Job responsibilities

Part time up to 6 sessions per week. To include Monday and Friday.

Salary range £11,000 - £12,500 (top level for experienced GPs with at 4 years experience post CCT).

Dual location. On call duties optional.

We are not able to support skilled worker visa.

Possibility of WFH one day per week after successful completion of probationary period.

Job Plan (JD)

Responsibilities

• To provide primary medical services to patients of the practice by way of surgeries and relevant administration work together with other duties as may be required by the practice in providing such services to its patients.

• Specifically: organising patient referrals to secondary care, initiating investigations, reading and classifying the results and communicating with patients, reading and taking appropriate action in respect of letters from secondary care, authorising and preparing repeat prescriptions all on a daily basis.

• Liaising with other members of the Primary Care Health Team and other agencies as appropriate, to ensure good relationships are maintained at all times with patients, colleagues and other agencies.

• Working within practice policies on prescribing, referral and other general clinical issues, which the Practice as a whole will from time to time agree.

• Carrying out other duties, both clinical and administrative (including non-NHS medical examinations if required), as are commensurate with the position.

• Maintaining a high standard of care to patients by showing a commitment to continuing professional development and by participation in practice, clinical and training meetings.

• To attend practice meetings associated with your job role; clinical meetings, GP operational meeting, any other meetings arranged as required from time to time.

• Teaching and training Carrying out any duties commensurate with medical student teaching or GP training (debrief if required).

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• - Understand the health and social needs of a local practice patient population
• - Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• - Excellent record keeping skills
• - Understanding of the current issues and challenges facing primary care
• - Confident inn using Word
• - Confident in using Email
• - Excellent time management
• - Good analytical skills

Desirable

• - Use of ARDEN templates
• - Confident in using Excel
• - Minor surgery skills

Qualifications

Essential

• - A medical practitioner whose name is included in the
• General Practitioner Register
• - Not subject to suspension under section 41A of the Medical
• Act 1983
• - Qualified General Practitioner (completed certificate of
• - Completion of Training CCT)
• - Currently on a PCT performers list and not suspended from
• that list or from the medical register
• - DBS clearance
• - Completion of an annual NHS appraisal

Desirable

• - Evidence of further postgraduate educational
• activities in relevant fields
• - MRCGP
• - DCH
• - DRCOG
• - RCGP

Motivation

Essential

• - Commitment to personal and professional development
• - Commitment to education and training

Experience

Essential

• - Recent experience of working in general practice in the UK
• - Commitment to and experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary and skill mixed team environment
• - Experience of working to achieve standards within the Quality
• and Outcome Framework (QOF)

Desirable

• - Evidence of independent working in General
• Practice
• - Experience of supporting service change
• - Evidence of participation in QOF
• - Evidence of participation in Audit

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).