A salaried GP post at Claremont Clinic, a general practice with about 12,400 registered patients, covering four sessions across Tuesdays and Fridays. The work is general medical care in primary care, combining face‑to‑face and telephone appointments, home visits, shared prescribing duties and QOF and enhanced service work. The practice is a training site for GP resident doctors and medical and pharmacy students and runs a paper‑light system. Full GMC registration, the Performers List and completed GP training with MRCGP are needed at the point of starting.
What the job involves
- Provide general medical services for registered patients, managing a wide range of health needs in primary care
- Carry out surgery, telephone and video consultations in line with the practice timetable
- Make professional, autonomous decisions on problems, whether self‑referred or referred within the organisation
- Assess undifferentiated and undiagnosed health needs and screen for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
- Develop care plans with patients in line with practice disease management protocols
- Visit patients at home as part of the home visit rota
- Check and sign repeat prescriptions and issue computer‑generated acute and repeat prescriptions, prescribing from the formulary or generically where appropriate
- Admit and discharge patients to and from the caseload and refer to other care providers
- Keep clear, contemporaneous consultation notes and deal promptly with paperwork, reports and correspondence
- Collect audit data and meet QOF, local incentive scheme and enhanced service requirements
- Provide counselling and health education
- Contribute to computer‑based patient records, record summarising and Read‑coding, and take part in audit and training
What’s required
Qualifications
- MBBS or equivalent medical degree
- MRCGP and Certification of Completion of Training, both at the time of starting
- Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration
- Inclusion on the Performers List at the time of starting
Experience
- Experience of providing primary care
- Experience of primary care in an area with significant health problems
- Experience of audit and improving patient care
- Development of an area of clinical expertise
Skills & knowledge
- Understanding of medical services in the wider public health agenda and current NHS policies
- Knowledge of local demographic characteristics that affect health and care
- Clear communication in English, written and verbal
- Good organisation, time management, and ability to work under pressure on own initiative
Other
- IT skills relevant to general practice, including word processing and database work
- Commitment to quality, patient satisfaction and equal opportunities
- Working in a multi‑disciplinary, multi‑agency primary care team and openness to alternative working practices
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
