Salaried GP - Modern Practice, Teaching & Collaboration in Warwick

Are you a motivated and enthusiastic GP looking for your next opportunity? Want to join a forward-thinking & innovative practice? Priory Medical Centre has an exciting opening for a Salaried GP to join our friendly, forward-thinking and supportive team on a 2 year fixed-term contract (with a view to permanency).

Why Join Us?

• Vibrant, supportive team - Work alongside 5 GP Partners, 9 Salaried GPs, 2 ANPs, 4 Practice Nurses, 3 HCAs and a wide range of Allied Health Professionals.
• Innovative care - We collaborate with projects like the Oken Frailty Nurse initiative and are proud of our strong QOF & IIF performance, CQC reports, and ICB dashboard metrics.
• Teaching practice - Be part of a practice that regularly supports and develops GP trainees & medical students.
• Modern facilities - Our purpose-built, spacious premises (opened in 2021) offer a light, collaborative, and welcoming working environment.
• Great location - Based in historic Warwick, with excellent transport links and highly rated local schools.

About the Role

Working Days to include Mon AM & PM, Weds AM & PM and Thurs AM. 2 year FTC (with view to a permanent role).

Main duties of the job

As a Salaried GP at Priory Medical Centre, you will:

• Provide high-quality clinical care to patients through face-to-face, telephone, and online consultations.
• Manage a caseload of patients, ensuring safe, evidence-based, and patient-centred care.
• Undertake a share of the practices clinical and administrative workload, including repeat prescriptions, referrals, and results management.
• Work collaboratively with GP colleagues, nursing staff, allied health professionals, and the wider multi-disciplinary team.
• Contribute to the practices commitment to high performance in QOF, CQC standards, and local ICB objectives.
• Support the practices role as a teaching and training environment, engaging with GP trainees, medical students, and other learners where appropriate.
• Participate in regular clinical meetings and practice development initiatives.
• Provide continuity of care for patients with long-term conditions and support proactive, preventative healthcare approaches.
• Demonstrate professionalism, empathy, and commitment to improving patient outcomes within a supportive and forward-thinking practice.

About us

Priory Medical Centre is a well-established Warwick GP Partnership with a list size of approximately 18,900 patients and one branch surgery. We have 5 GP Partners and a full complement of additional staff including Salaried GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Health Care Assistants and administrative support. We are a recognised training practice for GP Registrars.

In June 2021, the practice moved into a brand new purpose-built surgery designed with patient care in mind. The new building will be a modern, energy efficient & fit for purpose building that will enable the practice to provide better services to our patients.

Job responsibilities

The post-holder will be responsible for providing a wide range of health services in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.

Specific Duties/Responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities:

• In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including face to face surgery consultations, e-consult and video 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 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 and referring to other care providers as appropriate.
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health.
• Providing counselling and health education.
• Recording clear and contemporaneous 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.
• Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.

In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Experience

• Experience of providing primary care in and out of hours.
• Experience of audit and improving care for patients.
• Experience of working in primary care past Registrar level.
• Development of areas of clinical expertise.

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical degree.
• Full registration with GMC.
• Certification of Completion of Training (JCPTGP/PMETB).
• Inclusion on Performers List.
• Evidence of a commitment to ongoing personal & professional development.
• MRCGP.

Personal Skills & Qualities

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English, both written and verbally.
• Good organisational skills.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Working on own initiative.
• IT skills (including word processing and database work) as relevant to General Practice.
• Committed to quality and patient satisfaction.
• Committed to equal opportunities.
• Adaptable to the changing needs of the practice.
• Understanding current NHS policies.
• Understanding the role of medical services in a wider public health agenda.
• Knowledge of the demographic characteristics that affect health and health care in the area.

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.