Job Title - Salaried GP
Reports To - GP Partners

Job Purpose
Provide general medical services to the patients of the Village Health Group. Provide clinical assessment and deliver treatments to patients who have undifferentiated health care requirements in order to promote good health and prevent unnecessary acute hospital attendances. Utilise advanced clinical skills and competencies in prescribing, health assessment, medicines management, leadership and case management. Maximise patients health and reduce risks that contribute to ill health. Act as an autonomous practitioner who is open to the flexibility required for the role. Provide clinical support and advice to staff to promote caseload management techniques to reduce unplanned hospital admissions caused by poor control of long-term condition. Work collaboratively across primary, secondary, social care and the voluntary sector to establish a whole systems approach to managing health care needs.

Dimensions
To work with the Village Health Group multidisciplinary team in provision of general medical services to residents and visitors of the practice population and their visitors.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with the Primary Healthcare Team on a day to day basis facilitating effective practice, efficient use of resources and smooth service delivery.

Clinical

• Using expert knowledge, clinical skills and autonomous decision making skills, work collaboratively with other members of the primary health care team to provide a high standard of care.
• Comprehensively assess, review and evaluate the needs of patients with undifferentiated health care needs to improve their physical, psychological and mental health well being to promote self care and reduce the need for hospitalisation
• Accurately manage patients health within the practice, undertaking clinical assessment and providing the necessary treatment including prescribing using local and national guidelines as appropriate
• To develop specialist clinical skills (in self and others) to undertake interventions consistent with evidence based practice in line with national and local policy.
• Develop plans of care in conjunction with patients through: application of clinical knowledge and, analysis of symptoms and data, identification of risk factors associated with those conditions, recognition of early signs of acute illness, involving the patients and the carers in the care plan and ensuring it is understood, documenting safety netting plans and processes
• Use knowledge of medicines and prescribing skills to influence the reduction of risk and complications associated with medication and polypharmacy.
• To utilise effective communication to aid onward referrals to specialists as appropriate. Facilitating a coordinated primary health care response to patient needs
• Ensuring effective communication channels and sharing of information that is beneficial to the patients care and avoids conflict of treatment prescribed by other professionals
• To work in partnership with patients, carers, GPs, and other health professionals as appropriate to promote, develop, initiate and implement proactive care.
• Link with existing services to facilitate care pathways and preventing hospital admissions where possible
• Act as a role model so that patients receive the most effective care possible through encouraging optimum management of healthcare conditions and acting in the patients interests at all times
• Encourage and empower patients and their carers in case management by providing accurate up-to-date information about disease prevention, progression and outcomes to embed a culture of self-management
• Highlight and report any Safeguarding concerns that may arise, working closely with the Safeguarding Lead where required
• Records accurate and contemporaneous I.T. based consultation notes to agreed standards using System One.

Organisational

• Contribute to the collection of appropriate data for QOF and other primary care DES - LES and other services
• Make, implement and communicate changes to clinical practice where necessary whilst continuing to work within scope of profession
• Ensure the safe management of care and service delivery, highlighting and reporting where necessary breaches of this (both internal and external)
• To work closely with other healthcare professionals, practice manager and Rushcliffe CCG to enable the development and implementation of care pathways in line with local and national guidelines
• Act as an educational resource to staff within the organisation
• Maintain up to date knowledge and competence in line with professional and service requirements and demonstrate critical thinking, decision making and reflective skills to analyse own personal and professional development
• Maintain confidentiality at all times

Professional

• Maintains GMC registration and licence to practice
• Complete annual appraisals.
• Maintain a personal development plan and professional portfolio.
• Participate in the PRD review process to identify training and development needs.
• Remain updated and ensure that clinical practice is evidence based.

Communications & Relationships

Internal

• Act as an integral part of the multidisciplinary primary health care team
• Disseminating information within the primary health care team
• Communicate effectively with other professionals and managers, sometimes with different agendas and priorities. The information that is communicated will be of a sensitive nature, as it will involve details of patients health, social status, including safeguarding concerns where identified. The communications will also involve complex issues around application of mental health capacity and Best Interest decisions
• Provide high quality written reports and any other written documentation as required.

External

• Liaise with external agencies and professions effectively; this may be GPs, Secondary Care colleagues, Social Care colleagues, and voluntary organisations

This job description is subject to periodic revision following discussion with the job holder. The duties and responsibilities of the post will be undertaken in accordance with the policies, procedures and practices of the Village Health Group that may be amended from time to time. It is a condition of your employment that you must remain in date with your essential training and the appraisal process, in line with policies and procedures.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GMC Registered, not subject to suspension
• Qualified General Practitioner
• Currently on a CCG performers list
• Clear enhanced DBS check
• Evidence of CPD

Circumstances

• Car owner/driver, with exclusive access to a vehicle
• Able to participate in on-call advice and support service
• Ability to autonomously in the primary care setting

Knowledge, Skills & Experiences

• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team and across organisational boundaries in a UK General Practice
• Understanding of NHS systems
• Understanding of challenges and context within primary care
• Evidence of excellent organisational and planning skills
• Ability to manage and prioritise workload
• Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
• Excellent communication skills written and verbal
• Pro-active approach to change management
• Good understanding of the national strategic context of the NHS
• Ability to make clinical decisions based on latest evidence and local/national policies and guidelines
• Able to professionally and appropriately challenge differing opinions as a patient advocate
• Able to give appropriate telephone advice
• Basic IT skills in word processing, excel and e-mail
• Experience in using I.T. based patient documentation systems
• Able to maintain accurate records
• Understanding of Confidentiality and the Data protection Act
• Understanding of clinical governance and its significance and impact upon practice
• Ability to participate in audit and standard setting
• Awareness of equality and valuing diversity principles
• Evidence of experience / competency in the form of a professional portfolio
• Able to work on own initiative, but knows limitations of own competencies

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).

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