General Medical Practitioner Job at Lincolnshire Full Time NEW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical
Responsibilities

To undertake
duties governed by the contract and Direct and Local Enhanced Services
including-

A
variety of duties including face to face surgery consultations, telephone
consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, 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

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

Administration
– dealing with queries, patient test results, referral letters, task, emails
and other paperwork and correspondence in a timely manner

Compiling
and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions

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
responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

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

Develop
care and treatment plans in consultation with patients and in line with current
Practice disease management protocols as well as wider guidance such as that
from NICE.

The
successful applicant will be engaged as a General Medical Practitioner under
the Additional Role Reimbursement Scheme and will be employed on terms and
conditions which are no less favourable than those contained in the document
entitled Model terms and conditions of service for a salaried general
practitioner employed by a GMS practice https://www.nhsemployers.org/system/files/2021-06/TCS-GP-GMS-150409.pdf

As this is a new and evolving role, this
is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, and the post holder
may be required to undertake other duties that fall
within the grade of the job, in discussion with their line manager.

The content of this job description will
be reviewed regularly in the light of changing service
requirements and any such changes will be discussed with the post holder.

Key working
relationships

Local care homes

PCN EHCH Multi-Disciplinary Team

Local Neighbourhood Team

GP Practices within the PCN

Practice Leaders (Partners and Practice
Managers)

PCN Social Prescribers

PCN Clinical Pharmacists

PCN Clinical Directors and Business Manager

Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and NHSE

Community Health Teams both physical and
mental health

Local Authority

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 PCN 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 PCN may only be
divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the employing 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, careers and colleagues, to include:

Acting in a way that
recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that
is consistent with PCN and the member practices 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-judgemental and respects
their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The post-holder will participate in any training
programme implemented by the PCN 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 their own personal and/or professional development

Participation in the PCN
mandatory training programme

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

QUALITY

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality
within the PCN and will:

Alert other team members
to issues of quality and risk

Assess own performance
and take accountability for their 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 patients and carers

Recognise peoples needs
for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly

Communicate effectively
with other team members

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences -e.g. patients
• Good IT skills
• Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
• Produce timely and informative reports
• Work effectively independently and as a team member
• Demonstrate accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
• Ability to work without direct supervision
• Committed to person-centred, non-discriminatory practice
• Forward thinking and innovative
• Able to maintain judgement under pressure
• Flexible approach to work
• Full driving license and use of car to travel around the PCN patch to deliver patient care.

Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC registration.
• Completion of Certificate of Training (CCT) in GP
• Performers List registered
• The General Medical Practitioner must not be:
• a. Prohibited from performing any such service by regulation 24 of the National Health Service England Regulations 2013 – performers Lists
• b. Suspended from the list of medical practitioners maintained and published by NHS England in accordance with section 91 of the NHS Act 2006 or from the registers kept under section 2 of the Medical Act 1983;
• c. and or Subject to interim suspension under 41A of the Medical Act 1983.

Desirable

• Experience of working in NHS General Practice.
• Keeping up with CPD and good knowledge of current guidelines.
• Understanding of QoF, Medicines Management and the general working of GP practices.
• Understanding of SystmOne.
• Excellent communicator and team player.

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

First Coastal PCN

Address

Marisco Medical Practice

Stanley Avenue

MABLETHORPE

Lincolnshire

LN12 1DP

United Kingdom

Employer’s website

https://www.mariscomedicalpractice.com/ (Opens in a new tab)