Salaried GP
Company: Faversham Medical Practice
Job ID: A0646-26-0034

Salaried GP position up to full time

• Minimum of 3 sessions a week required - 2 of which will be on Wednesdays.
• ARRS positions available
• Tier 2 sponsorship available
• Weekend shifts may be available if desired
• 8 weeks combined holiday and study leave

We are looking for motivated and committed team-players to join our very friendly and supportive team of GPs in Faversham, Kent.

We are happy to support GPs in their special interests and are actively involved in training. A course and experience in minor surgery is desirable.

Previous experience in emergency medicine or urgent care is beneficial but not essential.

Salary: £14,028 per session

Daily catch up for chat and clinical discussion

Based in two purpose built Health Care facilities in Faversham - Faversham Medical Practice and Newton Place Surgery

Driving licence and access to car on working days essential

We run a thriving Urgent Care Practitioner led Urgent Treatment Centre on-site

We are an active training practice

We offer a number of non-core services to our 34,000 patient population including minor surgery, joint injections, LARC fitting

We offer a number of community services including ophthalmology, gynaecology and orthopaedics

X-ray facilities available at Faversham Medical Practice

Main duties of the job
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.

Duties include:

• Two Clinical Sessions a day
• On Call responsibilities on a rota basis
• Home Visits
• Clinical Administration

You will hold a list of patients proportionate to the number of sessions worked. The number of patients will be calculated using the total number of patients on Newton Place Surgerys andFaversham Medical Practices patient lists and divided by the total number of sessions being worked by the Salaried GPs and GP Partners. Therefore, this number will change from time to time and may go up or down.

Please see the job description for further details.

About us
Faversham Medical Group consists of 2 GP surgeries; Faversham Medical Practice and Newton Place Surgery. We also run an Urgent Treatment Centre based at Faversham Health Centre.

We are a friendly and supportive team.

Faversham is a beautiful, historic market town. It is close to the vibrant city of Canterbury; just 60 miles from London and yet within easy reach of attractive coastline areas and beaches.

Closing date: 15 November 2026

Job responsibilities
Hours - UP TO FULL TIME - 2 SESSIONS ON FRIDAYS ARE ESSENTIAL

Reports to: The Partners (clinically); The Business Managers (administratively).

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
• 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.

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.

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. This will include (but will not be limited to):

• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
• Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines
• Correct personal use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and ensuring correct use of PPE by others
• Hand hygiene standards for self and others
• Safe management of sharps use, storage and disposal
• Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum twice annually)

Safeguarding:
It is the responsibility of all staff at Faversham Medical Group to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, keep safeguarding training up to date at the level appropriate to their role, and adhere to the safeguarding policies and procedures in place within the Practice.

Equality and diversity:
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, including respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues, and behaving in a manner which is welcoming, non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights.

Personal/professional development:
In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at courses and/or study days necessary to meet PREP requirements, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice, including an annual individual performance review and taking responsibility for their own development, learning and performance.

Quality:
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, alerting other team members to issues of quality and risk, assessing their own performance and accountability, contributing to team effectiveness, working effectively with other agencies to meet patients' needs, and effectively managing their own time, workload and resources.

Communication:
The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to communicate effectively with other team members, patients and carers, and recognise people's needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Contribution to the implementation of services:
The post-holder will apply practice policies, standards and guidance, discuss with team members how they affect their work, and participate in audit where appropriate.

Person Specification
Experience - Essential:

• Experience of partnership working including building relationships and networking
• Evidence of good personal CPD to demonstrate professional capabilities

Experience - Desirable:

• Active or recent clinical practice to demonstrate the current challenges in primary care
• Understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciation of the implications of this
• Experience in Urgent Care

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Essential:

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a diverse range of people
• Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others
• Ability to work under pressure
• Knowledge of audit and research: data collection, clinical standard setting
• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Desirable:

• Leadership, managerial, organisational and negotiating skills
• Ability to negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change
• Strategic thinking, ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
• Experience of managing and motivating others
• Pastoral skills with ability to support individual healthcare workers
• Understanding of EMIS system; effective use of information and communication technology

Qualifications - Essential:

• GP registered with the GMC; listed on the Performers List
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Qualifications - Desirable:

• Member of RCGP
• Specialism in Minor Surgery
• Other specialism related to Primary Care

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Faversham Medical Practice, Newton Place Surgery, Newton Road, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8FH, United Kingdom
Website: https://www.favershammedicalpractice.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:
HR Manager: James Lockwood
kmicb.fmphr@nhs.net
01795905577

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