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Salaried GP
The closing date is 28 September 2025
We are looking to recruit a Salaried GP to join our expanding friendly team at our two practices, one on the stunning Suffolk Coast and one a rural Practice on the Norfolk/Suffolk border.
If you are an enthuisiastic, forward thinking individual who is looking to work with a team who is committed to providing the best care to our communities, we want to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
* Provides high-quality patient care
* Conduct surgery, telephone and video consultations, plus occasional home visits
* Liaise with colleagues and external providers to ensure seamless care
* Investigate and refer patients appropriately, in line with guidance
* Review results and correspondence promptly
* Provider cover for colleagues when required
* Collect and review data for audit and QOF purposes
* Maintain excellent communication with patients and carers
* Attend clinical, governance and educational meetings
* Work collaboratively and effectively within the team
* Manage your own workload and resources effectively
* Attend required training events and feedback sessions
* Report and follow up on significant events
About us
Bungay Medical Practice and Sole Bay Health Centre provides the highest qualityhealthcare to patients.
We are part of the SWAN Primary Care Network sharingclinicians and resources and working collaboratively to deliver best care for ourpatients
* 12 appointments per session - made up of face to face, telephone calls and GP bookable only
* Half day duty Doctor - never do a dreaded full day of Dr again! Duty Dr Support of skilled ANP team providing on the day urgent care cover
* Low GP visit numbers - Complex Care Team/Community Matrons who cover visits
* Daily coffee break and weekly MDT meetings
Our teams consists of:-
* 4 GP partners, 1 Managing partner
* 6 ANPS
* 7 Nurses and 5 HCAs
* Complex Care Team; 3 Community Matrons, 1 Paramedic and 1 Admiral Dementia Nurse
* 2 Clinical Pharmacists and 3 Technicians
* Experienced Dispensing Teams at both sites
* Social Prescribers
* Fantastic Reception/Admin/Secretarial Support
* Teaching Practice for VTS/FY2s/Cambridge and UEA Medical Students
Job responsibilities
* Provide high quality patient care including prevention, screening, treatment, management of chronic conditions and health promotion
* Develop care and treatment plans in consultation with patients and in line with current Practice protocols, as well as wider guidance eg NICE
* Carry out surgery, telephone and video consultations and undertake home visits
* Speak to and see patients promptly and in a timely manner, in order to minimise waiting times
* Ensure appropriate follow up of patients
* Generate, check and sign acute and repeat prescriptions, in line with Practice policy
* Transfer patients, where appropriate, to the repeat dispensing system
* Liaise with other team members and organisations involved in patient care and respond promptly to queries
* Investigate and refer patients as appropriate, in line with current guidance
* Deal promptly with results and correspondence, clearly communicating any actions that are required
* Provide cover as needed, for all of the above, when other GPs are on leave
* When providing care ensure the judicious use of resources and NHS funds
* Keep clear and contemporaneous computerised consultation notes and patient records to agreed standards and in line with Practice policies
* Collect data for audit and QOF purposes
* Prescribe generically whenever appropriate and in accordance with the Practice formulary, commissioning and national guidance
* Maintain high levels of communication with patients and carers to ensure effective delivery of care
Confidentiality
* In the course of seeking treatment, patients must 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 with respect their privacy and act appropriately. As a GP, you will have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers. You may have 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 and colleagues, and 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 and Safety
* The post holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health and Safety policy, to include:-
* Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines
* Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
* Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
* Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
* Reporting potential risks identified
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 and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
* Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgemental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights
Person Specification
Qualifications
* A vocational trained and accredited GP, preferably MRCGP current registration with the GMC
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
* Ability to work with limited supervision
* IT proficiency and familiarity with primary care systems (the Practice uses TPP SystmOne)
* Exceptional team player
* Good understanding of GMS contracting requirements and QOF
* Good understanding of GMS contracting requirements and QOF
Qualifications
* A medical practitioner whose name is included in the General Practitioner Register under article 10 of the General and Specialist Medical Practice Order 2003
* Not subject to suspension under section 41A of the Medical Act 1983
* Currently on a performers list and not suspended from that list or from the medical register
* Accredited as a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP)
* Competent user of TPP S1
Experience
* In Practice as a General Practitioner/Locum Practitioner or ST3
* Commitment to and experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary and skill mixed team environment
* Experience of working to achieve standards with the QOF framework
* Experience supporting service changes
Skills and Attributes
* Understanding of health and social needs of a local practice patient population
* Good understanding of QOF
* Commitment to personal and professional development
* Commitment to education and training
* Excellent verbal and written communication skiolls
* Strong interpersonal skills
* Strong leadership skills
* Understanding of the current issues and challenges facing primary care
* Imaginative approach to problem solving and provision of services
* Provision of enhanced services
* Competent user of TPP S1
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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