Uplands Medical Practice is recruiting a salaried GP on a six-month fixed-term contract covering three sessions a week. The work centres on primary care consultations across face-to-face, telephone and video, including managing urgent on-the-day appointments and long-term conditions. The post suits a clinician who wants clinical autonomy within an established team, with some home visits and quality improvement work alongside. Full GMC registration with a licence to practise and a Medical Performers List entry are required.
What the job involves
- Conduct face-to-face, telephone and video consultations
- Treat patients through urgent on-the-day and routine appointments
- Assess, diagnose and manage acute and chronic medical conditions
- Manage patients with long-term conditions and complex healthcare needs
- Prescribe safely and appropriately within current guidelines
- Review investigation results and formulate management plans
- Undertake home visits where clinically appropriate
- Refer patients to secondary care and community services
- Keep accurate, contemporaneous clinical records on EMIS Web
- Identify safeguarding concerns and act in line with practice policies
- Provide health promotion and preventative healthcare advice
- Contribute to QOF and enhanced service targets
What’s required
Qualifications
- MBBS, MBChB or equivalent medical qualification
- MRCGP or equivalent
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration with licence to practise
- Inclusion on the NHS England Medical Performers List
Experience
- Experience working in UK general practice
- Experience conducting face-to-face consultations
- Experience undertaking telephone and video consultations
- Experience managing urgent on-the-day appointments
- Experience managing long-term conditions and complex patients
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent communication and consultation skills
- Strong clinical assessment and diagnostic ability
- Ability to prioritise workload and manage urgent clinical presentations
- Sound clinical decision-making and risk management
- Commitment to patient-centred care
- Strong IT skills and experience using clinical systems such as EMIS Web
Nice to have
- Experience using EMIS Web
- Experience supervising trainees, medical students or allied health professionals
- Participation in service development, audits or quality improvement projects
- Special interest in diabetes, respiratory medicine, women's health, minor surgery, care home medicine or urgent care
What’s offered
- Clinical autonomy
- Opportunities for professional development
- Supportive multidisciplinary team environment