Associate General Practitioner - Fixed Term in Bristol

This post is a fixed‑term associate GP role within a well‑run GP medical practice in Bristol starting in September/October 2026. The suitable candidate will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a Primary Care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients. We offer full workflow optimisation to help manage your administrative workload. An induction programme and a mentor for ongoing support. We are a dynamic and innovative team, always open to new ideas.

Responsibilities

• In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post‑holder will make him/her‑self available to undertake 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 and correspondence in a timely fashion.
• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self‑referred or referred from other health‑care workers within the organisation.
• Assessing the health‑care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease‑management protocols, developing care plans for health.
• Providing counselling and health education.
• Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate.
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Collecting data for audit purposes.
• Compiling and issuing computer‑generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand‑written prescriptions whenever possible).
• Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
• In general, the post‑holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Practice & Location

Westbury on Trym is situated in the heart of Northwest Bristol. It offers a modern purpose‑built building serving our community. The premises are owned by the partnership. We are a non‑dispensing PMS practice, with a strong interest in both teaching and research. We have a low home‑visit rate. We are a stable and successful business with 5 GP partners, 5 salaried doctors and an excellent team of advanced nurse practitioners, nurses and practice administration staff. A strong team ethos is maintained and developed. We have a workflow optimisation team to safeguard GPs from unnecessary clinical letters. Duty sessions are supported by an Advanced Nurse Practitioner. We have a social prescriber, clinical pharmacists, a care co‑ordinator, mental health practitioner and a first‑contact physiotherapist.

Scheduling & Contract

We are recruiting for 3–4 sessions a week. The successful candidate will ideally be available to work on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. There is an expectation that all clinicians contribute to any additional NHS contractual hours. At this time, this would be for 30 minutes per week. Time off in lieu / shifting usual surgery times would be offered in exchange. You will accrue pro‑rata annual leave and study leave. The full‑time equivalent for one year is 6 weeks annual leave plus bank holidays, plus one week study leave. On‑call sessions are calculated fairly and equally between all GPs. The pro‑rata share is based on the total number of sessions worked by all the GPs. The contract includes membership with the NHS Pension Scheme and reimbursement for any MDU fees for the period of the contract. At this stage, the contract is fixed‑term but if any opportunities arise to extend the contract, this will be discussed with the successful candidate at that time.