Salaried General Practitioner

General Practitioner (GP)

• To work autonomously providing general medical services for patients of Highcroft Surgery registered with us on a permanent, temporary or immediately necessary basis
• To deliver a safe, competent and acceptable standard of medical care, taking part in the day-to-day activities of Highcroft Surgery including surgery, paperwork and home visits where appropriate
• Maintaining appropriate records to ensure continuity and quality of care for patients.

• To collaborate with other GP Partners/employees and practice staff of Highcroft Surgery on practice development to achieve all clinical performance targets and directed or local enhanced services for Highcroft Surgery or Primary Care Network (PCN)
• To take part in Practice Team leadership and take clinical responsibility and accountability for practice population
• Working to promote Highcroft Surgery positively and engage with patients in order to improve service delivery
• To be involved in practice development, identifying service changes and developments in line with clinical needs locally.

• Maintaining records of appointments, financial transactions and other administrative duties
• To maintain skills to the required professional level and undertake such training and development as may from time-to-time be required to maintain personal competency
• Be up to date with mandatory training and share evidence of this for compliance
• Participate in all activities required by CQC registration
• Have a zero tolerance to all forms of abuse Location: Highcroft Surgery, but you may be asked to travel for meetings and training or provide cover for another practice or Primary Care Network at such notice.

Working hours: Number of sessions as agreed in your contract of employment.

• To produce and comply with a work plan developed in partnership with the Practice Manager and Partners to ensure all practice and other work is delivered appropriately and safely
• To undertake appropriate clinical risk assessments and work with the wider team to implement management strategies for risks identified
• Participate in activities required to assess compliance with CQC Fundamental Standards
• To provide high-quality medical services in the context of General Practice to the patients registered with Highcroft Surgery
• To provide a full range of services in line with the agreed requirements of the practice NHS contract including the quality and outcomes framework and any local and enhanced services
• To provide any services as required for the Primary Care Network agreement including shared QOF standards and service specifications
• To provide appropriate care and services to patients in all age ranges and levels of health care needs Role Specific Duties:
• To respond to medical/health problems presented by patients on the registered list including history taking, diagnosis, investigation, treatment and referral as appropriate
• To provide management of long-term conditions in line with national guidelines and pathways
• To read and interpret test requests and results ordered by you and other team members taking appropriate action based on the findings
• To provide appropriate health promotion and preventative health care advice to all patients attending the practice
• To prescribe generically for patients as appropriate to need and be able to provide appropriate clinical rationale with support from the Medicines Management Team
• To carry out appropriate administrative and other duties in line with the needs of the practice including referral to other services, maintenance of records, managing registers etc.
• To maintain clinical records either written or computer based in line with professional code and requirements utilising appropriate coding
• To work in line with appropriate practice policies and procedures including human resources, safeguarding children etc.
• To provide appropriate health education and advice to patients and carers to enable self-management and choice
• To undertake appropriate audit in practice to identify clinical quality issues and markers and define processes to improve clinical outcomes
• To take part in appropriate R&D and audit processes within Highcroft Surgery as agreed in line with primary care division priorities
• Assist management with maintaining compliance with agreed standards
• Promote and implement all the practice policies and procedures
• In the course of your employment you will have access to confidential information relating to Highcroft Surgery and patients.

• The post holder will, if required to do so, obtain, process and/or use information in line with the GDPR requirements
• Participate in the assessment of the effectiveness of health care provided by the practice, such as by auditing records
• Ensure that patients rights are protected
• Promote and participate in a high standard of care within the practice Working with Others:
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with all other employees and contractors at Highcroft Surgery
• To manage the practice caseload in partnership with other practitioners to ensure quality outcomes for patient and carers
• To be actively involved in innovation
• To develop positive collaborative working relationships across all areas of the Care Team (Primary, Secondary and Social Care) and with carers
• To be actively involved and engaged in Highcroft Surgery and wider team meetings and forums to promote communication and development
• To provide on the day/triage for patient and other services as agreed
• To liaise with all relevant agencies and services to promote knowledge and awareness of services in practice and local community
• To work with colleagues to identify ways to ease the burden of demand
• To identify ways to promote opportunities for patient involvement in service development and evaluation
• To work flexibly in order to help cover leave, including holidays and short-term leave during sickness
• To deliver practice development projects for Highcroft Surgery as agreed with practice staff, Managers and Partners or Business Owners
• To share and disseminate acquired knowledge with all Practice Team members through in-practice developmental sessions and clinical governance meetings or significant event analysis (SEA)
• To work collaboratively to ensure that effective clinical governance is incorporatedin the day-to-day practice
• To promote effective communication processes between all team members to enable good working practices
• To maintain communication processes with acute and other colleagues and partners in care to ensure care delivery
• To actively engage in effective communication with the CCG to ensure equity of service delivery and target achievement
• Co-operate in the effective resolution of team conflicts Leading by Example:
• To provide appropriate medical leadership as appropriate to practice requirements
• To identify and utilise best practice through benchmarking and clinical guidelines
• To take ownership and provide leadership to the practice Team in specified clinical areas as part of practice development programme
• To promote through leadership the use of end of life strategies to deliver high-quality palliative care
• To develop and implement as appropriate guidelines, policies and procedures as required
• To utilise the latest available evidence to shape and organise services to reflect needs of practice population
• Co-operate in maintaining a staffing roster for providing adequate levels of care within the practice
• Participate in developing the philosophy, goals and objectives for health care provided by the practice
• Inform the provider of any reported or suspected failings in the provision of care within the practice using the significant event process Personal Responsibilities:
• To have knowledge of and always act within the boundaries of Health and Safety legislation, Data Protection Acts and Care Quality Commission compliance requirements
• Work within the GMC code of conduct
• Support and uphold an open, positive and honest working culture
• To undertake and complete appraisal process on yearly basis
• To undertake and complete GP personal appraisal to ensure revalidation is achieved
• To undertake appropriate training to meet personal and mandatory educational needs and practice development needs
• To undertake practice/personal development, in line with CPD objectives and record activity
• Give agreed notice of periods of absence and leave
• Attend Practice Meetings as required
• Provide information for a DBS check, and inform the practice of any incident that may change the DBS status
• Participate in taking care of your own Health & Safety.

Ensure that you do not do anything to compromise the health and safety of either your colleagues or yourself