Salaried GP (Family Doctor) in Porth

Are you a compassionate, patient-centred family doctor looking for an exciting new role within a supportive and progressive GP practice? Parklane Surgery, based in the welcoming community of Tonyrefail (Porth, Mid Glamorgan), is seeking a Salaried GP to join our friendly and experienced team.

Why Join Us?

At Parklane Surgery, you'll become part of a genuinely supportive and enthusiastic team. We're a training practice that values professional growth, clinical excellence, and mutual respect.

Our multidisciplinary team includes:

• 2 GP Partners
• Practice Nurse and HCAs
• Dedicated admin and management staff

Who We're Looking For

• Fully registered with the GMC, on the GP Register
• Committed to delivering high-quality, empathetic, patient-centred care
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Experience using Vision clinical system
• GPs who see themselves as family doctors, building strong patient relationships and treating everyone with warmth, respect, and understanding.

Main duties of the job

Your Role

You’ll manage a varied caseload across 6 sessions per week, delivering outstanding care to our patients. You’ll be responsible for:

• Surgery and telephone consultations
• Home visits (where needed)
• Acute and repeat prescriptions
• Preventative health screening and health education
• Managing undiagnosed and chronic conditions
• Creating individualised care plans
• Participating in audits, QOF, and quality improvement
• Supporting trainee GPs and healthcare staff
• Contributing to the success of our Primary Care Network (PCN)

You’ll work with autonomy, but always with the support of a highly collaborative team.

About us

This is an excellent opportunity to provide holistic, high-quality care to a diverse patient population of around 9,000. We’re looking for someone who values empathy, continuity of care, and wants to thrive in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment. Parklane Surgery is a friendly and supportive GP practice situated in Tonyrefail, within easy reach from the M4.

We meet daily for informal team huddles whether to tackle clinical challenges or just to connect over coffee. Your wellbeing and professional satisfaction are a priority.

What We Offer

• A welcoming and inclusive team culture
• Opportunities to develop and lead on areas of special interest
• Fair workload distribution
• Full indemnity cover provided by the practice
• 6 weeks annual leave (pro rata)
• Ongoing CPD and learning opportunities

Job responsibilities

The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.

Clinical responsibilities:

• In accordance with the practice timetable, the post-holder will undertake a variety of duties, including surgery consultations, queries, 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.
• Assessing the health care 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.
• Providing counselling and health education.
• Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate.
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Participating actively in the collection of data for audit purposes.
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.
• Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate.
• Providing support for other clinicians such as nurses and health care assistants.
• Working collaboratively within the Primary Care Network.

Other responsibilities within the organisation:

• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines.
• A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.
• Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records.
• Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies.
• Maintaining an interest in the practice programme for training and education.

Person Specification

• Full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) and inclusion on the GP Register.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Commitment to providing patient centred care and maintaining high professional standards.
• Experience of Vision.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.