Salaried GP - maternity cover in Haverhill

About the Role

Haverhill Family Practice is looking for a part‑time salaried GP to work for our friendly, busy, town‑centre practice, to cover maternity leave for between 9 to 12 months. The salaried GP is responsible for providing medical care and services to the practice population, managing a clinical caseload and dealing with a diverse range of health needs.

This will include, but is not limited to:

• Face to face and telephone consultations (including e‑consult)
• Home visits
• Administration
• Complying with the practice’s contracts (PMS/enhanced services)
• Education and training of junior/trainee clinical staff
• Practice evidence‑based medicine, in line with national and locally agreed guidelines
• Conduct patient consultations during the practice’s clinical appointment hours
• Undertake duty consultations on a rota basis
• Triage patients presenting to the practice in person, by telephone and E‑Consults
• Check and sign repeat prescription requests
• Check, manage and process patient test results
• Prescribe in line with local and national guidelines

For further details, please see job description attached.

About the Candidate

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

and skills, including:

• 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.

About Us

Haverhill Family Practice is a Haverhill based GP surgery offering a wide range of health services. With a CQC rating of "Good" and an experienced clinical team, they aim to provide a high standard of medical care and are always fully committed to patient needs.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.