health

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 computer based consultation notes to agreed standards

Collecting data for audit purposes

In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care

Complete care plans required for local enhanced services

Participate in enhanced services.

Training and education:

Preparefor and complete the annual external appraisal process

Preparefor and complete the revalidation process

Undertaketraining that meets personal, mandatory and practice learning needs, includingrecording of learning, reflection, complaints, information governance etc.

Participatein and contribute to learning activities such as significant event reviews,clinical audit, protected learning time

Contributeto delivering teaching for doctors in training in the practice and other healthprofessionals in training.

Other responsibilities:

Awarenessof and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety

Acommitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based practice

Excellentcommunication skills when dealing with a diverse patient population andworkforce

ExcellentICT skills with the ability to adapt to fast paced digital transformation

Contributingto evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation

Contributingto the development of computer-based patient records

Contributingto the summarising of patient records and accurate clinical coding of patientdata

Attendingtraining and events organised by the practice or other agencies, whereappropriate.

Generic responsibilites:

Allstaff at Kingswood Surgery have a duty to conform to the following:

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

A good attitude and positive action towardsED&I creates and environment where all individuals are able to achievetheir full potential. Creating such an environment is important for threereasons: it improves operational effectiveness, it is morally the right thingto do, and it is required by law.

Patients and their families have the right to betreated fairly and be routinely involved in decisions about their treatment andcare. They can expect to be treated with dignity and respect and will not bediscriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, genderreassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race,religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Patients have a responsibilityto treat other patients and our staff with dignity and respect.

Staff have the right to be treated fairly inrecruitment and career progression. Staff can expect to work in an environmentwhere diversity is valued and equality of opportunity is promoted. Staff willnot be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, genderreassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race,religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Staff have a responsibility toensure that you treat our patients and their colleagues with dignity andrespect.

Quality:

Thepost-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

Alertother team members to issues of quality and risk

Assessown performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly orunder supervision

Contributeto the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities andmaking suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance

Workeffectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs

Effectivelymanage own time, workload and resources.

Communication:

The post-holder should recognize the importance ofeffective communication within the team and will strive to:

Communicateeffectively with other team members

Communicateeffectively with patients and carers

Recognisepeoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respondaccordingly.

Contributionto the implementation of services:

Thepost-holder will:

Applypractice policies, standards and guidance

Discusswith other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines willaffect own work

Participatein audit where appropriate.

Confidentiality

Thispractice is committed to maintaining an outstanding confidential service.

Inthe course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us togather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and havea right to expect that all staff will respect their privacy and maintainconfidentiality at all times. It is essential that if, the legal requirementsare to be met and the trust of our patients is to be retained that all staffprotect patient information and provide a confidential service

Inthe performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holdermay have access to confidential information relating to patients and theircarers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have accessto information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All suchinformation from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential

Informationrelating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or thebusiness of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordancewith the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and theprotection of personal and sensitive data.

Collaborative Working

Allstaff are to recognise the significance of collaborative working. Teamwork isessential in multidisciplinary environments. Effective communication isessential and all staff must ensure they communicate in a manner which enablesthe sharing of information in an appropriate manner.

Clinical knowledge and skills

Essential

Other

Essential

Desirable

Personal qualities

Essential

Skills

Essential

Desirable

Qualifications

Essential

Experience

Essential

Desirable