Rural GP Locum: 5 Sessions/Week, Maternity Cover

Alton Surgery; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Alton Surgery is seeking a friendly Locum GP to cover five clinical sessions weekly for maternity leave, starting mid January 2027, for at least 14 weeks. The practice serves 2,700 patients in a small rural area and operates as a multidisciplinary team focused on patient-centred care.

You will join a stable team using EMIS Web, AccuRx, and Ardens to manage triage, care delivery and QA. Regular MDT access is available through ARRS.

Qualifications

• Qualified GP with CCT/JCPTGP evidence.
• Full GMC registration.
• Performers List registration.

Responsibilities

• Face to face consultations, telephone consultations and occasional home visits.
• Managing patient triages appropriately and effectively through AccuRx.
• Checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
• Provide high-quality patient care.
• Excellent communication with patients, carers and colleagues.
• Supervision of non-medical colleagues and medical trainees.
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
• Help maintaining QOF scores, contributing to targeted clinics or audits where required.

Education

Qualified GP (Evidence of CCT / JCPTGP)

Full GMC registration

Performers List registration

Job description

Alton Surgery is seeking a friendly Locum GP to cover five clinical sessions weekly for maternity leave, starting mid January 2027, for at least 14 weeks. The practice serves 2,700 patients in a small rural area and operates as a multidisciplinary team focused on patient-centred care.

You will join a stable team using EMIS Web, AccuRx, and Ardens to manage triage, care delivery and QA. Regular MDT access is available through ARRS.