GP - Maternity cover

Old School Surgery, and University of West of England Frenchay Campus are looking for an enthusiastic, forward thinking Salaried GP for a 12 month fixed term maternity cover contract working across both sites.

Our Practice is highly supportive, adopting a close-knit working environment where collaboration and work life balance are prioritised.

This is a great opportunity to experience the diversity of primary care within Bristol.

Join us and become a part of a thriving network dedicated to excellent patient care and a positive work environment.

** Unfortunately we cannot offer Visa sponsorship for this role, and you must be registered to work in the UK**

** Strictly no recruitment agencies**

The successful candidate will benefit from:

Between 4 and 5 sessions a week.

A competitive salary of £11,662 per session.

A mixture of face to face,telephone and eConsult appointments with protected breaks and administration time built into every session. Capped at 28 patient contacts per day.

Regular follow-up appointment continuity slots, protected, for only youto book.

A team-based and collaborative approach to duty work with multiple GPs working as duty team.

A daily morning overview team meeting + regular Salaried GP meetings and Learning Event meetings.

The support of an Urgent Care Team, including Paramedics, First Contact Physiotherapists + Prescribing Nurse Practitioners.

Chronic disease management is supported by a team of Clinical Pharmacists and Practice Nurses.

An enthusiastic and highly trained Medicines Management Teamto deal with repeat prescriptions, medication queries and discharge summaries,which takes significant pressure off GP administrative workload.

Support from a Social Prescribing and Care Co-ordination

Teams who assist vulnerable patients and helpco-ordinate care.

A team of 5 Mental Health Nurses.

Large, dedicated Care of the Elderly team to make housebound and care home visits.

Excellent opportunities to get involved with teaching and training.

The option of mentorship and monthly meetings for newly qualified GPs via the Newly Qualified GP Fellowship Scheme.

Regular frailty, palliative and safeguarding multi-disciplinary team meetings.

Old School Surgery puts the ethos of team-work & support at the forefront of everything.

We offer our team:

Access to our in house Wellbeing team and Mental Health First Aiders

Whats App groups to keep you in the 'know' and socialise

Onsite parking

A newly refurbished break room with free fresh ground coffee from a state of the art bean to cup coffee machine plus free fresh fruit, snacks, squash and herbal teas etc (and cake)

Access to the NHS Pension Scheme

Six weeks annual leave, one week study leave and bank holidays pro rata + an extra day of annual leave at 5 & 10 years service.

Cycle to Work schemes plus secure bike area and showers.

Some of the wellbeing activities staff have participated in were:

1. Mental Health Awareness Week Nature Competition which team could grow the tallest sunflower.

2. Ice cream van at the surgery.

3. Close proximity to the bustling centre of Fishponds.

4. 'The 12 Days of Christmas' and any other opportunity we have to celebrate :)

6. We are a Park Run Practice.

7. Sport days in the park and arranging meals out etc.

8. Greener Practice and Health and Wellbeing initiatives for all our staff, including regular social events.

We love working here and we are sure you will too!

For further details or an informal chat / look around the practice, please feel free to contact HR officer - Teresa Johnson -

Clinical responsibilities:

In accordance with the practice rota, as agreed, thepost-holder will be available to undertake a variety of duties includingsurgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing/authorising repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.

Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.

Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.

Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signsof illness in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health.

Providing counselling and health education.

Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate.

Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes toagreed standards.

Expectation to complete a mandatory induction.

Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.

Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribingformulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.

The post-holder will be required to visit patients during surgery time in an emergency if clinically indicated.

The post-holder will…