Salaried GP

Bidvane; Maidstone; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Len Valley Practice in Lenham, Kent, is recruiting two salaried GPs to its primary care team. The posts offer six or eight sessions per week, worked flexibly from Monday to Friday, with occasional home visits.

Applicants need GMC and National Performers List registration; Tier 2 visa sponsorship is available for international candidates. You will provide medical care, conduct consultations in person, video or phone, manage cases, participate in QOF and governance, and contribute to service

Qualifications

• Qualified GP with GMC registration
• MRCGP or JCPTGP equivalence and CCT
• Experience in primary care and CPD

Responsibilities

• Provide medical care to the practice population in line with the GMS contract
• Conduct face-to-face, video and telephone consultations
• Manage referrals, labs, prescriptions, and admin promptly
• Maintain accurate clinical records and patient confidentiality
• Participate in QOF, governance, and quality improvement
• Share workload and work with the multidisciplinary team
• Attend meetings and contribute to service development
• Support appraisal, revalidation and CPD requirements

Skills

EMIS familiarity

IT literacy

Communication skills

Time management

Education

MRCGP

JCPTGP equivalence

CCT

Tools

EMIS

Job description

Len Valley Practice is recruiting two salaried GPs to its primary care team in Lenham. The role provides medical care to the practice population, including consultations, managing conditions, prescribing and contributing to clinical governance. The posts offer six or eight sessions a week, worked flexibly from Monday to Friday, with occasional home visits. Applicants need GMC and National Performers List registration; Tier 2 visa sponsorship is available for international candidates.

What the job involves

• Provide medical care to the practice population in line with the GMS contract, including diagnosing and managing acute and long-term conditions and prescribing safely
• Conduct face-to-face, video and telephone consultations, respond to online queries, provide duty cover and make occasional home visits
• Process referrals, laboratory reports, repeat prescriptions, workflow documents and other administration promptly
• Maintain accurate clinical records and handle patient and practice information confidentially and in line with relevant requirements
• Contribute to QOF, clinical governance, practice protocols, guidelines and quality improvement, including responsibility for delegated QOF areas
• Take an equal share of the practice workload and work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team
• Attend practice meetings and contribute to service development and local initiatives
• Participate in audit and review significant or near-miss events, including using root cause analysis
• Complete appraisal and revalidation requirements, pursue continuing professional development and support medical student training
• Support the practice’s strategic aims, meet targets and suggest ways to improve care and use resources
• Support safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults, and follow infection control, equality, health and safety and security requirements

What’s required

Qualifications

• Qualified GP
• MRCGP
• Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent JCPTGP, and Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)

Registration & licences

• Full GMC registration
• National Performers List registration

Experience

• Experience working in a primary care environment
• Experience of continuing professional development
• Experience of QOF and clinical audit
• General understanding of the GMS contract

Skills & knowledge

• Experienced-GP-level clinical knowledge and skills
• Strong written and oral communication, a clear and polite telephone manner, and ability to understand patient needs
• Strong IT and EMIS user skills
• Time management, planning, organisation, problem-solving and analytical skills, including accurate information processing and data interpretation
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team, remain flexible and cooperative, and work under pressure
• Audit programme leadership and clinical risk management experience; commitment to professional development and effective use of resources

Other

• Eligibility to practise independently in the UK

Nice to have

• Experience of medicines management
• Experience of CCG initiatives

What’s offered

• Six weeks’ annual leave
• One week of study leave
• Tier 2 visa sponsorship for international candidates requiring visa support