Salaried GP - 6 sessions per week

The Methodist Church in Britain; Bath; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Newbridge Surgery is recruiting a salaried GP for six sessions a week. The role covers in-person surgery and telephone consultations, digital triage, home visits, and repeat prescribing. You will work within the Minerva Primary Care Network and supervise GP registrars and other clinical colleagues.

Enhanced access sessions are available. GMC registration, a Medical Performers List place and an enhanced DBS check are required. Ability to work flexibly is essential.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified GP with GMC registration.
• Annual appraisal and revalidation when appropriate.
• Evidence of continued professional development.

Responsibilities

• Conduct surgery consultations and telephone triage.
• Perform digital triage and home visits as needed.
• Authorize repeat prescriptions and prescribe from formulary.
• Supervise GP registrars and health care colleagues.
• Contribute to Enhanced Access sessions.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Time management

Clinical governance

Education

GP qualification

Tools

TPP SystmOne

Accrx

EPS prescribing

Job description

Newbridge Surgery, a training practice in the Minerva Primary Care Network, is recruiting a salaried GP for six sessions a week, with the days still to be confirmed. The work covers surgery and telephone consultations, digital triage, home visits and repeat prescribing, alongside paperwork and correspondence. The post includes supervising GP registrars and other clinical colleagues, and extra Enhanced Access sessions are available. Fit depends on GMC registration, a place on the Medical Performers List and an enhanced DBS check.

What the job involves

• Surgery consultations
• Telephone consultations and queries
• Triage of digital consultations
• Visiting patients at home
• Checking and authorising repeat prescriptions
• Compiling and issuing acute and repeat prescriptions, prescribing from the practice formulary where clinically appropriate
• Making autonomous clinical decisions on presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred by colleagues
• Assessing undifferentiated and undiagnosed health needs
• Developing care plans with patients in line with disease management protocols
• Recording clear consultation notes and completing paperwork and correspondence promptly
• Assisting with supervision of registrars and other health care professionals such as paramedics
• Screening for disease risk factors, providing health education, referring to other providers and collecting audit data

What’s required

Qualifications

• Fully qualified GP
• Annual appraisal and revalidation, when appropriate
• Evidence of continued professional development

Registration & licences

• GMC registration
• Entry on the Medical Performers List

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Working with multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams
• Time management and prioritising under pressure
• Knowledge of current guidelines
• Clinical governance

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS check
• UK driving licence and access to a car
• Right to work in the UK, if required

Other

• Strict adherence to confidentiality
• Ability to work flexibly
• MPS, MDU or MDDUS membership

Nice to have

• MRCGP
• Experience of TPP SystmOne
• Experience of Accrx
• Experience of EPS prescribing
• Experience of digital triage
• Willingness to support GP registrars and healthcare colleagues in daily surgeries
• Service development
• Self-audit and reflection