GP - Maternity Cover

We are looking for Salaried GPs to join oursurgery and make a real difference to the local community. Join us on our journey to improvement. Merchiston Surgery has circa 14,000 patients supported by a well-established partnership.

We have two fixed term maternity cover vacancies, one for 12 months and one for 6 months. The first starts immediately and the second starts in August 2026.

The successful candidates will benefit from a'shared learning' environment and dedicated admin time. We have reduced our onthe day triage by developing new ways of working.

We are looking for enthusiastic,self-motivated salaried GPs to fill two fixed term positions, covering 6 sessions, joining a strong management team, putting excellence & safe patient care at the heart of everything we do. Significant improvements have already been made with the infrastructure at the surgery, with a refurbished waiting room and a newtelephone system now in place.

We are looking to recruit two fixed term Salaried GP for 6 sessions each.

All normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

What we offer

Supportive working environment with flexibility on clinic times and appointment length

Fantastic team of clinicians and support staff

TPP Systm One clinical system.

6 weeks annual leave plus bank holidays

1-week study leave

Well run practice with a supportive and established management team

High performing QOF attainment

The Merchiston practice was established around
1860 in the village of Stratton-St-Margaret. Until the 1950s, Stratton was asmall farming community and it still retains its separate identity, despite nowbeing a suburb of Swindon. The Partnership moved from the original Doctorshouse into new purpose-built premises in 1992.

Merchiston Surgery is the largest Practice inWHP with a raw patient list of 13,500 (13,700 weighted list)

Merchiston Surgery has 6 GP Partners

We are a teaching practice with 2 Education Supervisors, 1 Clinical Supervisor, supporting 3 Trainee GPs. Rated excellent by the Swindon GP QA Panel for our trainee placement.

The Practice is also supported by several ARRSroles employed by Hawthorn & Merchiston PCN

First Contact Physiotherapists

Shared Care Home nurses

The post-holder will deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered andtemporary patients. Responsibilities will reflect requirements of the NHS GP Contracts, and as such may be subject to change as services adapt.

Clinical responsibilities:

In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties, including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patient sat home, checking, and signing 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 andundiagnosed problems.

Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.

Developing management plans for health in consultation with patients andin line with current practice disease management protocols.

Providing patients with support, advice, and health education.

Admitting patients to hospital and referring to other care providers as appropriate.

Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards

Collecting data for audit purposes when agreed.

Compiling and issuing electronic acute and repeat prescriptions(avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible.)

Prescribing in accordance with the ICB formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.

In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Weekly on-call duties pro rata.

The above list of duties is not exhaustive and may be subject to changeas deemed necessary.

Other responsibilities within the…