We are looking for an enthusiastic and reliable SalariedGP for 6 sessions per week to provide high-quality clinical care within a total triageenvironment, including telephone, online, and face-to-face consultations. Thesuccessful candidate will be responsible for monitoring, interpreting, andappropriately actioning laboratory results, supporting the management of acuteand chronic conditions, and contributing to the wider clinical team.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
- Undertake clinical assessments and consultations via telephone, online triage systems, and face-to-face appointments
- Manage and action laboratory results in a timely and clinically appropriate manner
- Provide evidence-based care for acute presentations and long-term conditions
- Support the functioning of a total triage workflow and duty doctor rota
- Maintain accurate and comprehensive patient records using EMIS Web
- Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, including GPs, ANPs, nurses, HCAs, and administrative staff
- Contribute to the delivery of safe, effective, and high-quality primary care services
About us
Dingle Park Practice is a well-established, friendly, andforward-thinking GP surgery serving a diverse patient population in the Dinglearea of Liverpool. We are committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centredcare supported by an experienced clinical and administrative team. Due to aperiod of maternity leave, we are seeking a dedicated and professional GP tojoin us on a temporary salaried basis.
Job responsibilities
Thesalaried GP will be responsible for delivering the full range of primary careservices as part of thepractice ensuring the highest standards of carefor the differing needs of our patient population.
Thesalaried GP will work closely with the practices multi-disciplinary team ofother GPs, nurses and nonclinicalstaff to provide a high quality andaccessible service to patients
Clinicalresponsibilities:
Inaccordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will makethemselves available toundertake a variety of duties including surgeryconsultations, telephone consultations and queries,visiting patients athome, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries,paperwork, referrals and correspondence in a timely manner.
Makingprofessional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whetherself-referredor referred from other health care workers within theorganisation.
Assessingthe health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosedproblems.
Screeningpatients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
Inconsultation with patients and in line with current practice disease managementprotocols,developing care plans for health.
Providingcounselling and health education.
Admittingor discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other careproviders asappropriate.
Recordingclear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
Collectingdata for audit purposes.
Compilingand issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoidinghand-writtenprescriptions whenever possible. EPS is now implemented atthe Practice)
Prescribingin accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) wheneverthis isclinically appropriate.
Ingeneral, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal dutiesand responsibilitiesassociated with a GP working within primary care.
Participatingin local and directed enhanced services.
TRAININGAND 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 oflearning, reflection, complaints, information governance etc.
Participatein and contribute to learning activities such as significant event reviews,clinical audit,protected learning time, video analysis of consultations.
Contributeto delivering teaching for doctors in training in the practice and other healthprofessionals intraining.
Otherresponsibilities with the Practice:
Awarenessof and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g.prescribing,confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.
Acommitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based bestpractice.
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 Read-Coding of patient data.
Attendingtraining and events organised by the practice or other agencies, whereappropriate.
Confidentiality:
Inthe course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us togather, sensitive informationin relation to their health and othermatters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expectthat staffwill respect their privacy and act appropriately.
Inthe performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holdermay have access toconfidential information relating to patients and theircarers, practice staff and other healthcareworkers. They may also haveaccess to information relating to the practice as a businessorganisation.All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictlyconfidential.
Informationrelating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or thebusiness of thepractice may only be divulged to authorised persons inaccordance with the practice policies andprocedures relating toconfidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
Health& safety:
Thepost-holder will engage on a full range of promotion and management of theirown andothers health and safety and infection control as defined in thepractice health & safety policy, the practicehealth & safetymanual, and the practice infection control policy and published procedures.This will include(but will not be limited to):
Usingpersonal security systems within the workplace according to practiceguidelines.
Awarenessof national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory /contractual /professional requirements, and good practice guidelines.
Providingadvice on the correct and safe management of the specimens process,includingcollection, labelling, handling, use of correct and cleancontainers, storage and transportarrangements
Correctpersonal use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and ensuring correct use ofPPE byothers, advising on appropriate circumstances for use byclinicians, staff and patients.
Managementof the full range of infection control procedures in both routine andextraordinarycircumstances (e.g pandemic or individual infectiouscircumstances)
Handhygiene standards for self and others
Activeobservation of current working practices across the practice in relation toinfection control,cleanliness and related activities, ensuring thatprocedures are followed and weaknesses/trainingneeds are identified,escalating issues as appropriate to the responsible person
Identifyingthe risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a waythatmanages those risks across clinical and patient process
Makingeffective use of training to update knowledge and skills.
Safemanagement of sharps use, storage and disposal
Maintenanceof own clean working environment
Usingappropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy,clean and sterileand safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial/ corrective action where needed orescalation to responsible management
Activelyidentifying, reporting, and correcting health and safety hazards and infectionhazardsimmediately when recognised
Keepingown work areas and general/patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifyingissues andhazards/risks in relation to other work areas within thebusiness, and assuming responsibility in themaintenance of generalstandards of cleanliness across the business in consultation(whereappropriate) with responsible managers
Correctwaste and instrument management, including handling, segregation, and containeruse
Maintenanceof sterile environments
Demonstratedue regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
Equalityand Diversity:
Thepost-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carersand colleagues, to include:
Actingin a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpretingthem in a way that isconsistent with practice procedures and policies, andcurrent legislation
Respectingthe privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
Behavingin a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental andrespects theircircumstances, feelings priorities and rights
Personal/ProfessionalDevelopment:
Thepost-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by thepractice as part of thisemployment, such training to include:
Participationin an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility formaintaininga record of own personal and/or professional development
Takingresponsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstratingskills andactivities to others who are undertaking similar work
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 andmakingsuggestions 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:
Thepost-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication withinthe team and willstrive to:
Communicateeffectively with other team members
Communicateeffectively with patients and carers
Recognisepeoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly
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 ownwork
Participatein audit where appropriate
Person Specification
Qualifications
- GMC registration with a licence to practise
- Inclusion on the NHS performers list
- Ability to work confidently within a total triage model
- Competence in reviewing and actioning laboratory results
- Strong clinical judgement and commitment to patient-centred care
- Excellent communication, teamwork, and organisational skills
- Experience using EMIS Web
- Interest in contributing to practice development
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.
