Salaried GP role with Village Health Group, a large GMS practice across four sites caring for around 28,000 patients. The work centres on clinical assessment of patients with unclear presenting problems, prescribing and medicines management, delivered face-to-face, by telephone and digitally within the practice's Total Triage model. The post offers flexible sessions and contract types, protected admin time, and the option to supervise GP registrars and medical students. Fit depends on GMC registration, an enhanced DBS check and exclusive access to a car.
What the job involves
- Assess and manage patients with undifferentiated needs across face-to-face, telephone and digital consultations
- Prescribe and manage medicines, reducing risk and polypharmacy
- Develop care plans with patients and carers, documenting safety-netting
- Manage pathology results, document workflow and clinical correspondence
- Make onward referrals and link with services to prevent hospital admissions
- Support caseload management of long-term conditions and advise staff
- Take part in practice duty sessions
- Record consultations accurately on SystmOne
- Raise safeguarding concerns and work with the Safeguarding Lead
- Contribute to QOF and DES data collection
- Work with primary, secondary, social care and voluntary services to develop care pathways
- Act as an educational resource for staff and maintain own professional development
What’s required
Qualifications
- Qualified general practitioner
Registration & licences
- GMC registration and licence to practise, not subject to suspension
- Current place on a CCG performers list
Experience
- Multidisciplinary team experience across organisational boundaries in UK general practice
- Experience using I.T. patient documentation systems
- Professional portfolio evidencing competence and CPD
Skills & knowledge
- Understanding of NHS systems and the primary care context
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Organisation, planning and workload prioritisation
- Clinical decisions based on latest evidence and local and national policy
- Understanding of clinical governance, confidentiality and data protection
- Basic IT skills in word processing, Excel and email
Checks & eligibility
- Enhanced DBS check
- Car owner or driver with exclusive access to a vehicle
Other
- Flexibility to meet service needs and work autonomously within own competence
- Able to take part in the on-call advice and support service
What’s offered
- Flexible session numbers and working days
- Option to increase or reduce sessions over time
- Protected administration time within every session
- Salary negotiated on experience and responsibilities
- Balanced mix of face-to-face, telephone and digital consultations
- Opportunities for teaching, training and research
- Permanent, fixed-term or temporary contracts
- Modern digital systems supporting consulting