Maternity Cover Salaried GP

The Methodist Church in Britain; Bradley Stoke; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

6 weeks leave

Study leave

Childcare flexibility

Skills development support

Permanent option

Retainer scheme flexibilities

Job summary

Severnside Medical Practice is seeking a GP for a four-month maternity cover in a city-centre setting. The role focuses on surgery, telephone and video consultations, home visits, repeat prescriptions and clinical records. It is four sessions a week, with the option to become permanent.

Qualified GP applicants will be considered at any career stage. The post offers flexibility around childcare and other commitments and a pathway to joining the permanent team for suitable candidates.

Qualifications

• Qualified GP with GMC registration.
• Experience in primary care is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Consultations in surgery, by telephone and video, and home visits.
• Make autonomous clinical decisions and manage presenting problems.
• Check and sign repeat prescriptions and record notes to standards.
• Prescribe within formulary with safe medicines management.
• Develop care plans and contribute to quality and audit processes.

Education

GP qualification

Job description

Maternity cover salaried GP post at Severnside Medical Practice, a city-centre practice, for four months. The work centres on surgery, telephone and video consultations, home visits, repeat prescriptions and clinical records. The post is four sessions a week on Tuesdays and Fridays, with the option to become permanent. Fit turns on being a qualified GP, and newly qualified doctors at any career stage are considered.

What the job involves

• Consultations in surgery, by telephone and by video, and home visits
• Making autonomous clinical decisions on presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred by other clinicians
• Assessing undifferentiated and undiagnosed health needs
• Checking and signing repeat prescriptions and compiling acute and repeat prescriptions by computer
• Prescribing within the formulary, with safe medicines management and Controlled Drugs compliance
• Recording clear, contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
• Admitting and discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other providers
• Contributing to QOF, Enhanced Services and IIF requirements and recording data
• Developing care plans for illness in line with disease management protocols
• Screening patients for disease risk factors, early signs of illness and health education
• Collecting audit data and contributing to the practice audit programme
• Leading on some clinical work, such as governance, CPD and keeping clinical protocols up to date

Qualifications

• Qualified GP

What’s offered

• 6 weeks annual leave
• 1 week of study leave per year
• Flexibility to accommodate childcare and other commitments
• Support to develop skills and interests
• Option to become a permanent member of the team
• Additional flexibilities for GPs joining the retainer scheme