SALARIED GP

The Methodist Church in Britain; Bexhill-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Route to partnership

Indemnity coverage

Training and development

Supportive admin and nursing teams

No duty days

Job summary

Sidley Medical Practice in England seeks a salaried GP to build a personal patient list with a future route to partnership. The role focuses on autonomous primary care under the GMS contract, including assessment, prescribing, care planning, home visits and on-call cover.

Sessions ideally 6–8 per week, with a defined workload and no duty days. Full GMC registration and CCT or equivalent completion are required, with opportunities for training and professional development.

Qualifications

• Qualified GP with GMC registration.
• MRCGP or equivalent JCPTGP training.
• CCT in General Practice or completion equivalent.
• Eligibility to practise independently in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Provide a full range of medical services under the GMS contract.
• Assess undifferentiated problems and make autonomous clinical decisions.
• Develop care plans, counselling and health education per protocols.
• Provide emergency on-call cover and short-term colleague cover.
• Carry out home visits with support from paramedics and nurses.
• Issue prescriptions within CCG policy and maintain records.
• Screen patients for risk factors and promote health.
• Support undergraduate and GP registrar training.
• Lead audits, data collection and QOF work.
• Contribute to service development and meet access targets.
• Undertake GP duties including reports and cremation forms.

Job description

Sidley Medical Practice, a two-site training practice, is recruiting a salaried GP to build a personal patient list with a route towards partnership. The core of the work is autonomous primary care medicine under the GMS contract, covering assessment, prescribing, care planning, home visits and on-call emergency cover. Sessions are ideally 6 to 8 per week, though fewer will be considered, with defined workload and no duty days. Full GMC registration and CCT or equivalent completion are required.

What the job involves

• Provide a full range of medical services under the core GMS contract, plus additional and enhanced services
• Assess patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and make autonomous clinical decisions
• Develop care plans, counselling and health education in line with disease management protocols
• Provide emergency on-call cover for the practice and short-term cover for colleagues' absence
• Carry out home visits, supported by paramedic and nursing practitioners
• Issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions, prescribing within CCG policy
• Keep clear, contemporaneous consultation notes and accurate medical records
• Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness, and undertake health promotion
• Support undergraduate student and GP registrar training in the practice
• Lead clinical audit, data collection and QOF work
• Contribute to service development and help the practice meet access targets
• Undertake GP duties including reports and cremation forms

Qualifications

• Qualified GP
• MRCGP
• Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent JCPTGP
• CCT (certificate of completion of training) as a General Practitioner

Registration & licences

• Full GMC registration
• Eligibility to practise independently in the UK

Experience

• Working in a primary care environment
• Continued professional development
• QOF and clinical audit
• Medicines management
• CCG initiatives
• General understanding of the GMS contract

Nice to have

• National Performers List registration
• Appropriate defence indemnity (MPS/MDU)

What's offered

• BMA salaried GP pay scales and model contract, with scope to negotiate favourable terms
• Defined workload timed around family and school needs
• No duty days or duty hours as a salaried GP
• Indemnity cover for activity outside the CNSGP from 1 April 2019
• Training in minor procedures, sexual health services and chronic disease management
• Daily morning coffee meetings and weekly educational and business meetings
• Support from experienced reception, administration and nursing teams
• Route to partnership in future