Job summary
Would you like to join a friendly, supportive and close knit team to provide high quality care to the local Redditch community? If so, come and join us!

We are looking for a 4 sessions per week newly qualified GP (within 2 years of CCT date & not having held a substantive post before)to join our thriving, democratic and enthusiastic team at our surgery located in Redditch Town Centre on Thursdays & Fridays. Redditch is located 15 miles south of Birmingham within easy reach of Stratford, Worcester and surrounding countryside with good transport links and an increasing and diverse population.

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.

About us
Our team consists of 4 GP partners, 6 Salaried GPs, a Pharmacist and Pharmacy Technician, 6 Nurses, a HCA and Phlebotomist supported by fantastic administrative and care navigation teams and PCN ARRS staff. We are passionate about teaching undergraduate students from Birmingham Medical School, FY2 Doctors and GP Trainees.

Why work with us?
We have excellent team morale with manageable, shared working patterns and weekly meetings. We offer a competitive salary with full reimbursement of Medical Defense fees. We encourage development and training and have monthly educational meetings. 6 weeks annual leave pro rata, 2 weeks paid CPD/Study leave pro rata and study/course budget.

Our ethos
If you are happy, the patients will be happy. We aim to get the right work-life balance whilst providing high quality patient centred care.

A bit more about us.

• Single site with Staff parking
• List size of circa 12,000 patients
• Training practice
• Rated Good in all areas by CQC
• We use EMIS Web and Docman

Job responsibilities
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.

Person Specification
Qualifications Essential:

• Active GMC registration

Experience Essential:

• Must be newly qualified -within 2 years of CCT date
• Must not have held a substantive post previously
• Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients

Experience Desirable:

• Experience of working in primary care
• Experience of working in a GP practice

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 (opens in a new window).