Salaried GP – Frome Valley Medical Centre

Overview

Job summary

We are seeking 2 motivated and compassionate GPs to join our friendly and supportive team.

One vacancy is for a fixed term, maternity cover, for 6 sessions per week, for 12 months. Dates to be confirmed.

The other is a permanent session for 2-4 sessions per week.

This is an excellent opportunity to work in a well-established practice with a strong team spirit.

Our practice aims to run as efficiently as possible with excellent admin and IT support (EMIS).

There is a culture of learning through regular clinical meetings, opportunities for developing knowledge in specialist areas and being involved in research projects.

Why join?

  • Clinicians meet every day for coffee and are connected through Microsoft Teams so support is always on hand
  • 3 ANPs support urgent care and triage
  • Regular social events with the whole practice, park run practice
  • Lovely garden to have a break
  • Efficient systems are in place to support workload management, early adopters of technology and efficient ways of working
  • Training practice with students and doctors in training and opportunities to get involved
  • Opportunities for personal development, many of our salaried GPs have lead roles and develop skills such as LARC and dermoscopy clinics
  • Low visit rate
  • Workload management by administrative teams to reduce Docman burden
  • Very strong prescribing team with high level of medicine management support
  • Competitive sessional rate and indemnity cover included
  • Generous study, appraisal and annual leave

Main duties of the job

Key details

  • Mixture of telephone and face-to-face consultations with regular breaks
  • EMIS Clinical System
  • Semi-rural practice with stable population
  • Buddy system for checking results
  • Protected admin time pro rata - 1.5 hours for 6 sessions weekly
  • Daily clinical huddles and continuous support for advice via Microsoft Teams

In accordance with the practice rota, to undertake a variety of duties to include:

  • Surgery consultations and queries
  • Visiting patients at home
  • Duty doctor and emergency on-call cover
  • Checking and signing of prescriptions and dealing with associated queries
  • Preparing medical reports for insurance companies, employers and statutory bodies
  • Dealing with paperwork and medical correspondence in a timely manner

Please note this list is non-exhaustive, full job description can be found attached.

 

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No. of Vacancies
1
Job Nature
Permanent
Job Location
South Gloucestershire
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