Egremont
We are looking for either part or full time Salaried GPs tojoin our practice in West Cumbria. We are seeking professional and motivatedGPs who are committed to delivering high quality, patient centred care. We are also able to offer a skilled worker sponsorship (tier2) for the right candidates. We would love to hear from you if you have anyquestions about this role or would like to discuss suitable working patterns. Please feel free to contact us and we will be back in touch as soon aspossible. In this role, you will carry out a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visitingpatients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing withqueries, paperwork and correspondence in timely fashion Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation topresenting problems, whether self-referral or referred from other health careworkers within the organisation Assessing the health care needs of patients withundifferentiated and undiagnosed problems Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signsof illness In consultation with patients and in line with currentpractice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health Providing counselling and health education Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseloadand referring to other care providers as appropriate Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes toagreed standards Compiling and issuing computer generated acute and repeatprescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible) Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribingformulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate Further duties for this role are available in the jobdescription Fellview Healthcare is part of the North Cumbria PrimaryCare Alliance. NCPC is a primary care organisation doing things differently. Fellview Healthcare have surgeries throughout West Cumbriaincluding ,Whitehaven, Egremont and Cleator Moor. For more information aboutNCPC and the Fellview Healthcare, please visit the supporting links or contactus with any questions you may have. • In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, thepost-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visitingpatients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing withqueries, paperwork and correspondence in timely fashion, • Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation topresenting problems, whether self-referral or referred from other health careworkers within the organisation, • Assessing the health care needs of patients withundifferentiated and undiagnosed problems, • Screening patients for disease risk factors and earlysigns of illness, • In consultation with patients and in line with currentpractice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health, • Providing counselling and health education, • Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseloadand referring to other care providers as appropriate, • Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes toagreed standards, • Compiling and issuing computer generated acute and repeatprescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible), • Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribingformulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate, • In general the post-holder will be expecting to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care, • Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practicepolicies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, healthand safety, • A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensureevidence-based best practice, • Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standardsetting within the organisation, • Contributing to the development of computer-based patientrecords, • Contributing to the summarising of patient records andread-coding patient data, • Attending training and events organised by the practice orother agencies, where appropriate., • In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust uswith, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their healthand other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect thatstaff will respect their privacy and act appropriately, • In the performance of the duties outlined in this jobdescription, the post-holder may have access to confidential informationrelating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcareworkers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as abusiness organisation. All such information from any source is to be regardedas strictly confidential, • Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues,other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulgedto authorised person in accordance with the practice policies and proceduresrelating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data., • Using personal security systems within the workplaceaccording to practice guidelines, • Awareness of national standards of infection control andcleanliness and regulatory/contractual, professional requirements and goodpractice guidelines, • Providing advice on the correct and safe management of thespecimens process including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct andclean containers, storage and transport arrangements, • Correct personal use of Personal Protective Equipment(PPE_ and ensuring correct use of PPE by other, advising on appropriatecircumstances for use by clinicians, staff and patients, • Management of the full range of infection controlprocedures in both routine and extraordinary circumstances (e.g. pandemic orindividual infectious circumstances), • Hand hygiene standards for self and others, • Managing directly all incidents of accidental exposure, • Management and advice relating to infection control andclinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocolsacross the practice, • Active observation of current working practices across thepractice in relation to infection control, cleanliness and related activities,ensuring that procedures are followed and weaknesses / training needs areidentified, escalating issues as appropriate to the responsible person, • Identifying the risks involved in work activities andundertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinicaland patient process, • Making effective use of training to update knowledge andskills, and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range ofinfection control and patient processes, • Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relationto infection control, ensuring that proper use is made of hand cleansingfacilities, wipes etc, and that these are sufficient to ensure a good clinicalworking environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate to theresponsible manager, • Safe management of sharps use, storage and disposal, • Maintenance of own clean working environment, • Using appropriate infection control procedures,maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free fromhazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalationto responsible management, • Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of healthand safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised, • Keeping own work areas and general / patient areasgenerally clean, sterile, identify issues and hazards / risks in relation toother work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in themaintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business inconsultation (where appropriate) with responsible managers, • Undertaking periodic infection control training 9minimumtwice annually), • Correct waste and instrument management including handing,segregation, and container use, • Maintenance of sterile environments, • Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoplesrights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice proceduresand policies, and current legislation, • Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs ofpatients, carers and colleagues, • Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of theindividual, is non-judgemental and respects their circumstances, feelingspriorities and rights. In addition to maintaining continued education throughattendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements for PREP are met, the post-holder willparticipate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include: • Participation in an annual individual performance review,including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/orprofessional development, • Taking responsibility for own development, learning andperformance and demonstrating skills and activities to other who areundertaking similar work, • Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk, • Assess own performance and take accountability for ownactions, either directly or under supervision, • Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflectingon own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve andenhance the teams performance, • Work effectively with individuals in other agencies tomeet patients needs, • Effectively manage own time, workload and resources, • Communicate effectively with other team members, • Communicate effectively with patients and carers, • Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods ofcommunication and respond accordingly, • Apply practice policies, standards and guidance, • Discuss with other members of the team how the policies,standards and guidelines will affect their own work, • Participate in audit where appropriate., • Fully qualified GP with GMC registration and inclusion on the NHS England Performers List; with evidence of up-to-date clinical practice and commitment to high standards of patient care. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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