Salaried GP

Job summary
Due to retirement, we have a vacancy for an enthusiastic, motivated salaried GP to start with us as soon as possible.

We are looking to fill 8 sessions per week and this could be split into 2 roles. We would invite applications from any GPs who are seeking 2 sessions upwards.

Working days and times can be flexible but Friday is essential, as is the requirement to be in the building until 6.30pm on Duty Doctor days only, which are rota'd on a fortnightly basis and shared amongst GPs.

Main duties of the job
Your working day will consist of a mixture of face to face and telephone consultations and associated administrative work, in addition to occasional home visits.

All of our GPs take on some supervision of registrars and oversight of ACPs / Paramedic colleagues who may have questions.

There is opportunity to take on one of our 7 large care homes, which would involve occasional ward rounds and liaison with other colleagues who attend visits to manage the care of these patients. Time would be allocated for this purpose.

We would be particularly interested in any applications from GPs with special interest in frailty, women's health or mental health.

About us
Ridgeway View Family Practice is a ~15,000 patient, busy General Practice surgery based across two sites in Wroughton and Chiseldon.

We are part of Brunel Healthcare Group (Brunel PCN 1) working together with other practices across Swindon to achieve best practice outcomes and economy of scale working (examples of this are the former STEAM vaccination centre and our current joint Saturday Extended Access clinic).

We have a strong team of nurses, ACPs, Paramedic, Clinical Pharmacists, Social Prescriber and highly trained GP Assistants, who mange the burden of referrals, clinical coding and correspondence.

We buy in to the LIVI service and a local shared Saturday clinic which covers our Extended Access requirements and offers our patients more choice and we are fully embracing digital technologies.

Brunel PCN 1 is one of the first "Approved Learning Organisations" in the area and as such as embrace learning and development within our practice and we enjoy hosting GP Registrars as well as Medical and Nursing students.

We prioritise work / life balance and do our best to ensure a calm and happy workplace.

Job responsibilities
Your working day will consist of a mixture of face to face and telephone consultations and associated administrative work, in addition to

• occasional home visits (we have a paramedic employed for home visits but some require a GP to attend, e.g. EOL)
• own referrals and admin
• filing lab results (your own and a share of absent colleagues')
• signing prescriptions (your own and a share of absent colleagues')
• supervision of students / registrars
• management of a care home (we look after 7 large care homes)

Our GPs work in sessions. Each session consists of 11 bookable appointment slots for a mixture of telephone or F2F appointments plus an additional 2 "GP only to book" slots for your personal use.

GPs may choose their own appointment length. We have a mixture of GPs who prefer 10, 12.5 or 15 minute slots.

We have a Duty Doctor rota, which equates to roughly one day per fortnight, where the rota'd GP does not have prebooked routine appointments and manages the day's triage of online consultations and booking patients into available 'same day' slots.

Qualifications
Essential

• Qualified General Practitioner on the UK Performers list
• Newly qualified or experienced
• Evidence of ongoing professional interest
• Team player

Experience
Essential

• Experience of working in UK General Practice

Desirable

• Experience of SystmOne Clinical system

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.