Maternity GP Locum

The Methodist Church in Britain; Addington; On-site; GBP 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site medical leadership support

Regular team meetings

Opportunity to work at Community DIA

Leadership opportunities in disease-hr

Job summary

New Addington Group Practice, part of Bourne Health, seeks a GP locum for a six-session maternity cover for twelve months. The role centers on face-to-face and telephone consultations in 10-minute slots, with home visits and prescription duties.

Fixed Tuesday and Friday sessions; additional days may be available and some sessions at the Community Diagnostic Centre. Candidates must have full GMC registration, a DBS check, and EMIS experience.

Qualifications

• Medical degree required and GP registrar training completed.
• Post-graduate qualification in general practice (MRCGP or MRCP) preferred.
• Experience with EMIS and video/telephone consultations required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver face-to-face and telephone clinical sessions in line with the timetable.
• Carry out home visits, queries, and repeat prescription checks and signing.
• Action test results and write medical reports, including insurance examinations.
• Assess, examine, diagnose, treat and refer patients with medical problems.
• Provide core GP services under the PMS contract, including child health surveillance.
• Undertake duty doctor and paperwork rota duties.
• Run extended-hours surgeries and provide cross-cover at other practices.
• Issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.
• Provide free certification under Schedule 9 of NHS GMS Regulations.
• Lead on a key disease area, covering QOF trends, training and prescribing.
• Participate in practice-based commissioning, enhanced services, audits, and returns.
• Train Nurses, medical students, and GP trainees; attend meetings.

Skills

Video consultations

Telephone consultations

Chronic disease management

Patient confidentiality

Education

Medical degree

GP registrar training completed

Post-graduate qualification in general practice (MRCGP or MRCP)

Tools

EMIS

Job description

Six-session maternity cover locum for a GP at New Addington Group Practice, part of Bourne Health, for twelve months. The work centres on face-to-face and telephone consultations in 10-minute slots, plus home visits, repeat prescription signing, test results and reports. Tuesdays and Fridays are fixed, with flexibility on other days, and sessions can also be worked at the practice's new Community Diagnostic Centre. Full GMC registration and a DBS check are required, and EMIS experience is essential.

What the job involves

• Deliver face-to-face and telephone clinical sessions in line with the practice timetable
• Carry out home visits, queries, and repeat prescription checks and signing
• Action test results and write medical reports, including insurance examinations for the practice
• Assess, examine, diagnose, treat and refer patients with medical problems
• Provide core GP services under the practice's PMS contract, including child health surveillance
• Undertake duty doctor and paperwork doctor rota duties
• Run extended-hours surgeries and provide cross cover at other practices where needed
• Issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions
• Provide free certification under Schedule 9 of the NHS GMS Regulations
• Lead on a key disease area, covering QOF trends, treatment, staff training and prescribing
• Take part in practice-based commissioning, enhanced services, audit and written returns
• Train nurses, medical students and GP trainees, and attend clinical and practice meetings

What's required

Qualifications

• Medical degree
• GP registrar training completed
• Post-graduate qualification in general practice, such as MRCGP or MRCP

Registration & licences

• Full GMC registration

Experience

• Experience working within a GP practice
• Experience of video and telephone consultations
• Experience of using EMIS

Skills & knowledge

• Interest in chronic disease

Checks & eligibility

• Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

Other

• Flexibility to work outside core office hours
• Enjoys working within a large clinical team
• Maintains patient confidentiality at all times

Nice to have

• Minimum 2 years of general practice experience
• GP trainer, or trainer in training
• Extended access, including some 07:30 starts
• Women's health and coil fitting experience

What's offered

• Support from on-site Medical Directors and a Clinical Lead
• Regular team meetings
• Option to work sessions at the new Community Diagnostic Centre
• Opportunity to lead on key disease areas
• Low visiting requests and low paperwork