Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job title: General Practitioner

SUMMARY OF MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES/POSITION IN STRUCTURE

Will report to the partners (Clinically) and to the Practice Manager (Administration)

SPECIFIC DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical Responsibilities:-

In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery/telephone/video consultations, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork, reports 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.

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 consultation notes to agreed standards.

Collecting data for audit purposes and complying with QOF and local incentive scheme requirements.

Delivering enhanced services.

Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible).

-Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate

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

Other Responsibilities within the Organisation:-

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.

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

Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation.

Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records.

Contributing to the summarising of patient records and Read-Coding patient data.

- 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.

Health and 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:

- Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines.

- Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.

- Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.

- Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.

- Reporting potential risks identified

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 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.

- 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 PREP are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, 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.

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 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.

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.

Commited to working as part of a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency primary care team

Openness to explore alternative working practices

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

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• Qualifications & Training
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• -MBBS or equivalent medical degree
• -Full registration with GMC
• -Certification of Completion of Training (at time of commencing post)
• -Inclusion on Performers List (at time of commencing post)
• -MRCGP (at time of commencing post)
• -Evidence of a commitment to on-going personal & professional development
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• Knowledge & Understanding
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• -Understanding the role of medical services in a wider public health agenda
• -Knowledge of the demographic characteristics that affect health and health care in the area
• -Understanding current NHS policies
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• Experience
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• -Experience of working in primary care in an area with significant health problems
• -Experience of providing primary care
• -Development of areas of clinical expertise
• -Experience of audit and improving care for patients
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• Personal Skills and Qualities
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• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English, both written and verbally.
• Good organisational skills
• Time management skills
• Able to work under pressure
• Working on own initiative
• IT skills (including word processing and database work) as relevant to General Practice
• Committed to quality and patient satisfaction
• Committed to equal opportunities
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• Team worker
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• Commited to working as part of a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency primary care team
• Openness to explore alternative working practices

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Claremont Clinic

Address

459-463 Romford Road

Forest Gate

London

E7 8AB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

A social prescriber is a link worker who empowers people to take control of their health and wellbeing through giving time, focusing on what matters to me and taking a holistic approach. The post holder works to connect people to community groups as well as statutory services for practical and emotional support. Social Prescribers support existing groups to be accessible and sustainable and help people to start new community groups, working collaboratively with all local partners.

The post holder will be deployed in a specific Primary Care Network and Enhanced Access Service, working in partnership with the practice teams in that network to support patients and promote lifestyle changes, preventing ill-health by means of behaviour change techniques. The post requires: good understanding of social prescribing, well-being, and community services and a good understanding of; and ability to provide; motivational and behavioural techniques.

Social prescribing can help to strengthen community resilience and personal resilience, and reduces health inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health, such as debt, poor housing and physical inactivity; and by increasing peoples active involvement with their local communities. It particularly works for people with long-term conditions (including support for mental health), for people who are lonely or isolated, or have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing.

We recognise that existing social prescribing schemes may employ link workers on a different salary scale, however this proposed salary reflects the complexity of the situations that people present with, and the need for a significant level of multi- agency working, including supporting community groups to receive referrals.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• 1. Experience of working directly in a community development context, adult health and social care, learning support or public health/healthimprovement (including unpaid work).
• 2. Experience of supporting people, their families and carers in a related role (including unpaid work).
• 3. Experience of working with the VCSE sector (in a paid or unpaid capacity), including with volunteers and small community groups.
• 4. Experienceof
• partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations.

Desirable

• 1. Experience of supporting people with their mental health, either in a paid, unpaid or informal capacity.
• 2. Experience of data collection and providing monitoring information to assess the impact of services.

Qualifications

Essential

• 1. NVQ Level 3, Advanced level or equivalent qualifications or working towards.
• 2. Demonstrable commitmentto professionalandpersonal
• development.

Desirable

• 1. Training in motivational coaching andinterviewingorequivalent experience.

Knowledge

Essential

• 1. Understandingofthewider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities.
• 2. Knowledgeof community development approaches
• 3. Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the updating digital records accurately, and compiling simple plans and reports.
• 4. Knowledge of motivational coaching and interview skills.

Desirable

• 1. Knowledge of the personalised care approach.
• 2. Knowledgeof VCSE and community services in the locality.

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• 1. Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with people, their families, carers, community groups, partner agencies and stakeholders.
• 2. Abilitytoidentifyriskand assess/manage risk when working with individuals.
• 3. Ability to recognise critical safeguarding concerns and swiftly escalate risks to senior management in line with organisational procedures.
• 4. Understanding of professional boundaries, maintaining strict objectivity and ethical standards in all client.
• 5. Able to work from an asset-based approach,buildingonexisting community and personal assets.
• 6. Able to provide leadership and to finish work tasks.
• 7. Ability to maintain effective working relationshipsandtopromote collaborative practice with all colleagues.
• 8. Commitment to collaborative workingwith all local agencies (including VCSE organisations and community groups). Able to work with others to reduce hierarchies andfind creativesolutionsto community issues.
• 9. Demonstrates personal accountability, emotional resilience and works well under pressure.
• 10. Ability to organise,planand prioritise on own initiative, including when under pressure and meeting deadlines.
• 11. Highlevel ofwrittenandoral communication skills.
• 12.Ability to workflexibly and enthusiastically within a team or on own initiative.
• 13. Understanding of the needs of small volunteer-led community groups and ability to support their development.
• 14. Knowledge of and ability to work to policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety.

Desirable

• 1. Previous PCN, EMIS, Joy and detailed Newham-service knowledge

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Newham Health Collaborative

Address

1st Floor Vicarage Lane Health Ctr

10 Vicarage Lane

Stratford

E15 4ES

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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