Job summary

Broxbourne Alliance PCN Ltd is seeking a motivated and patient-focused general practitioner to join our established and supportive primary care network serving the borough of Broxbourne. Ideally you will be looking to work 6 sessions over 3 days but we are open to a conversation for the right candidate.

We welcome applications from both experienced and newly qualified GPs and offer a supportive environment with opportunities for development and flexible working.

Apply now to join Broxbourne Alliance PCN Ltd and help shape the future of primary care in Broxbourne.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the role:

• Provide high-quality, safe and effective clinical care
• Undertake face-to-face, telephone and online consultations
• Manage acute and chronic conditions
• Prescribe in line with guidance
• Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team
• Maintain accurate clinical records
• Participate in quality improvement and service development

About us

Broxbourne Alliance PCN is a forward thinking and well established primary care network, looking after around 45,000 patients across the Borough of Broxbourne. Our patients' needs are diverse & we pride ourselves on our patient-centred care.

You will be supported by practice staff and also your PCN colleagues including clinical pharmacists and MSK specialists. We also have an excellent & experienced personalised care team including social prescribers, health & wellbeing coaches and care coordinators, who support the work of GPs with holistic interventions. We are embedded within integrated neighbourhood teams and provide additional services and pathways to our patients to support their overall health & wellbeing.

What we offer:

• Negotiable salary
• Flexible working arrangements
• NHS pension scheme, supportive induction and mentoring
• Multidisciplinary team working
• Continuing professional development opportunities

Job summary

Longfield Medical Centre is looking for an enthusiastic salaried GP to join our friendly, supportive and forward-thinking practice in the heart of the beautiful market town of Maldon, Essex.

We are happy to consider a range of working patterns and welcome applications from GPs seeking full-time or part-time roles. Working days and sessions are negotiable, and we will endeavour to accommodate individual preferences wherever possible. However, the final working pattern will be agreed to ensure it meets both the needs of the successful candidate and the operational requirements of the practice.

Main duties of the job

You will provide high-quality, patient-centred care through a mixture of face-to-face, telephone and online consultations, working alongside our experienced multidisciplinary team. We are looking for someone who enjoys building long-term relationships with patients, values teamwork and wants to contribute to the continued success of a thriving practice.

About us

We are a well-established semi-rural dispensing and GP training practice caring for approximately 16,500 patients. Our team is led by 7 experienced GP partners, with partners always on-site to provide clinical support and foster a collaborative working environment. We pride ourselves on being approachable, supportive and committed to delivering outstanding patient care.

Rated Good by the CQC and consistently achieving excellent QOF outcomes, we have a stable, experienced workforce and a strong multidisciplinary team, including advanced clinical practitioners, clinical pharmacists, paramedics, physician assistants, practice nurses, healthcare assistants, care coordinator, social prescriber, and an excellent administrative and reception team. This allows our GPs to focus on providing high-quality clinical care while working as part of a truly integrated team.

• Flexible number of sessions
• Supportive partnership with partners always available on-site
• Semi-rural dispensing practice with an interesting and varied patient population
• Accredited GP training practice with opportunities to teach and supervise, if desired
• Well-organised systems and experienced administrative support
• Regular clinical meetings and protected learning
• Opportunities to develop clinical interests
• Friendly, inclusive and collaborative team culture
• Competitive salary and NHS pension

Job summary

South Rural Primary Care Network are looking to recruit a PCN Clinical Pharmacist to join their established team based at Holbrook and Shotley Practice. Offered on either a full or part-time basis, the successful candidate will be expected to work across both practices.

The post holder will be an integral part of the general practice team, working in each practice and across the PCN, as well as part of a wider pharmacist network and multidisciplinary team. This includes being a conduit of patient medicines information into and out of hospitals. They will work to optimise medication issues to improve patient care and safety and support clinical staff in the management of patients.

Main duties of the job

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas
• Act as the PCN point of contact for all medicine related matters, establishing positive working relationships
• Liaise with the practices and, where practicable, to standardise the medicines management process across the PCN
• Consult patients within defined levels of competence and independently prescribe acute and repeat medication
• Receive referrals and directed patients from triage services and other clinicians
• Receive and resolve medicines queries from patients and other staff
• Provide medication review services for patients in the practice and during domiciliary visits to the local nursing home
• Manage a caseload of complex patients
• Manage therapeutic drug monitoring system and recall of patients taking high risk drugs, i.e. anticoagulants, anticonvulsants and DMARDs etc.
• Deliver long term conditions clinics and home visits particularly for patients with complicated medication regimes and prescribe accordingly
• Provide pharmaceutical consultations to patients with long term conditions as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team

About us

South Rural PCN provides services to 56,000 patients across rural Suffolk and is headed by 2 proactive, supportive and committed Clinical Directors. Our PCN includes the following practices: Bildeston Health Centre, Constable Country Medical Practice (East Bergholt and Capel St Mary), Hadleigh Health Centre, The Holbrook and Shotley Surgeries and Needham Market Country Practice.

Bildeston Health Centre is a friendly, medium sized, rural dispensing practice. We are CQC rated GOOD and score very highly on the Patient Experience survey. We have a growing list size of 7,600+ patients with two GP partners. We currently have 2 practices nurses, 2 HCAs, and a very supportive care navigation and admin team.

We are active members of the South Rural PCN who provide us with a practice paramedic and clinical pharmacist.

Job summary

Botesdale Health Centre are looking for a professional, conscientious and highly effective Pharmacy Technician to join our friendly team on a part-time basis for 24 hours per week.

Working within their professional boundaries, the successful applicant will work alongside the clinical and dispensary team within the practice and the wider Blackbourne PCN. They will support the practice clinical teams with queries regarding medication from patients, complete audits regarding patient safety in the prescribing of medication and supports public health and screening programmes including immunisations and vaccination programmes whilst participating in quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient outcomes and reduce health inequalities.

Main duties of the job

• Support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients.
• Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.
• Assist in conducting prescribing audits, responding to national safety alerts (e.g., MHRA), and implementing Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) and prescribing incentive schemes.
• Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings. This will be achieved through undertaking clinical audits (e.g., use of antibiotics), supporting quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services.
• Work with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation, including implementing efficient ordering and return processes, and reducing wastage.
• Support practice dispensary team in sorting and streaming general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs to review the more clinically complex requests.
• Support medicines optimisation systems with a range of services.

About us

We are a rural GMS 10,000 patient surgery with 4 Partners, 5 salaried GPs and a fantastic clinical and practice team with an on-site dispensary. We are located in a modern, recently extended surgery with community nurses located on site as well as an X-ray suite and glorious surrounding countryside.