GP roles Flashcards
Who is a GP partner?
A self-employed independent contractor with the NHS. Advantages: Continuity of care, ownership in profits/loss, the scope for innovation, staff management and flexible working hours.
Who is a salaried GP?
A GP employed by practice to perform duties as part of the team. Focuses on clinical care and isn’t involved in the management aspect of primary care.
Who is a GP locum?
GP without a standard employment contract. Advantages include flexibility of working hours and working locations, and also independence.
Who is a GP returner?
A GP part of a scheme for those GPs considering leaving GP or only able to work a small number of hours within clinical practice due to other roles and responsibilities, including childcare or portfolio careers (which means having different jobs as well as being a GP.
Who is a GP retainer?
A GP who is returning to clinical practice, providing financial and indemnity support as well with a supported return to work route.
Who is a GP specialist trainee?
A doctor who has successfully completed foundation training as well as three years in specialist training and eighteen months in hospital specialities and eighteen months in primary care.
Who is a GP w/specialist interest (GPSI)?
a GP who has further postgraduate qualifications and experience, and can provide a further service, in order to improve clinical management in primary care. Other GPs can refer to them.
What should happen with adverse incidents?
1) Senior clinicians have a responsibility to set an example and encourage openness and honesty in reporting adverse incidents and near misses. Clinical leaders should actively foster a culture of learning and improvement.
• These should include systems for conducting audits and considering patient feedback. You must make sure that any concerns about the performance of an individual or team are investigated and, if appropriate, addressed quickly and effectively.”
What should you do when you have concerns about a colleague?
If you have concerns that a colleague may not be fit to practise and may be putting patients at risk, you must ask for advice from a colleague, your defence body or us. If you are still concerned you must report this, in line with our guidance and your workplace policy, and make a record of the steps you have taken.
Why shouldn’t staff register at their own practice?
It is not recommended to be the registered GP for practice staff because:
• Potential for ethical conflict if the patient is unwell and needs to be off work versus the employer’s preference for workers to be at work.
• Potential for breach of confidentiality regarding the medical record.
