Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical practice

• Provide a full range of primary care services and assist in the service and delivery of the care management of the practice population
• Take a reasonable portion of the clinical workload within practice time including responsibility for booked surgeries, urgent patients and home visits as appropriate
• Participate in primary care development projects and ensure that personal professional development reflects the training and development needs of such projects
• Work with other health care professionals to diagnose, monitor, manage and treat long-term conditions,
• Prescribe and review medication appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with practice guidelines
• Provide information and advice to patients on medication regimens, side-effects and interactions and work with them to support adherence.
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote them to live healthily, and apply principles of self-care
• Protect and preserve patient dignity, privacy and confidentiality and comply with NHS requirements in relation to obtaining informed consent

Communication

• Demonstrate sensitive communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating
• Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate.
• Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication
• Maintain effective communication within the practice environment and with external bodies when required
• Actively participate in practice team meetings.

Delivering a Quality Service

• Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct.
• Be aware of and promote the content of the practice Patient Charter
• Produce accurate and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
• Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality
• Participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation
• Participate in the management and review of patient complaints, and identify learning from clinical incidents and near-miss events utilising a structured framework
• Interpret national strategies and policies into local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice

Personal and people development

• Take responsibility for own development, learning and performance. Agree a personal educational development plan with the Partners which benefits both personal and practice objectives
• Support the development of others in order to maximise staff potential
• Participate in the development of local guidelines, protocols and standards

Team working

• Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of Working Smarter
• Ensure clear referral mechanisms are in place to meet patient need

Management of risk

• Apply infection-control measures within the practice according to local and national guidelines
• Participate in the local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice

Utilising information

• Use technology and appropriate software packages as an aid to the planning, implementation and monitoring of care
• Use accurate Read codes in order to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval for monitoring and audit processes
• Understand the responsibility of self and others regarding the Freedom of Information Act

Learning and development

• Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate using the allocated development time
• Maintain a high standard of continuing personal development and participate in annual appraisal/revalidation
• Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning

Health, Safety and Security

• Know the health and safety policies and procedures within the workplace.

• Use the personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
• Use appropriate infection control procedures and maintain work area so that it is clean, safe and free from hazards reporting any potential risks identified to the appropriate person
• Participate in Health, Safety and Security training when required

Equality and diversity

• Act as a role model in the observance of equality and diversity good practice
• Support people who need assistance in exercising their rights

Job responsibilities

Clinical practice

• Provide a full range of primary care services and assist in the service and delivery of the care management of the practice population
• Take a reasonable portion of the clinical workload within practice time including responsibility for booked surgeries, urgent patients and home visits as appropriate
• Participate in primary care development projects and ensure that personal professional development reflects the training and development needs of such projects
• Work with other health care professionals to diagnose, monitor, manage and treat long-term conditions,
• Prescribe and review medication appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with practice guidelines
• Provide information and advice to patients on medication regimens, side-effects and interactions and work with them to support adherence.
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote them to live healthily, and apply principles of self-care
• Protect and preserve patient dignity, privacy and confidentiality and comply with NHS requirements in relation to obtaining informed consent

Communication

• Demonstrate sensitive communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating
• Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate.
• Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication
• Maintain effective communication within the practice environment and with external bodies when required
• Actively participate in practice team meetings.

Delivering a Quality Service

• Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct.
• Be aware of and promote the content of the practice Patient Charter
• Produce accurate and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
• Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality
• Participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation
• Participate in the management and review of patient complaints, and identify learning from clinical incidents and near-miss events utilising a structured framework
• Interpret national strategies and policies into local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice

Personal and people development

• Take responsibility for own development, learning and performance. Agree a personal educational development plan with the Partners which benefits both personal and practice objectives
• Support the development of others in order to maximise staff potential
• Participate in the development of local guidelines, protocols and standards

Team working

• Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of Working Smarter
• Ensure clear referral mechanisms are in place to meet patient need

Management of risk

• Apply infection-control measures within the practice according to local and national guidelines
• Participate in the local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice

Utilising information

• Use technology and appropriate software packages as an aid to the planning, implementation and monitoring of care
• Use accurate Read codes in order to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval for monitoring and audit processes
• Understand the responsibility of self and others regarding the Freedom of Information Act

Learning and development

• Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate using the allocated development time
• Maintain a high standard of continuing personal development and participate in annual appraisal/revalidation
• Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning

Health, Safety and Security

• Know the health and safety policies and procedures within the workplace.

• Use the personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
• Use appropriate infection control procedures and maintain work area so that it is clean, safe and free from hazards reporting any potential risks identified to the appropriate person
• Participate in Health, Safety and Security training when required

Equality and diversity

• Act as a role model in the observance of equality and diversity good practice
• Support people who need assistance in exercising their rights

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• * MRCGP
• * Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery
• * GMC registered with a licence to practice.
• * Registered on the NHS Performers List.
• * Competent IT Skills

Desirable

• * DFSRH
• * Minor Surgery
• * Comfortable with SystmOne clinical System

Qualifications

Essential

• * MRCGP
• * Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery
• * GMC registered with a licence to practice.
• * Registered on the NHS Performers List.
• * Competent IT Skills

Desirable

• * DFSRH
• * Minor Surgery
• * Comfortable with SystmOne clinical System

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Dekeyser Group Practice

Address

Fountain Medical Centre

Little Fountain Street

Morley

Leeds

LS27 9EN

Employer's website

https://www.fountainmedical.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)