General Practitioner Newtown Medical Practice

The Methodist Church in Britain; Newtown; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

7 weeks annual leave

Study leave

Out-of-hours rates

Supportive GP partners

Job summary

Newtown Medical Practice is seeking a salaried GP to join a busy practice serving around 13,500 patients. The role covers surgery, telephone consultations, home visits, and prescribing, with 6–8 sessions per week and optional out-of-hours work.

Applicants require MBBS/MBChB, CCT in General Practice, and Full GMC registration with Welsh Performers List eligibility. The post offers a competitive salary dependent on experience and a supportive GP partnership.

Qualifications

• Delivery of high-quality clinical care.
• Good relationships and communication with patients.
• Professional behaviour and probity.

Responsibilities

• Face-to-face and remote GP consultations and home visits.
• Reviewing and signing prescriptions and issuing computer-generated prescriptions.
• Developing personalised care plans with patients.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary team and managing referrals.

Skills

Clinical care

Patient communication

Professional conduct

Education

MBBS/MBChB

CCT in General Practice

Job description

This is a salaried GP post at Newtown Medical Practice, a practice of around 13,500 patients led by four GP partners. The work centres on a varied clinical caseload, covering surgery and telephone consultations, home visits, repeat prescriptions and undiagnosed presentations. Sessions run at six to eight a week with room to increase, plus optional out-of-hours work, and the practice has a dispensing service and minor injuries unit. Applicants need to be on, or eligible for, the Welsh Performers List.

What the job involves

• Face-to-face surgery consultations
• Telephone and remote consultations
• Home visits where clinically appropriate
• Assessing and managing undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions, making autonomous clinical decisions
• Reviewing and signing repeat prescriptions and issuing computer-generated prescriptions
• Managing clinical correspondence, referrals, results and paperwork in a timely way
• Developing personalised care plans with patients
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
• Referring patients to community and secondary care services
• Providing counselling and health education
• Recording clear consultation notes and collecting audit data
• Working collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team

What’s required

Qualifications

• Primary medical qualification such as MBBS or MBChB, or equivalent
• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Practice

Registration & licences

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practise
• On, or eligible for inclusion on, the Welsh Performers List

Experience

• Evidence of Foundation Competencies in line with GMC Good Medical Practice
• Evidence of safe acute clinical care

Skills & knowledge

• Delivery of high-quality clinical care
• Good relationships and communication with patients
• Good working relationships with colleagues
• Professional behaviour and probity

Checks & eligibility

• Eligibility to work in the UK

Nice to have

• Experience working within UK general practice
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary team
• Additional clinical qualifications or areas of specialist interest

What’s offered

• 6-8 sessions a week with flexibility to increase for the right candidate
• 7 weeks annual leave plus 1 week study leave
• Competitive salary dependent on experience
• Optional out-of-hours work at attractive rates
• Opportunities to develop clinical interests
• Nursing, administration and management support
• Supportive and approachable GP partners