Salaried General Practitioner

Clinical

Responsibilities

The

post-holder is expected to take due note of and act in accordance with the

standards of clinical governance that are agreed within the practice. Any

concerns should be brought to the attention of the partners as soon as

practicable.

In

• accordance with the practice timetable, the post-holder will make him/herself
• available to undertake a variety of duties including: surgery consultations,
• telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and
• signing repeat prescriptions, taking action on electronic prescription
• requests, and dealing with queries,
• paperwork and correspondence, (including electronic correspondence), dealing
• with patient test results and medical reports, referral letters, paperwork and
• other correspondence in a timely fashion

Make

professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether

self-referred or referred from other health care workers

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 the caseload and refer to other care

providers as appropriate

Record

clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards, primarily by

use of the computer system and complete the clinical system clinical templates

as appropriate

Collect

and use data for audit purposes

Compile

and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding

hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)

Prescribe

in accordance with the practice standards and locally agreed or national

guidelines 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.

Other Responsibilities

Within the Practice

Awareness

of and compliance with all relevant policies/guidelines including, but not

limited to, prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety,

QOF, CQC

A

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

practice

Contribute

to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation

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 e.g. CPR training. This includes clinical and non-clinical training

and events.

Participate

in practice meetings when requested

Provide

information when reasonably requested by the practice manager to ensure that

all personnel and other records are accurate e.g. hepatitis status

Undertake

lead responsibility for one or more clinical QOF domains as agreed with the partners/practice

manager

To

meet all deadlines for audits and written returns so that the practice meets

quality standards and receives the designated funding (QOF, LES, DES etc.)