General Practitioner - Pontardawe Primary Care Centre

General Practitioner - Pontardawe Primary Care Centre

Pontardawe Primary Care Centre is a friendly, forward thinking training practice within the Upper Valleys cluster of Swansea Bay University Health Board. We are looking to recruit a Salaried GP for 6 sessions a week to add to our close‑knit team. The practice consists of 4 GP partners, 4 salaried GPs, a Practice Business Manager, an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, a Physician Associate, 2 registrars, 4 practice nurses, health‑care support workers and a dedicated team of administrative staff, including Pharmacy Technicians.

We are now looking to offer an opportunity for the right candidate to join our team in order to further improve the quality of care offered to our 13,500‑strong patient population.

We are seeking a salaried GP for 6 sessions a week. We boast the advantage of operating our large practice from a single site with a mixture of face‑to‑face (15‑minute) appointments and telephone appointments. We also encourage opportunities to help develop key services through the identification and enablement of special interests. We operate on the EMIS clinical system, have EPS fully enabled and embedded and offer a very competitive salary.

We will provide clinical and pastoral support, mentorship and learning opportunities to help integration into our team. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post;
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

The post‑holder will:

• Assist in the delivery and provision of General Medical Services, Enhanced Services, and work with the GP Collaborative, in accordance with the GMS and other practice contracts. Continuing professional development opportunities and regular practice meetings.
• Make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations, visiting patients at home and in nursing homes, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
• Be required to be on‑call for clinically urgent and emergency problems and consequently be included in the doctor's on‑call rota.
• Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self‑referred or referred from other health‑care workers within the organisation.
• Cover all the clinical management of the patients in surgery as appropriate, including initiating investigations, reviewing results, making referrals to secondary care or other providers as appropriate.
• Develop care and treatment plans in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease‑management protocols as well as wider guidance such as that from NICE.
• Play a role in the practice achieving QIF/Collaborative priorities and other key performance indicator targets.

• Qualified GP
• GMC full registration
• Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent (JCPTGP)
• Membership of recognised defence union (MPS/MDU)
• MRCGP
• Currently on a performers list
• Never been removed from a performers list for a detrimental reason
• Evidence of recent self‑directed learning or development
• Recognised qualifications for GP registrar training
• Listing of any specifically qualified training of specialist interests

• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Use initiative and work autonomously
• Be pleasant and articulate to both patients and staff
• Be able to work well under pressure
• Self‑motivated and positive
• Empathetic, honest and caring
• Adaptable and forward thinking
• Embed themselves into the culture of the practice, helping not only our patients but each other to achieve our common goals through teamwork.

• The practice welcomes applicants with prior experience of salaried positions or those who are newly qualified with no experience.
• Prior experience of using EMIS is desirable but not essential.

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Depending on experience Available upon Request