About Us:
The Confederation, Hillingdon CIC works with General Practice and other healthcare providers to deliver its vision for Hillingdon to deliver the best primary care outcomes for patients in the whole of London. We are a not-for-profit community interest company. The Confederation works to develop and support individual GP practices, PCNs and Neighbourhoods and their changing needs. We deliver excellent clinical services ourselves both at scale and complementary to General Practice. We are the provider representative voice for local General Practice into the wider NHS and other Partners. We are of the NHS but independent, innovative and transformational.
The Confederation determines to develop as an attractive place to work, providing rewarding roles and opportunities to grow in order to attract and retain great staff that in turn delivers our vision.
Our Values:
Job Summary
This is a position for qualified GPs to work in Hillingdon. The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.
This post will require you to travel to The Pembroke Centre in Ruislip / The Civic Centre in Uxbridge.
Primary Responsibilities
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In accordance with the service timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone/video consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
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Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the practice or external organisations.
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Assessing the health needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
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Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
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Contributing to QOF requirements and recording data appropriately.
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Contributing to service requirements and recording data appropriately.
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In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health-related illnesses.
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Screening patients for health education.
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Admitting and discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate.
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Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
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Collecting data for audit purposes and contributing to the practice audit programme as required.
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Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions using ESP (avoiding physical or hand-written prescriptions whenever possible).
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Prescribing in accordance with the accepted prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
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Take responsibility for some aspects of the clinical work within the team, for example: coordinating aspects of governance, QOF, enhanced services, CPD and keeping clinical protocols up to date.
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In general, the post holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care, as set by Royal College of General Practitioners, General Medical council, all other Royal colleges and councils applicable to the staff within the practice, Department of Health, Clinical Commissioning Groups and all other regulatory and standard setting organisations.
Collaborative Working Relationships:
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Foster and maintain strong links with the service.
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Explores the potential for collaborative working and takes opportunities to initiate and sustain such relationships.
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Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, and other professionals, other NHS/private organisations e.g. ICBs).
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Can recognise personal limitations and refer to more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary.
Liaises with other stakeholders as needed for the collective benefit of patients including but not limited to:
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Patients and their representatives.
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GP, nurses and other practice staff.
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Other healthcare professionals including community pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, social prescribers, first contact physiotherapists, physicians associate and paramedics.
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Community pharmacists and support staff
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Other members of the medicines management (MM) team including pharmacists, technicians and dieticians
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Locality/GP prescribing lead
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Community nurses and other allied health professionals
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Hospital staff with responsibilities for prescribing and medicines optimisation
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Community nurses and other allied health professionals
Professional Development:
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Work with your line manager to undertake continual personal and professional development, taking an active part in reviewing and developing the role and responsibilities.
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Involved in one to one meetings with line manager monthly to discuss targets and outcomes achieved.
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Adhere to organisational policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety.
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Review yearly progress and develop clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required:
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Recognises priorities when problem-solving and identifies deviations from normal pattern and can refer to seniors when appropriate.
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Able to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct.
Education, Training and Development:
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Understands and demonstrates the characteristics of a role model to members in the team and/or service.
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Demonstrates self-development through continuous professional development activity.
Leadership:
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Demonstrate understanding of, and contributes to, the workplace vision.
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Demonstrates ability to improve quality within limitations of service.
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Reviews yearly progress and develops clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others.
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Demonstrate ability to motivate self to achieve goals.
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Promotes diversity and equality in people management techniques and leads by example.
Health and Safety/Risk Management:
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The post-holder must comply at all times with all local Health and Safety policies, in particular by following agreed safe working procedures and reporting incidents using the organisations Incident Reporting System.
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The post-holder will comply with the Data Protection Act (1984) and the Access to Health Records Act (1990).
Equality and Diversity:
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The post-holder must co-operate with all policies and procedures designed to ensure equality of employment. Co-workers, patients and visitors must be treated equally irrespective of gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion etc.
Patient Confidentiality:
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The post holder must at all times respect patient confidentiality and, in particular, the confidentiality of electronically stored personal data in line with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation and in keeping with
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The Confederation Information Governance Policy and procedures.
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The post holder should not divulge patient information unless sanctioned by the line manager and required for the role.
Communication & Working Relationships:
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The post-holder will establish and maintain effective communication pathways at all times with project team members.
Special Working Conditions:
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The post-holder is required to travel independently between sites (where applicable), and to attend meetings etc. hosted by other agencies.
Job Description Agreement:
This job description is intended to provide an outline of the key tasks and responsibilities only. There may be other duties required of the post-holder commensurate with the position. This description will be open to regular review and may be amended to take into account development within The Confederation. All members of staff should be prepared to take on additional duties or relinquish existing duties in order to maintain the efficient running of the service or function.
This job description is intended as a basic guide to the scope and responsibilities of the post and is not exhaustive. It will be subject to regular review and amendment as necessary in consultation with the post holder.
Person Specification:
Essential Criteria:
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Eligible to work in UK
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Able to carry out duties with or without premises adaptation
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GMC registration
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Other postgraduate qualifications (Minor Surgery, Education, Family planning etc)
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Experience of working within the NHS, with general public & team working
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Well developed IT skills and an enthusiasm for new applications and software
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Good time management and highly organised
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Ability to use initiative, judgement, resourcefulness, common sense and local knowledge
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Interest in quality improvement work
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Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
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Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors when appropriate
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Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
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Produce timely and informative reports
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Gain acceptance for Recommendations and influence/motivate/persuade the audience to comply with the recommendations/agreed course action where there may be significant barriers.
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Work effectively independently and as a team member
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Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
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Self-Motivation
- Adaptable
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Full Driving Licence
- Immunisation status - Hep B / MMR
