Salaried GP 6-8 sessions with view to partnership relocation fees in Cardigan

The post-holder will manage and be responsible for a defined caseload of patients 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.

Clinical Responsibilities

• Make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone and video consultations, triaging patients on the triage list, on-call doctor duties, visiting patients at home, checking, and signing repeat prescriptions, dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
• Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.
• Assess the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
• Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, develop care plans for health.
• Provide counselling and health education.
• Admit or discharge patients to and from relevant caseloads and refer to other care providers as appropriate.
• Record clear and factual consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Prescribe in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
• Undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated 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.
• Contribute to the development of computer-based patient records.
• Contribute to the summarising of patient records and Read-Coding patient data.
• Attend training and events organised by the Practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

Contribution to the Implementation of Services

• 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.
• Work alongside and with the other GPs, practice nurses, practice manager, reception, and administration staff.
• Work alongside and with external providers including care home staff, district nurses and hospital teams.

Contribution to Usual GP Workload

• Complete routine daily surgery.
• Complete on-call surgeries shared pro rata between all our GPs.
• Complete a pro-rata share of paperwork (after full clinical document management has been completed by our administration team).

Confidentiality

While 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. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.

Health & 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.

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

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.