Amersham Health Centre, a practice of around 14,000 patients, is recruiting a salaried GP with a route to partnership into its established clinical team. The core work is general medical care: consultations, acute and chronic conditions, prescribing, referrals and triage. The post runs six sessions a week, ideally on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, with some flexibility open to discussion, and suits a GP seeking a long-term role. Fit rests on GMC registration, MRCGP or equivalent and a place on the NHS England Medical Performers List.
What the job involves
- Undertaking face-to-face and telephone consultations
- Managing acute and chronic medical conditions
- Prescribing and medication reviews in line with current guidance
- Reviewing and actioning pathology and investigation results
- Making referrals to secondary care and community services
- Taking part in same-day and total triage
- Providing continuity of care for patients with complex or ongoing needs
- Contributing to QOF, enhanced services and practice clinical targets
- Keeping accurate, contemporaneous clinical records
- Taking part in clinical meetings, significant event reviews and quality improvement
- Supporting safeguarding, clinical governance and patient safety processes
- Working with pharmacists, physiotherapists, mental health practitioners and other PCN colleagues
What’s required
Qualifications
- Fully qualified GP with MRCGP or equivalent recognised qualification
- Evidence of ongoing continuing professional development
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration
- Inclusion on the NHS England Medical Performers List
- Appropriate medical indemnity arrangements
Experience
- General medical services within UK primary care
- Independent management of acute and chronic conditions, including complex needs
- Working effectively within a multidisciplinary team
- Safe prescribing and medicines management
- Understanding of safeguarding in primary care
Skills & knowledge
- Sound clinical knowledge and judgement
- Communication with patients, relatives and colleagues
- Managing workload and prioritising appropriately
- Good IT skills and use of primary care clinical systems
Checks & eligibility
- Satisfactory DBS check where applicable
- References and occupational health clearance
Nice to have
- Additional postgraduate qualification or diploma relevant to primary care
- Teaching, mentoring or GP training experience or qualification
- Previous salaried GP experience
- Experience of working within a total triage model
- Experience of QOF and enhanced services
- Clinical audit or quality improvement experience
- Leadership, management or involvement in strategic decisions
- Additional clinical interests or skills that complement the team
What’s offered
- Opportunity to progress to Partnership
- Some flexibility around the working pattern for the right candidate
- Encouragement of professional development
- Supportive working environment with an experienced team
- Sustainable clinical workload