General Practitioner (FTC)- Charlotte Keel Medical Practice

• Main area General Practitioner
• Grade
• Salary

Ranges: 85,000 - 89,000 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover 9 - 12 month) Hours Part time - 6 sessions per week (30 hours per week) Job ref Salaried GP (FTC) - CKMP

Employer Bris Doc Healthcare Services Employer type Private Sector Site Charlotte Keel Medical Practice Town Bristol Salary dependant on experience Closing 20/09/2026 23:59

• General Practitioner (FTC)- Charlotte Keel Medical Practice
• Job overview

No matter where you work these days, General Practice is a demanding job, but we are trying our best to enable a sustainable career through:

• Having a dedicated team responsible for Wellbeing within the Bris Doc family
• Meeting daily as a GP Team for coffee and lunch
• Administrative staff to process letters and discharge summaries, dealing with clinical coding, reducing the paperwork burden on GPs.
• Innovative GP access model led by GPs ensuring continuity of care and appropriate signposting
• Regular GP strategic meetings where all voices contribute to how we plan GP workload and access.
• Paid overtime for completing mandatory and statutory training.

We welcome GPs with special interests who may want to Lead on a particular area.

Outside the practice, Charlotte Keel GPs have roles in Education, Mentoring, the LMC/GPC, Sustainability and Urgent Care.

There is extensive experience to support a portfolio career and facilitate these networks

Main duties of the job

• Who We're Looking For
• GMC-registered GP with a recognised medical degree and fully trained with MRCGP Vocational Training Certificate.
• Strong clinical and diagnostic skills across a broad range of patient presentations.
• Team-oriented with the ability to build positive relationships and promote a collaborative working culture.
• Passion for reducing health inequalities and working in underserved communities.
• Able to support and mentor colleagues and contribute to practice meetings and quality initiatives.
• Newly qualified GPs (less than 2 years from GMC certificate or training completion) warmly welcomed.
• Working for our organisation
• Make a Lasting Impact
• Work with diverse populations, including young professionals, students, refugees, asylum seekers, people experiencing homelessness, and those facing complex health and social challenges.
• Deliver care in a practice noted as Outstanding by CQC for the care of vulnerable people.
• Join our multidisciplinary team including experienced GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Pharmacists, MDT, Social Prescribers, and more.
• Benefit from daily protected 'coffee / lunchtime together' and regular GP meetings—reflect, recharge, and collaborate closely with your colleagues.
• Flexible, Balanced Working Life
• Choose between 6 sessions per week, designed around you.
• Fixed term contract for 9 – 12 months to cover maternity leave.
• Manageable workload (12 appointments per session) and a very low home visit rate, promoting sustainable working and personal wellbeing.
• Professional Development and Portfolio Opportunities
• Develop specialist interests and build a rewarding portfolio career with opportunities in homeless healthcare, mental health, substance misuse and women's health.
• Dedicated study leave, mentoring, and pathways for clinical leadership and quality improvement projects.
• Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• Clinical Responsibilities
• In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, you will be available to undertake a proportionate share of a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, triage, visiting patients at 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 and undiagnosed problems
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
• Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
• In general, you will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care
• Other responsibilities within the organisation
• Specific responsibility for agreed clinical areas; Lead GP will discuss and allocate
• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e. g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
• A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice
• Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
• Be a member of the clinical team, attend clinical, education or business meetings and other meetings as appropriate and maintain close personal working relationships.
• Seeks ways to reduce waste, water and energy usage within the office

Please find the Job description attached for further details.

We reserve the right to amend the closing date for this vacancy depending on application levels.

Person specification

• Full GMC registration
• Medical Degree (MBBS, MBCh B or equivalent)
• Fully trained GP with MRCGP Vocational Training Certificate
• Family Planning Certificate
• Alcohol and Substance abuse training
• Experience of delivering QOF
• Clait Award and/or ECDL or EITS
• Experience of working in teams and able to promote a team spirit
• Experience of and success at motivating and managing people in a changing environment
• Knowledge of national and local agendas in respect of primary care commissioning, and intermediate and urgent care agendas
• Familiarity with EMIS

Skills and Attributes

• Evidence of computer literacy and keyboard skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to adjust communication skills to meet the needs of the recipient
• Ongoing commitment to personal development
• Able to work within a team, motivate a team and take instruction as required - Able to quickly establish rapport and credibility with others in the team
• Able to use own initiative
• Able to maintain confidentiality at all times with regards to staff and patients
• Excellent organisational skills
• Personal Qualities / Behavioural Attributes
• Motivated by the provision of high-quality workforce and patient care
• Organised, systematic and flexible
• Good time management being able to prioritise work and work under pressure
• Tactful and diplomatic
• Positive attitude towards innovations and change – Adaptable and able to respond to a changing situation
• Can self-analyse own work and performance - Ability to recognise own limitations and act upon them appropriately
• Good team player who is able to support, value and respect the contribution of all members
• Self-motivated and able to work autonomously
• Willingness to learn new skills and to problem solve
• Able to manage sensitive and emotive situations
• Commitment to continuing professional development (CPD) and lifelong learning. Adaptable and able to respond to a changing situation
• Can self-analyse own work and performance - Ability to recognise own limitations and act upon them appropriately
• Good team player who is able to support, value and respect the contribution of all members
• Self-motivated and able to work autonomously
• Willingness to learn new skills and to problem solve
• Able to manage sensitive and emotive situations
• Enthusiasm for innovation and improvement in healthcare delivery
• Other
• Ability to work the occasional evening to attend staff training sessions
• Ability to be flexible in supporting other teams’ members
• Ability to travel to other Bris Doc sites for meetings and to patients’ homes for home visits
• Flexibility to work remotely from home or at other Bris Doc practices if necessary
• Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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