Salaried GP Vacancy

Suffolk LMC; Wickhambrook; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Peer support meetings

Training and personal development

Good work-life balance

Job summary

Suffolk LMC is looking for a newly qualified GP to join their team at Wickhambrook Surgery in a part-time role, offering flexible 2-4 sessions per week. The practice is well-regarded by its patient population and is situated in the beautiful Suffolk countryside.

The position emphasizes high-quality patient care, regular peer support, and training opportunities for medical students. Informal visits and inquiries are welcomed.

Qualifications

• Newly qualified GP within the last 2 years.
• Ability to work part-time, flexible 2-4 sessions per week.
• It is necessary to have a Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality patient care to a practice population.
• Engage with community teams and provide complex case support.
• Support training for medical students and trainees.

Skills

Communication skills

Patient care

Team collaboration

Adaptability

Education

Medical degree

Job description

West Suffolk Rural PCN are currently looking to welcome a newly qualified GP under the ARRS scheme to work alongside their team based at Wickhambrook Surgery.

We are seeking someone newly qualified within the last 2 years who has not yet held a substantive position post qualification.This position is part-time basis, flexible to 2-4 sessions per week.

Wickhambrook Surgery is a happy and thriving rural 3 partner GMS GP Practice, just over the Cambridgeshire border in the beautiful rural Suffolk countryside.

We are a Dispensing GP Practice with a clear focus on delivering the highest quality patient care to our 5300 patients. We are highly regarded by our practice population, with 90% of our patients rating the practice as fairly good (30%) or very good (60%) in the 2024 national GP Patient Survey.

Services are provided from a purpose built one storey building, and the surgery with our patient group is very much at the heart of the local community. We have no care homes within the practice catchment area.

We offer a competitive salary and recognise the importance of a healthy work life balance.

The practice has a long and successful history of balancing the needs of the practice population along with the wellbeing of the staff, and we recognise the importance of both.

• Regular peer support through meetings to discuss complex cases or concerns.
• Opportunity for a chat and catch up over coffee daily.
• Training Practice – we teach trainees as well as medical students from UEA and University of Cambridge Medical schools
• PCN ARRS team: Social Prescriber, First Contact Physiotherapist, Clinical Pharmacist. Care Co-ordinators and Health and Wellbeing Coaches.
• Good relationship with our community teams with a virtual MDT once a month with community providers, social care, mental health and voluntary organisations
• Training and personal development encouraged and supported

Informal visits and enquiries are welcome.

West Rural Suffolk Primary Care Network based in West Suffolk, is comprised of Wickhambrook Surgery, Guildhall Clare Surgery and Glemsford surgery. We are a small rural Primary Care Network with a combined patient population of around 16,000. All practices work on SystmOne.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

For further details please contact Andy Botcher, Practice Manager, on 01440 820140 or email your covering letter and CV to [e-mail]

If you would like an informal chat with one of our GP partners about life as a GP in our practice, please contact Dr Jon Ferdinand ([e-mail] ) who is also the Clinical Director of our PCN

If you would like more information about us, the services we offer or would like to discuss anything you have seen on our website, please get in touch.