Salaried GP

The Methodist Church in Britain; Shefford; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain seeks a Salaried GP for Shefford Health Centre, a practice serving about 20,500 patients. The role involves six sessions weekly across Monday, Thursday and Friday within a team of GP partners, salaried GPs and clinical pharmacists.

GMC registration is essential; experience with long-term conditions such as diabetes is advantageous. The post covers diverse consultations and preventive care within a busy, supportive environment.

Qualifications

• GMC registration is essential.
• Experience in managing chronic conditions is advantageous.
• Ability to work across multiple care pathways and services.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, and manage acute, chronic and complex conditions via face-to-face, telephone, video and online consultation.
• Prescribe safely, review medication, monitor high-risk medicines and answer medication queries.
• Contribute to managing diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular and respiratory disease and other long-term conditions.
• Request and review blood tests, imaging and other investigations, act on results and communicate outcomes to patients.
• Make referrals to secondary care and other professionals, including urgent suspected-cancer pathways.
• Provide urgent and same-day care and carry out safeguarding work.
• Make home visits and deliver QOF and contractual work.
• Provide preventive medicine and write clinical correspondence and documentation.
• Take part in clinical governance and team meetings.

Skills

Clinical care

Team collaboration

Safeguarding

Education

GMC registration

Job description

Salaried GP post at Shefford Health Centre, a practice of about 20,500 patients that is also a GP training practice and the lead practice for its PCN. The work covers consultations by face-to-face, telephone, video and online routes, prescribing, long-term condition care and referrals, including suspected-cancer pathways. The role is six sessions a week across Monday, Thursday and Friday, within a team of GP partners, salaried GPs and clinical pharmacists. GMC registration is the essential requirement.

What the job involves

• Assess, diagnose, treat and manage acute, chronic and complex conditions by face-to-face, telephone, video and online consultation
• Prescribe safely, review medication, monitor high-risk medicines and answer medication queries
• Contribute to managing diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular and respiratory disease, mental health and other long-term conditions
• Request and review blood tests, imaging and other investigations, act on results and tell patients the outcome
• Make referrals to secondary care, community services and other professionals, including urgent suspected-cancer pathways
• Provide urgent and same-day care
• Carry out safeguarding work
• Make home visits
• Deliver QOF and contractual work
• Provide preventive medicine
• Write clinical correspondence and documentation
• Take part in clinical governance, team working and meetings

Registration & licences

• GMC registration

Nice to have

• Good knowledge of diabetes or other long-term conditions