GP Practitioner

West Meads Surgery in Bognor Regis is looking for a salaried GP to join our friendly, well-established team for 4-6 sessions per week. The salary is £104,000 - £114,000 per annum full-time equivalent, pro rata and dependent on experience, with indemnity paid in addition. You will have 15-minute appointments, a protected 30-minute educational break every morning, the support of a GP assistant and a wide multidisciplinary team, including first contact practitioners in mental health and MSK. Our rota is flexible and can be tailored to your preferences. Alongside your clinical sessions, the role includes a duty doctor day and the opportunity to take the lead in an area that genuinely interests you. We encourage all our clinicians to develop special interests, and we will support you to do the same. Main duties of the job Your main duties will include: 15-minute face-to-face and remote consultations covering acute, chronic and mental health presentations, with no restrictions on prescribing A duty doctor day, managing on-the-day urgent demand and supporting the wider clinical team Lead responsibility for an area of your choosing, such as a long-term condition, prescribing, safeguarding, training or metabolic health A share of home visits and clinical admin, including actioning letters and filing results Ordering investigations, referring to secondary care and arranging emergency admissions where needed We promote lifestyle medicine to help patients achieve better metabolic health, including collaborative low-carb groups for patients with diabetes and pre-diabetes. We are looking for someone forward-thinking who is comfortable using modern technology. About us West Meads Surgery is a thriving, semi-rural GMS practice caring for over 7,750 patients. Our clinical team comprises two GP partners and a paramedic partner, five salaried GPs, one further paramedics, an ANP and a highly skilled nursing team, all supported by an excellent non-clinical team. We also have first contact practitioners in mental health and MSK, a pharmacist and pharmacy technician, a health and wellbeing coach and a GP assistant, so your time is protected and you can give each patient the time they need. We use SystmOne and are a teaching practice for GP registrars and medical students. Our most recent CQC inspection (2022) rated the practice Good. We take our team's wellbeing seriously, with stretch, walk and educational breaks built into our clinical rotas. We are close to the sea and a few minutes' drive from the South Downs National Park, with Brighton and Portsmouth within easy reach. Benefits include indemnity paid in addition to salary, 6 weeks' annual leave plus bank holidays and 5 days' study leave (both pro rata), NHS Pension, a flexible rota, an air-conditioned consulting room, free on-site parking, Beneden Health Care cover, a Cycle to Work scheme, a weekly fresh fruit team basket and an accommodating dog policy. Job responsibilities Job purpose: To provide safe, high-quality general medical services to the practice's registered patients, working as part of a multidisciplinary team, and to contribute to the development of the practice through a lead role in an area of interest. Clinical responsibilities Provide 15-minute face-to-face and remote consultations for patients of all ages Assess, diagnose and manage acute presentations, chronic conditions and mental health presentations Take medical histories, carry out physical examinations and prescribe without restriction Order and interpret appropriate investigations, including bloods and radiology Refer appropriately to secondary care and organise emergency admissions where needed Undertake a share of home visits, including to local care homes where required Carry out minor surgery where required Provide health promotion and lifestyle advice, including dietary advice in line with the practice's approach to metabolic health Duty doctor Undertake a duty doctor day Manage on-the-day urgent demand, including triage, urgent appointments and telephone advice Act as a point of clinical support and advice for the wider clinical team, including paramedics, the ANP and nursing staff Lead responsibility Take lead responsibility for a clinical or practice area of your choosing, agreed with the partners, such as a long-term condition, prescribing, safeguarding, training or metabolic health Keep up to date with guidance in that area, support colleagues, and contribute to audits, protocols and quality improvement Administration Undertake a share of clinical admin, including actioning and filing clinical letters and pathology results Maintain accurate, contemporaneous clinical records on SystmOne Complete referrals, reports and other documentation in a timely manner Teamwork and teaching Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, including pharmacists, first contact practitioners, health visitors, midwives and mental health services Support the practice's teaching of GP registrars and medical students as appropriate Attend and contribute to clinical and practice meetings Professional responsibilities Maintain full GMC registration with a licence to practise and inclusion on the NHS England Performers List Participate in annual appraisal and revalidation, and maintain your CPD Contribute to QOF, local enhanced services and other quality targets Follow practice policies on safeguarding, confidentiality, information governance, infection control, health and safety and equality and diversity Contribute to significant event analysis and learning This job description is not exhaustive and may be reviewed in discussion with the postholder. Occasionally you may be asked to carry out other duties, depending on workload and staffing levels. Qualifications MBBS or equivalent medical degree Essential Full GMC registration with a licence to practise, and on the GP Register Essential Included on the NHS England Performers List (or eligible to join) Essential CCT in General Practice or equivalent Essential Additional postgraduate qualifications, e.g. DFSRH, DRCOG or a diploma in a special interest area Desirable Minor surgery training Desirable Experience Experience of working as a GP in UK primary care Essential Experience of managing on-the-day urgent demand or working as a duty doctor Desirable Experience of using SystmOne Desirable Experience of taking a lead role or developing a special interest Desirable Experience of teaching or supervising other clinicians Desirable Skills