AddressJob Title:Salaried GP Place of work: IGPF Practices, including Northern Medical Centre (NMC) Reports to: Lead GP, NMC Hours: 4-6 sessions Salary: Competitive. For further information and/or a discussion about this role, please contact our HR team at igpf.hr@nhs.net Contract: Permanent Job description Clinical responsibilities The team is really engaged and enthusiastic about their work, and very supportive and welcoming. You should bear in mind however, that this is a dynamic team which is continuing to develop. These are the things you can do to help become a full member: Show your commitment to high quality, safe care that supports clinical continuity for those patients and clinical circumstances where this is crucial Take part in learning events, audits, and discreet pieces of work where formally agreed Respect ways of working that have been agreed among the clinical team (for example, benzodiazepine prescribing) Commit to understanding your role in practice systems and to flagging where there are learning events so the system can improve Commit to learning new IT systems and innovations in use of IT in service of patient care Commit to supporting continuity where this is clearly best for the patient By taking responsibility and ensuring you follow through and complete tasks where possible (therefore avoiding unnecessary follow up or work by others) Discuss cases with colleagues where appropriate with a commitment to learning from experience and sharing learning Respect multidisciplinary colleagues Work across organisational boundaries when this is in the interests of patient care Keep up to date with new guidance Keep to time as far as this is possible, and raise and discuss continuing problems with time-keeping Sessional allocation: Sessions are composed of either 3 hours of clinical appointments (face to face or telephone), 4.5 - 5 hours of digital triage working side by side a digital hub administrator, or a remote clinical admin session the length and timing of which is negotiable and flexible.
Appointment times are a minimum of 15 minutes with double appointments used for patients who need interpreters and for complex patients. All GPs are expected to do a combination of face to face, triage and admin sessions; the balance of this work is negotiable. The clinical meeting is once a week and once a month there is a whole team meeting instead, in addition to extra educational and reflective practice meetings Ad hoc check ins with the Clinical Lead can be arranged as needed and colleagues can be reached via Teams or in person if you have clinical queries. During the session you may receive an urgent task to provide support and supervision to other members of the practice MDT including but not limited to pharmacy, nursing and admin staff.
These are usually managed by the triage GP. Other responsibilities within the organisation: Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g., prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health, and safety Life-long commitment to audit, contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records Contributing to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work 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. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation.
All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data. Health & safety: The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to): 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 across clinical and patient process Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean, and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines Providing advice on the correct and safe management of the specimens process including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage, and transport arrangements Correct personal use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and ensuring correct use of PPE by others, advising on appropriate circumstances for use by clinicians, staff, and patients Management of the full range of infection control procedures in both routine and extraordinary circumstances (e.g., pandemic, or individual infectious circumstances) Hand hygiene standards for self and others Directly managing all incidents of accidental exposure Management and advice relating to infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practice Active observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness, and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed, and weaknesses / training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate to the responsible person Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that proper use is made of hand cleansing facilities, wipes etc., and that these are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment.
Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate to the responsible manager Safe management of sharps use storage and disposal Maintenance of own clean working environment Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with responsible managers Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum twice annually) Correct waste and instrument management including handling, segregation, and container use Maintenance of sterile environments Be aware of IGPFs impact on the environment and be vigilant and pro-active in ensuring they adhere to the management strategy i.e. recycling, waste management, use of vehicles etc. 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 recognizes 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: You are expected to engage fully in personal development and learning, and the IGPF practice team environments aims to support this for all. You will have a full induction where a locum pack will also be provided which is full of useful information. Please join weekly clinical meetings with doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and HCAs: discussions on specific cases or projects that were working on such as long-term conditions reviews.
Support our culture of discussing cases with fellow colleagues if more guidance is needed. Working with IGPF will give you opportunities to take on more clinical leadership responsibilities and get involved with at-scale projects. In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements for registration are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment including an annual performance review/ appraisal whilst your service with us. Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.
