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The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others’ health, safety and security as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection prevention and control policy and published procedures. This will 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, and initiate and manage the training of the administrators. • Using appropriate infection prevention control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards, and initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed. • Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognized. • Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the Practice, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the Practice in consultation (where appropriate) with other sector managers. • Undertaking periodic infection prevention control training (minimum annually). • Routinely managing own team / team areas, and maintaining work space standards. • Demonstrating due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. 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 people’s 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-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights. Personal/Professional development: 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 and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work Quality: The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will: • Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk • Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision • Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the team’s performance • Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients’ needs • Effectively manage own time, workload and resources 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 Safeguarding: It is the responsibility of all staff at Faversham Medical Practice to; • Safeguard and promote the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. • Ensure their safeguarding adults and safeguarding children training is up to date at the level appropriate to their role.