Maternity Cover Locum GP

Beckington Family Practice; Bath; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 14,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Beckington Family Practice

Job summary

Beckington Family Practice is seeking a maternity locum GP to cover 6 sessions per week from November 2026 in a friendly semi-rural practice south of Bath. You will work both independently and with the team to maintain high standards of care for registered and temporary patients, and to ensure smooth service delivery.

The role requires UK GP accreditation (MRCGP/CCT) and current GMC registration, with experience in primary care, QOF, and clinical governance.

Qualifications

• Qualified GP with UK registration and CCT/MRCGP.
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• Experience in primary care and QOF.

Responsibilities

• Provide cover for a salaried GP while on maternity leave, handling a full range of general medical services.
• -Domiciliary visits as deemed appropriate.
• -Work both independently and within the team to deliver high-quality care.
• -Maintain and improve clinical governance, and participate in audits.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Clear telephone manner

EMIS/Medicus user skills

Effective time management

Teamwork and autonomous work

Interpersonal skills

Problem solving & analytical skills

Audit experience

Clinical risk management

Prescribing per formulary

Education

MRCGP / CCT

GMC Registration

National Performers List registration

Indemnity (MPS/MDU)

UK practice eligibility

Job description

The vacancy is for a maternity locum GP for 6 sessions per week to join their team from November 2026

Main duties of the job

As a maternity locum GP you will providecover for a salaried GP while on maternity leave, managing a caseload and dealingwith a wide variety of health needs in a primary care setting workingindividually and as a team to ensure a high standard of care for all registeredand temporary patients as you carry out the associated clinical andadministrative duties.

About us

We are a friendly, well established and growing semi-rural training practice based south of Bath, with an ethos for a high standard of patient care.

We seek to preserve the best oftraditional family practice with a willingness to adapt and modernise to ensurea continuing high standard of care to patients with a sustainable workenvironment.

GMS Practice list size 11,500

Four partners, seven salaried GPs, one ANPand one Paramedic Practitioner

Three First Contact Physiotherapists, two PCNParamedics, Health Connector, PCN Pharmacists and two PCNPharmacy Technicians

Purpose built main surgery in Beckington,modern branch surgery in Frome Health Centre

Sessions with twelve x 15 minute appointments

Virtually no home visits, visiting paramedics

EMIS web across both sites (planned transition to Medicus in November)

Total triage

Established training and teaching Practice

Shared network cover of enhanced access

Part of Mendip PCN

Salary £12,285 per session per year

Job responsibilities

The duties of the post are to providecover for a salaried GP while on maternity leave, including a full range ofgeneral medical services as contained within the National Health Services(Primary Care) Act 1997 and which will include domiciliary visits as deemedappropriate.

The post holder is expected to supportthe partners of The Beckington Family Practice in providing all servicesoutlined in the GMS Core Contract and also in the aims and objectives of thePractice.

The post holder is expected to supportand input into the aims of the practice in areas of clinical governance, goodpractice, quality outcomes framework (or its replacement), enhanced services,practice audit, referral review and any other improvement plans as determinedby the practice.

The post holders prescribing shouldbe according to accepted clinical practice and guidance for acute and repeatprescriptions. It should follow practice policies and procedures, e.g. use offormulary and management of repeat prescribing.

The post holder is expected tomaintain and keep good standards of computerised clinical records at all times.Full involvement in any practice training is expected.

The post holder is expected tomaintain and keep good standards of paperwork.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualified GP MRCGP General Practitioner (Certificate of Completion of Training CCT)
• Full GMC Registration
• National Performers List registration
• Appropriate defence indemnity (MPS/MDU)
• Eligibility to practice in the UK independently

Experience

• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Experience of continued professional development
• Experience of QOF and clinical audit
• General understanding of the GMS contract

Skills

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• EMIS/Medicus user skills (but additional training will be provided if needed).
• Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Problem solving & analytical skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
• Experience with audit
• Experience with clinical risk management

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.