Salaried GP

The Methodist Church in Britain; Paignton; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

6 weeks annual leave + 1 week study

Tier 2 visa sponsorship

Dedicated admin time

Job summary

Pembroke Medical Group is recruiting a salaried GP to work four to six sessions weekly, managing a patient caseload with both surgery and telephone consultations. The post includes home visits, repeat and acute prescribing, and involvement in clinical audit.

Applicants should be qualified GPs with MRCGP and UK GMC registration, and have experience in primary care. Visa sponsorship is available; portfolio options within the local Integrated Care Team are offered.

Qualifications

• Qualified GP with MRCGP.
• Full GMC registration in the UK.
• Eligibility to practise independently in the UK.
• Minimum two years as a salaried GP.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload through surgery and telephone consultations.
• Carry out home visits and prescribe as required.
• Make autonomous clinical decisions within practice protocols.
• Record clear consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Contribute to clinical audit and data collection.
• Coordinate with the Integrated Care Team as needed.

Skills

Communication

IT skills

Time management

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Education

MRCGP

VT JCPTGP or equivalent

Tools

EMIS Web

Docman 10

Job description

Pembroke Medical Group, a practice serving more than 25,000 patients across two sites, is recruiting a salaried GP for four to six sessions a week. The post centres on managing a caseload through surgery and telephone consultations, home visits, repeat and acute prescribing, and clinical audit. Its distinctive features are 15-minute face‑to‑face appointments with contacts capped at 25 a day, protected admin time, and portfolio options within the local Integrated Care Team. Visa sponsorship is offered, and the practice is reviewing applications as they arrive.

What the job involves

• Manage a caseload and meet a wide range of primary care health needs to a high standard for registered and temporary patients
• Carry out surgery consultations, telephone consultations and home visits in line with the practice timetable
• Make autonomous clinical decisions on presenting problems, whether self‑referred or referred by other staff
• Assess patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
• Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness under practice protocols
• Record clear, timely consultation notes to agreed standards
• Check and sign repeat prescriptions and issue acute and repeat prescriptions
• Prescribe from the practice formulary or generically where clinically appropriate
• Deal promptly with queries, paperwork and correspondence
• Collect data for clinical audit
• Carry out the normal duties of a GP working in primary care
• Comply with practice policies and guidelines, including prescribing

What’s required

Qualifications

• Qualified GP with MRCGP
• Vocational Training Certificate (JCPTGP) or equivalent, or General Practitioner Certificate of Completion of Training

Registration & licences

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

Experience

• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Experience of continuing professional development, QOF and clinical audit
• Minimum of two years as a salaried GP
• General understanding of the GMS contract

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent written and oral communication, with a clear, polite telephone manner
• Strong IT skills, including Office and Outlook
• Effective time management, planning and organising
• Problem solving, analytical skills and excellent interpersonal skills

Checks & eligibility

• Eligibility to practise independently in the UK

Other

• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously, following clinical policy and procedure
• Polite, confident, flexible, motivated and forward thinking, with integrity, loyalty, empathy and the ability to work under pressure

Nice to have

• Experience of medicines management
• Experience of CCG initiatives
• EMIS Web and Docman 10 user skills

What’s offered

• Potential future partnership opportunity
• Portfolio working opportunities
• Dedicated, blocked admin time
• 6 weeks annual leave plus 1 week study leave
• Full indemnity cover, with additional costs beyond Crown indemnity met by the practice
• Flexible working patterns, including childcare-friendly options
• Tier 2 visa sponsorship
• Support for new GPs, including a Duty Doctor with no booked patients for queries and acute hub backup