Salaried General Practitioner

The Methodist Church in Britain; Teddington; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free onsite parking

Job summary

Hampton Wick Surgery is seeking a part-time GP for a fixed-term 12-month post. The successful candidate will work across Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, handling a busy clinical caseload in a GMS practice with two GP partners and ~9,000 patients.

Responsibilities include surgery, home visits, triage, prescribing and teaching clinicians. GMC registration, performers list and a current DBS check are required. Flexible, team-based environment with leadership opportunities in a disease area.

Qualifications

• GP vocational training and accreditation is required.

Responsibilities

• Manage a busy clinical caseload in primary care.
• Carry out telephone consultations, triage and home visits.
• Make autonomous clinical decisions and referrals.
• Compile and issue prescriptions and sign repeats.
• Lead on a disease area and monitor treatment trends.
• Teach and train doctors and nurses.

Skills

EMIS proficiency

Clinical communication

Teamwork

Data reporting

Education

GP vocational training

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

A part-time, fixed-term salaried GP post of 12 months at Hampton Wick Surgery, a GMS practice with two GP partners and around 9,000 patients. The core of the work is a busy clinical caseload in primary care, covering surgery and home visits, telephone triage, prescribing, and teaching doctors and nurses. What sets it apart is four to six sessions across Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, with the option of leading on a disease area. Fit depends on GMC registration, a place on the performers list and a DBS check dated within six months of appointment.

What the job involves

• Manage a busy clinical caseload in primary care, including surgery and emergency consultations
• Carry out telephone consultations, triage and home visits
• Make autonomous clinical decisions on presenting problems, including referrals from colleagues
• Compile and issue acute and repeat prescriptions, check and sign repeats, and prescribe to local or national guidelines
• Keep clear, contemporaneous IT consultation notes
• Handle patient test results, medical reports, insurance examinations, referral letters and correspondence in a timely manner
• Teach and train doctors and nurses, and attend practice meetings and training
• Lead on a key disease area, monitoring treatment trends, staff training and prescribing
• Support service development in commissioning, patient participation and health promotion
• Collect audit data and contribute to QOF, Quarterly Enhanced Services returns and clinical standard setting
• Work with partners and management to meet quality, performance and budget targets
• Apply and help develop practice policies, including CQC, confidentiality, data protection and health and safety

Qualifications

• Vocational training and accreditation as a GP

Registration & licences

• Current GMC registration
• Membership of a recognised medical defence organisation
• On the performers list, with necessary indemnity insurance

Experience

• Proven ability to handle a busy, varied primary care caseload and support a clinical team through shared learning

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Collegial working in a strongly multidisciplinary team
• Working with limited supervision
• IT proficiency, including primary care clinical systems (EMIS) and Microsoft Office
• Drafting clear, error-free letters and reports in a timely manner
• Understanding of GMS contracting and the Quality Outcomes Framework

Checks & eligibility

• Clean DBS check dated less than six months before appointment

Other

• Flexible response to workload peaks, putting practice and team needs first
• Initiative, creativity and motivation
• Understanding of the pressures faced by GPs and healthcare teams
• Willingness to join a peer support group

Nice to have

• MRCGP, preferred
• Experience and interest in a specific disease area

What’s offered

• Free onsite staff parking