Gp, Doctor​/Physician

A fixed-term salaried GP post for five months at The Middlewood Partnership, a group of four practices within a Primary Care Network. The work covers face-to-face, telephone and online consultations, home visits, repeat prescribing, urgent care triage and developing care plans for patients with undiagnosed problems. It is one of two six-session-a-week posts, the other lasting eight months, within a multidisciplinary team that includes pharmacists, physician associates and mental health practitioners.

A full UK driving licence is required to travel between the practice sites.

• Carry out face-to-face, telephone and online consultations, and home visits
• Assess patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and make autonomous clinical decisions
• Support the urgent care team and take part in the clinical reception triage rota when required
• Check and sign repeat prescriptions, and compile and issue acute and repeat prescriptions electronically
• Develop care plans with patients in line with current disease management protocols
• Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
• Record clear, contemporaneous consultation notes and maintain patient records
• Support the prescribing team with medication queries when required
• Collect audit data and contribute to clinical standard setting
• Provide support, informal training and advice to team members and students
• Handle paperwork, correspondence and queries in a timely way
• Comply with practice policies on confidentiality, data protection, health and safety and safeguarding children

• MRCGP
• Evidence of continuous professional development

• GMC registration

• IT proficiency, ideally EMIS
• Understanding of general practice organisation and current primary care developments
• Excellent communication skills
• Organising and prioritising time effectively, including delegating
• Applying evidence-based practice

• Full UK driving licence to travel across all practice bases

• Evidence of up to date statutory and mandatory training
• Patient-focused approach to practice
• Enjoys working and contributing to a team
• Innovative, motivated and proactive
• Able to work in a busy environment

• At least 1 year of UK general practice experience after training
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
• Broad knowledge of the NHS system
• Capacity to develop a special interest in an area of clinical need
• Ability to take a clinical lead on an agreed area within the practice
• Desire to develop a clinical or management interest with a personal development plan

• One session, one job rota
• Opportunities to work sessions in at-scale services such as prescribing, urgent care, triage, care homes and specialist clinics
• Leadership roles where appropriate
• Opportunity to shape new ways of working within a transformed primary care organisation