Salaried GP in Basildon

Langdon Hills Medical Centre is looking to recruit a friendly, enthusiastic and caring salaried GP to join their busy, growing, dynamic, four partner training practice in Basildon. The position is available on either a full or part‑time basis. There will be plenty of opportunity for lead clinical roles as well as professional development.

The role will include all general duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care, as well as:

• Undertaking a variety of duties including surgery 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 medical problems, whether self‑referred or referred from other healthcare workers within the organisation.
• Assessing the healthcare needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols.
• Providing health education.
• Recording clear consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Collecting data for audit purposes and complying with QOF requirements.
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.

All applicants should have the following qualifications:

• Fully qualified GP with GMC registration.
• Annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate).
• Be on the NHSE medical performers list.

Skills required include:

• Good understanding and experience of chronic disease management, and primary prevention and screening services.
• Ability to take responsibility for your own career development, learning and performance and are responsible for ensuring that all your mandatory training is in date.
• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies and guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.
• Commitment to life‑long learning and audit to ensure evidence‑based best practice.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in a confidential manner.

Langdon Hills Medical Centre are an innovative, well‑organised and forward‑thinking GMS training practice. We have a practice population of 14,500 patients with a growing list size. We have a supportive nursing and administrative team and use the SystmOne computer system. We offer a competitive salary.

For further information about this role, please contact: Mrs Marguerite Cutting (Practice Manager).

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.