We are looking for enthusiastic motivated doctor to join our very friendly, highly regarded practice at St. Peters Surgery, Carmarthen
Start date is from ASAP 2026 but we are prepared to wait for the right person.
6 sessions - with an interest in Womans Health matters
Salary On ask
we have three Partners and one salaried GP working 8 sessions a week.
Friendly and dedicated nursing, administrative and community team.
High satisfaction ratings from our patients.
High QOF achievement.
Training Practice
Providing all options of LARC in the practice.
Main duties of the job
This is a great opportunity to join a supportive and progressive team whether you're newly qualified or looking for a fresh start in a new environment. The post holder 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. Ideally the post holder would have a keen interest in womans health matters and support the excellent Nursing team in this.
A key member of the team, the Salaried GP will manage a caseload, dealing with a wide range of presenting health care needs in a primary care setting. The post holder will work with clinical colleagues in ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered patients. The post holder will also contribute to planning and decision making as part of the practice team; the job description therefore covers clinical and organisation elements
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.
About us
The practice was established in July 1984 and originally located in Spilman Street. In April 1991 we moved to new purpose built premises to offer up to date facilities. The surgery is located at the far end of St. Peters car park behind the bowling green. We are close to the main bus routes and parking is available in front of the surgery. We aim to provide a caring, efficient and professional service of the highest standard. In February 2004 the surgery became an approved training practice for the training of GP Registrars, doctors who have undertaken their general medical training and wish to train to become GPs. We are a three partner and one salaried GP practice. We also have long term locum GPs as part of our team plus a highly skilled and dedicated nursing team. We have recently employed a Pharmacist to enhance the services we offer. Our receptionist and admin team are all dedicated and highly trained.
Job responsibilities
JOB TITLE: SALARIED GENERAL PRACTITIONER
An interest in Womens health is desirable
REPORTS TO: THE PARTNERS Clinically
THE PRACTICE MANAGER Administratively
HOURS:6 Sessions 3 days a week
Job summary:
We are a welcoming, forward-thinking GP practice seeking a motivated Salaried GP to join us for 6 sessions per week. This is a great opportunity to join a supportive and progressive team whether you're newly qualified or looking for a fresh start in a new environment. The post-holder 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. Ideally the post-holder would have a keen interest in womans health matters and support the excellent Nursing team in this.
Main Duties of the Role
A key member of the team, the Salaried GP will manage a caseload, dealing with a wide range of presenting health care needs in a primary care setting. The post holder will work with clinical colleagues in ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered patients. The post holder will also contribute to planning and decision making as part of the practice team; the job description therefore covers clinical and organisation elements. The successful candidate will also have an interest in Womans health matters.
Clinical responsibilities:
* In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves 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
Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
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
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.
Other responsibilities within the organisation:
* Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies, guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
A commitment to life‑long learning and audit to ensure evidence‑based best practice
Contributing to evaluation, audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation
Contributing to the development of computer‑based patient records
Contributing to the summarising of patient records and read‑coding patient data
Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
Confidentiality:
* In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
Health & safety:
The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management of their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and published procedures.
Equality and diversity:
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
* Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
Respecting the privacy dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non‑judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and, or, study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements for PREP are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, with such training to include:
* Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and, or, professional development
Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and,or, professional development
Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.
Quality:
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:
* Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
Communication:
The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:
* Communicate effectively with other team members
Communicate effectively with patients and carers
Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
Person Specification
Experience
* Chronic disease management
* Primary prevention & screening services
* Clinical Governance
* Delivery of QOF targets
* Self audit and reflection
* Organised and efficient in record keeping and completion of paperwork
* Time management being able to prioritise work and work under pressure
* Experience of working a variety of clinical software systems
* Adaptability to change
* Service Development
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
* Willingness to share and collaborate across entire primary health team
* Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with multi-disciplinary teams
* Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
* Ability to recognise own limitations and act upon them appropriately
* Willingness to learn new skills and to problem solve on a daily basis
* An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
* Commitment to primary prevention and health improvement
* Addressing health inequalities
Qualifications
* Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
* Annual appraisal and revalidation, when appropriate
* General practice, Vocational Training Scheme trained
* On a PCT medical performers list
* Enhanced CRB check
* UK driving licence
* Current CPR certificate
* UK work permit, if required
* Evidence of continued professional development
* MRCGP
* Experience of teaching undergraduate students
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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