Locum GP

A six-month locum GP post at Friary House Surgery, a GP practice serving its local community. The doctor works as an autonomous clinician, assessing and treating the practice population, managing long-term conditions, prescribing and handling urgent and emergency cases. The role also takes a share of telephone triage, duty doctor shifts, home visits and out-of-hours work, and includes supporting and mentoring other healthcare staff within a multidisciplinary team. Fit depends on full GMC registration and a place on the National Performers List.

What the job involves

• Assess and examine patients, plan their clinical care and refer to other services when needed
• Provide urgent, complex and emergency care, including starting emergency treatment
• Manage long-term conditions and support patients towards healthy lifestyles and self-care
• Prescribe generically and review medicines in line with national and local guidance
• Deliver primary care contract services to the practice population
• Carry out telephone triage, duty doctor, home visit and out-of-hours duties on a rota
• Keep accurate clinical records and deal promptly with referrals, repeat prescriptions and other admin
• Support anticipatory care plans and give health promotion advice where appropriate
• Support, mentor and supervise other healthcare professionals
• Take an equal share of the practice workload and work collaboratively with the wider team
• Contribute to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and training
• Work to GMC standards, complete appraisal and revalidation, and follow safeguarding duties and practice policies

Qualifications

• Qualified GP
• MRCGP
• JCPTGP or CCT

Registration & licences

• National Performers List registration
• Full GMC registration

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