Clinical Responsibilities: Patient Care: Deliver comprehensive medical care to patients, including consultation, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. Assess, diagnose, and treat a wide range of conditions, initiate referrals to specialist services as necessary. Chronic Disease Management: Oversee the management of complex chronic diseases using patient-centred, structured approaches. Utilise the latest clinical guidelines to ensure effective management of complex conditions. Acute Medical Care: Provide urgent care for acute medical conditions and make decisions regarding the need for emergency hospital admission. Preventative Medicine: Implement strategies aimed at disease prevention and health promotion within the practice population. Home visiting: undertaking home visits including triage of visits as and when required. Administrative Tasks: Record Keeping: Maintain accurate and detailed medical records for all patients, ensuring confidentiality and adherence to GDPR and other relevant legislation. Quality Improvement: Participate in quality improvement programs that include audits, patient surveys, and reviews of services to enhance clinical outcomes. Meeting Participation: Engage in regular multidisciplinary team meetings to collaborate on patient care, practice development, and clinical governance. Educational Activities: Training & Supervision: Provide guidance, teaching, and supervision to junior doctors, medical students, and practice staff to promote continuous professional development within the practice. Continued Professional Development: Maintain and enhance medical skills and knowledge through ongoing CPD and training. Communication: Patient Communication: Employ excellent communication skills to explain diagnoses, management plans, and therapeutic procedures to patients. Collaborative Healthcare Delivery: Work closely with healthcare professionals within the practice and the wider medical community to provide seamless and integrated care for patients. Leadership and Management: Team Involvement: Contribute to the practice's management by offering insights and expertise in the development of practice policies and protocols. Service Development: Assist in the development and implementation of new services within the practice to improve patient care and clinical efficiency. Miscellaneous: The Practice recognises that the role of a General Practitioner is wide and varied is evolving in nature. Therefore, this job description is not intended to be exhaustive and there will be other tasks and duties that the post holder will be expected to perform within what is ordinarily expected of this role.
