Job description

Job responsibilities

Patient Consultation:

Assess and examine patients with a variety of health concerns.

Take detailed patient histories, conduct physical examinations, and order diagnostic tests when required.

Provide consultations for a range of conditions, including acute illnesses, chronic diseases, and preventive health issues.

Diagnosis & Treatment:

Make accurate diagnoses and develop treatment plans, including prescribing medications and offering lifestyle advice.

Ensure follow-up care for ongoing medical conditions and post-treatment monitoring.

Care Planning:

Create and maintain personalised care plans for patients with chronic conditions or long-term illnesses.

Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure the patient receives comprehensive care.

Health Promotion:

Educate patients on disease prevention, healthy lifestyles, and the management of medical conditions.

Promote immunizations, screenings, and other preventive services in line with public health initiatives.

Documentation & Record Keeping:

Accurately document patient consultations, treatments, and outcomes in electronic health records

Maintain up-to-date patient records in compliance with regulatory and professional standards.

Collaboration:

Work alongside other healthcare professionals (nurses, physiotherapists, specialists, etc.) in delivering patient care.

Participate in regular team meetings to discuss patient progress and care strategies.

Clinical Leadership & Development:

Stay informed of current medical best practices and guidelines.

Participate in professional development opportunities, including continued medical education (CME) and training.

Compliance:

Ensure compliance with all healthcare regulations, legal requirements, and ethical standards.

Adhere to safeguarding policies and patient confidentiality guidelines.

Administration & Meetings:

Complete necessary administrative tasks, including referral letters and reports.

Attend and contribute to practice meetings, patient reviews, and audits as required

Confidentiality

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 and Safety

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health and safety and security as defined in the practice Health and Safety Policy, to include:

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.

Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.

Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.

Reporting potential risks identified.

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-judgemental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights

Personal/Professional Development

In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements for appraisal and accreditation are met, the post-holder will participate 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/or professional development.

Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance as summarised in a Personal Development Plan and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Taking personal responsibility for identification of courses to ensure that objectives in PDP are met and statutory requirements around training are met.

Attendance at clinical meetings and practice away days alongside other members of the clinical and administration team.

Communication

The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and strive to:

Communicate effectively with other team members

Communicate effectively with patients and carers

Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly

Attend meetings of the Primary Health Care team, management meetings as appropriate and any additional meetings that are deemed necessary by the partners.

Contribution to the Implementation of Services

The post-holder will:

Apply practice policies, standards and guidance

Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work

Participate in audit where appropriate

Job responsibilities

Patient Consultation:

Assess and examine patients with a variety of health concerns.

Take detailed patient histories, conduct physical examinations, and order diagnostic tests when required.

Provide consultations for a range of conditions, including acute illnesses, chronic diseases, and preventive health issues.

Diagnosis & Treatment:

Make accurate diagnoses and develop treatment plans, including prescribing medications and offering lifestyle advice.

Ensure follow-up care for ongoing medical conditions and post-treatment monitoring.

Care Planning:

Create and maintain personalised care plans for patients with chronic conditions or long-term illnesses.

Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure the patient receives comprehensive care.

Health Promotion:

Educate patients on disease prevention, healthy lifestyles, and the management of medical conditions.

Promote immunizations, screenings, and other preventive services in line with public health initiatives.

Documentation & Record Keeping:

Accurately document patient consultations, treatments, and outcomes in electronic health records

Maintain up-to-date patient records in compliance with regulatory and professional standards.

Collaboration:

Work alongside other healthcare professionals (nurses, physiotherapists, specialists, etc.) in delivering patient care.

Participate in regular team meetings to discuss patient progress and care strategies.

Clinical Leadership & Development:

Stay informed of current medical best practices and guidelines.

Participate in professional development opportunities, including continued medical education (CME) and training.

Compliance:

Ensure compliance with all healthcare regulations, legal requirements, and ethical standards.

Adhere to safeguarding policies and patient confidentiality guidelines.

Administration & Meetings:

Complete necessary administrative tasks, including referral letters and reports.

Attend and contribute to practice meetings, patient reviews, and audits as required

Confidentiality

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 and Safety

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health and safety and security as defined in the practice Health and Safety Policy, to include:

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.

Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.

Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.

Reporting potential risks identified.

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-judgemental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights

Personal/Professional Development

In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements for appraisal and accreditation are met, the post-holder will participate 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/or professional development.

Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance as summarised in a Personal Development Plan and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Taking personal responsibility for identification of courses to ensure that objectives in PDP are met and statutory requirements around training are met.

Attendance at clinical meetings and practice away days alongside other members of the clinical and administration team.

Communication

The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and strive to:

Communicate effectively with other team members

Communicate effectively with patients and carers

Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly

Attend meetings of the Primary Health Care team, management meetings as appropriate and any additional meetings that are deemed necessary by the partners.

Contribution to the Implementation of Services

The post-holder will:

Apply practice policies, standards and guidance

Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work

Participate in audit where appropriate

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified GP (to be eligible for this position you must be a newly qualified GP and have qualified within the last 2 years
• General Practitioner (Certificate of Completion of Training CCT)
• Full GMC registration
• National Performers List registration England
• Eligibility to practice in the UK independently

Desirable

• Evidence of current validation
• Evidence of last appraisal

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified GP (to be eligible for this position you must be a newly qualified GP and have qualified within the last 2 years
• General Practitioner (Certificate of Completion of Training CCT)
• Full GMC registration
• National Performers List registration England
• Eligibility to practice in the UK independently

Desirable

• Evidence of current validation
• Evidence of last appraisal

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds City Medical Practice

Address

123 Cemetery Road

Beeston

Leeds

LS11 8LH

Employer's website

https://leeds-city-medical.gpsurgery.net/ (Opens in a new tab)