Salaried GP

Bidvane; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Opportunities for professional develop

Appropriate EMIS training

Supportive, collaborative working env

Access to NHS provider infrastructure

Job summary

The Chapel Medical Centre, Upton Hospital, is part of East Berkshire Primary Care, an NHS provider of urgent and primary care. A Salaried GP position is available with a mix of pre-booked 15-minute morning consultations and daytime duty GP cover in the afternoon.

The post comprises 16 paid hours across Mondays and Fridays, with duties including urgent telephone triage, same-day requests and acute illness, using EMIS for clinical records and SNOMED coding.

Qualifications

• Qualified GP eligible to practise independently in UK.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose and manage acute illness, long‑term conditions and complex clinical problems.
• Provide routine, urgent and same-day consultations, face to face or remotely.
• Carry out daytime duty GP cover, including telephone triage and prioritising urgent requests by risk.
• Arrange face-to-face assessments, referrals, emergency assessments and hospital admissions where needed.
• Prescribe safely in line with NICE guidance and practice formularies, and carry out medication reviews.
• Request and act on investigations, lab results and clinical correspondence, with follow-up.
• Keep accurate EMIS records, apply SNOMED CT coding, and complete referrals and documentation.
• Manage long‑term conditions in partnership with nurses, clinical pharmacists and other professionals.
• Identify patients at risk of deterioration and ensure timely clinical escalation.
• Support prevention, screening, immunisation and self‑management, and contribute to QOF.
• Take part in clinical governance, audit, significant event review and quality improvement.
• Meet safeguarding responsibilities, make appropriate home visits, and provide certification and reports.

Skills

Consultation skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Clinical record keeping

Risk management

Education

Qualified GP eligible to practise independently in UK

Evidence of continuing professional development

Tools

EMIS

SNOMED CT

Job description

Salaried GP at The Chapel Medical Centre, Upton Hospital, run by East Berkshire Primary Care, an NHS provider of urgent and primary care. The work splits into two sessions: pre-booked 15-minute consultations in the morning, and daytime duty GP cover in the afternoon for urgent telephone triage, same-day requests and acute illness. The post is 16 paid hours across Mondays and Fridays, with EMIS as the clinical record system. Full GMC registration with a licence to practise is required, and newly qualified GPs are welcome.

What the job involves

• Assess, diagnose and manage acute illness, long-term conditions and complex clinical problems
• Provide routine, urgent and same-day consultations, face to face or remotely
• Carry out daytime duty GP cover, including telephone triage and prioritising urgent requests by risk
• Arrange face-to-face assessments, referrals, emergency assessments and hospital admissions where needed
• Prescribe safely in line with NICE guidance and practice formularies, and carry out medication reviews
• Request and act on investigations, lab results and clinical correspondence, with follow-up
• Keep accurate EMIS records, apply SNOMED CT coding, and complete referrals and documentation
• Manage long‑term conditions in partnership with nurses, clinical pharmacists and other professionals
• Identify patients at risk of deterioration and ensure timely clinical escalation
• Support prevention, screening, immunisation and self‑management, and contribute to QOF
• Take part in clinical governance, audit, significant event review and quality improvement
• Meet safeguarding responsibilities, make appropriate home visits, and provide certification and reports

Qualifications

• Qualified GP eligible to practise independently in UK general practice
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Registration & licences

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practise
• GMC GP Register and NHS GP Performers List status
• Professional indemnity arrangements

Experience

• Assessing and managing a wide range of primary care conditions
• Managing acute illness and long‑term medical conditions
• Working in a busy primary care environment

Skills & knowledge

• Safe prescribing and clinical risk management
• Strong consultation, communication and interpersonal skills
• Accurate, high‑standard clinical record keeping
• Prioritising urgent presentations and competing demands
• Recognising and escalating clinical or safeguarding concerns

Other

• Commitment to high quality, compassionate, patient‑centred care
• Professional integrity, reliability and accountability
• Positive, flexible and collaborative approach to team working

Nice to have

• MRCGP qualification
• Previous experience of working in NHS general practice
• Experience using EMIS
• Experience of QOF, clinical audit and quality improvement
• Experience in telephone triage and duty doctor responsibilities
• Experience in medicines optimisation and chronic disease management
• Experience supporting multidisciplinary teams
• Experience in clinical supervision, teaching or mentoring

What’s offered

• Opportunities for professional development
• Appropriate training provided for EMIS
• Supportive, collaborative working environment
• Access to the experience and infrastructure of an established NHS provider