Salaried GP Norwich

Job summary

Brundall Medical Partnership is a friendly, supportive, rural dispensing practice, seeking to recruit a salaried GP to join our team for four sessions per week. For operational purposes, two of the four sessions would need to be worked on a Friday, with the remaining two sessions being negotiable and open to discussion with the successful candidate.

We are proud to provide high-quality, patient-centred care to our rural community and offer a welcoming working environment with strong team relationships and a focus on continuity of care. As a dispensing practice, we provide a comprehensive service to our patients and value clinicians who enjoy delivering personalised care within a close-knit community setting.

Key Details:

• Salaried GP position
• 4 sessions per week - Two sessions required on a Friday - Remaining two sessions negotiable
• Friendly and supportive rural dispensing practice
• Competitive salary discussion on request

Main duties of the job

• Undertaking a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork, reports and correspondence in a timely fashion;
• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting medical problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcare workers within the organisation;
• Assessing the healthcare needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems;
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness;
• Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols;
• Providing health education;
• Recording clear consultation notes to agreed standards;
• Collecting data for audit purposes and complying with QOF requirements;
• Delivering enhanced services;
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions;
• All general duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

About us

We are a friendly, well-established rural practice with a strong reputation for delivering high-quality, patient-centred care. Serving approximately 8,500 patients, we combine the benefits of modern general practice with the supportive atmosphere and continuity that come from being at the heart of our local community.

As a dispensing practice, we dispense medication to almost half of our patient population, allowing us to provide an enhanced, seamless service for many of our patients while offering our clinical team a varied and rewarding role.

Qualifications

Essential

• Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
• Annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate)
• Be on the NHSE medical performers list

Experience

Essential

• Good understanding and experience of chronic disease management, and primary prevention and screening services;
• Ability to take responsibility for your own career development, learning and performance and are responsible for ensuring that all your mandatory training is in date;
• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies and guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety;
• Commitment to life‑long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice;
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in a confidential manner.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: Primary Care Careers

Address: The Dales, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 5RP, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: Recruitment Team, Brundall Medical Partnership, enquiries@eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk, 01206918760

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.