Salaried GP in Midsomer Norton

Salaried GP - Somer Valley Medical Group

You will provide the full range of general practice care, working autonomously within your competence while drawing on the expertise and support of the wider team.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Clinical consultations: Assessing and managing patients through face-to-face appointments, telephone consultations, online consultation requests and home visits, as appropriate.
• Triage and urgent care: Contributing to our triage and duty arrangements, assessing clinical urgency and helping patients access the right care.
• Ongoing patient care: Managing acute illness and long-term conditions, supporting continuity of care and agreeing treatment plans with patients.
• Clinical administration: Completing results, correspondence, referrals, prescribing requests and other allocated clinical tasks promptly, contributing to our shared approach to managing workload.
• Safe prescribing: Prescribing in line with evidence-based guidance and local formularies, working closely with our pharmacy team to support medication safety and effective treatment.
• Prevention and early diagnosis: Promoting screening, immunisation and healthy lifestyles, identifying risk and supporting timely investigation and referral.
• Clinical records: Maintaining clear, accurate and timely records using SystmOne.
• Safeguarding: Recognising and responding to safeguarding concerns, following practice procedures and working with relevant colleagues and agencies.
• Quality and improvement: Contributing to clinical audit, significant event reviews, learning from complaints and improvements to patient care.
• Contractual services: Supporting delivery of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), Locally Commissioned Services (LCS) and other agreed practice services.
• Teamworking: Working collaboratively with practice colleagues, our Primary Care Network and wider health and care services.
• Practice participation: Attending clinical and practice meetings, sharing learning and contributing ideas to how we develop our services.

Teaching, supervision and additional clinical or leadership responsibilities can form part of the role where agreed, taking account of your interests, experience, appropriate accreditation and the needs of the practice.

We welcome GPs who want to develop their interests and contribute to the practice beyond their core clinical work. Opportunities may include:

• Teaching and supporting medical students and GP trainees.
• Developing a clinical interest or taking on an agreed lead role.
• Participating in or leading quality improvement projects.
• Contributing to service development and new ways of working.
• Exploring future partnership opportunities, where there is mutual interest.

Additional responsibilities would be discussed and agreed as part of your role and job plan.

We also welcome informal enquiries from GPs who would like to find out more about the practice and the role.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.

Somer Valley Medical Group is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and aim to provide an environment where colleagues feel respected, supported and able to contribute.

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