Salaried GP - Bromleag Care PracticeGP Practice

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen here at Bromleag Care Practice for a salaried GP to join our growing multi-disciplinary team. This post holder will work as one of a team of GPs, ANPs, Pharmacists and more, delivering general practice services to patients at Bromleag Care Practice. We provide comprehensive primary care to patients residing in Care Homes and Extra Care Housing within the Borough of Bromley. At all times the post holder must act in a professional manner consistent with the code of conduct expected from medical practitioners representing Bromleag Care Practice and the NHS.

Main duties of the job

Provide proactive care to support and improve the health and wellbeing of residents in Care Homes and Extra Care Housing. In line with the agreed practice timetable, the post holder will undertake duties including home visits, telephone and video consultations, managing repeat prescriptions, and handling queries, paperwork, and correspondence promptly.

Deliver accessible, personalised, responsive, and flexible care. Make autonomous clinical decisions for patients, whether self-referred or referred by other healthcare professionals. Screen patients for risk factors and early signs of illness.

Provide high-quality clinical care using expert knowledge and skills to assess, implement, and monitor treatment, ensuring the highest standards are maintained. Keep accurate and up-to-date consultation records and complete clinical letters or summaries.

Apply principles of clinical governance and risk management. Comply with all relevant policies and guidelines, including KPIs, prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, and health and safety.

Commit to continuous learning, audit, and evidence-based practice. Contribute to audits, clinical standards, and development of patient records, including summarising notes and coding data.Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

Ensure death certificates are completed promptly and in line with Medical Examiner and Registrar requirements.

About us

BGPA is a federation of all 43 Bromley practices working collaboratively to enhance the health and wellbeing of Bromley residents, covering over 350,000 patients, 100% of the Bromley population.

BGPAs goals are to work strategically with Bromley practices to help secure the best services for patients whilst working together to support member practices in the challenges of a changing NHS.

BGPA aims to improve the morale of general practice in Bromley by sharing expertise, services and supporting its workforce.

BGPA will make a positive impact on medical services in Bromley by working closely with One Bromley Partners including NHS SEL ICB, local NHS trusts, local providers and patient groups, to improve the delivery of healthcare to the local population.

Details

Date posted

17 September 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12,000 a year

Per session per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

B0166-26-0011

Job locations

Bromleag Care Practice

Beckenham Clinic

14 The Crescent

Beckenham

BR3 1DU

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

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.

Organisational Values / Objectives

The goals of Bromley GP Alliance

are to work strategically with all Bromley practices, to help secure the best

services for patients whilst working together, to support the member practices

in the challenges of a changing NHS. Bromley

GP Alliance aims to improve the morale of general practice in Bromley, by

sharing expertise, services and supporting its workforce. The Alliance will make a positive impact on

medical services in Bromley, by working closely with the CCG, local NHS trusts,

local providers and patient groups, to improve the delivery of healthcare to

the local population.

Key Relationships

Care Homes across Borough of Bromley

Patients, family members and carers

Secondary Care and Community colleagues

External Organisations:

St

Christophers Hospice

Bromley

Healthcare

Orpington

Primary Care Network (PCN)

Job

Summary

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 and Responsibilities

In accordance with the practice

timetable, as agreed, the post holder will make themselves available to

undertake a variety of duties, including visiting of homes, telephone &

Video consultations, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with

queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely manner.

Provide proactive care, supporting and

improving the health and wellbeing of the population.

Provide accessible care: providing a

personalised, responsive, timely, flexible and accessible service.

Making professional, autonomous

decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self -referred or

referred from other health care workers within the organisation.

Screening patients for disease risk

factors and early signs of illness

Provide clinical care using expert

knowledge and developed clinical skills in assessing, implementing, and

monitoring patients to ensure that the quality of patient care is maintained at

the highest standard.

Recording clear and contemporaneous

consultation notes to agreed standards.

Undertake clinical letters / summary

dictation.

Ensure the principles of clinical

governance and risk management are applied to clinical practice.

Awareness of and compliance with all

relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. KPIs, 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.

Ensuring death certificates are

completed in a timely manner and in line with the Medical Examiner &

Registrars legal requirements.

Signing of death certificates and

cremation documentation. Should the post holder leave the employ of the

practice and a patient dies within 2 weeks of the post holders departure,

should the post holder be the last person who has seen the patient they will be

required to complete the necessary paperwork within a week of such request.

Education and Experience

Full GMC registration

MBBS or Equivalent medical degree

MRCGP

Inclusion on the performers list

Personal/Professional Development

Participate in an annual

individual performance review, including taking responsibility for

maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional

development

Participate in any training

programme implemented by the executive team

Effectively manage own time,

workload and resources.

Assess own performance and

development and take accountability for own actions, either

directly or under supervision

Communication

Demonstrate interpersonal skills

when dealing with all levels of staff across the BGPA using persuasion, tact

and reassurance where necessary.

Handle confidential patient

material in a sensitive and discrete fashion in compliance with Bromley GP Alliance

policy and procedure.

To be able to influence, motivate

and involve individuals and teams to reach necessary performance target

expectations.

Liaise with other departments and

members of the Bromley GP Alliance and other organisations to ensure the smooth

running of the office and to assisting the functioning of the team.

The post holder is required to

follow Bromley GP Alliance policies and procedures which are regularly updated

including:

Confidentiality / Data Protection / Freedom of Information

Post holders must maintain the confidentiality of information

about patients, staff and other health service business in accordance with the

Data Protection Act of 2018. Post holders must not, without prior permission,

disclose any information regarding patients or staff. If any member of staff

has communicated any such information to an unauthorised person those staff

will be liable to dismissal. Moreover, the Data Protection Act 2018 also

renders an individual liable for prosecution in the event of unauthorised

disclosure of information. Following the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 2005,

post holders must apply the Bromley GP Alliances FOI procedure if they receive

a written request for information.

Equal Opportunities

Post holders must at all times fulfil their responsibilities with

regard to the Bromley GP Alliances Equal Opportunities Policy and equality

laws.

Health and Safety

All post holders have a responsibility, under the Health and

Safety at Work Act (1974) and subsequently published regulations, to ensure

that the Trusts health and safety policies and procedures are complied with to

maintain a safe working environment for patients, visitors and employees.

Infection Control

All post holders have a personal obligation to act to reduce

healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs). They must attend mandatory training

in Infection Control and be compliant with all measures required by the Trust

to reduce HCAIs. All post holders must comply with the Bromley GP Alliance infection screening and immunisation policies as well as be

familiar with the Trusts Infection Control Policies, including those that

apply to their duties, such as Hand Decontamination Policy, Personal Protective

Equipment Policy, safe procedures for using aseptic techniques and safe

disposal of sharps.

Risk Management

All post holders have a responsibility to report risks such as

clinical and non-clinical accidents or incidents promptly. They are expected to

be familiar with the Trusts use of risk assessments to predict and control

risk, as well as the incident reporting system for learning from mistakes and

near misses in order to improve services. Post holders must also attend

training identified by their manager or stated by the Trust to be mandatory.

Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults

Post holders have a general responsibility for safeguarding

children and vulnerable adults in the course of their daily duties and for

ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Smoking Policy

It is the Trusts policy to promote health. Smoking, therefore, is

actively discouraged. It is illegal within Trust buildings and vehicles.

Review of this Job Description

This job description is intended as an outline of the general

areas of activity and will be amended in the light of the changing needs of the

organisation. To be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder.

Person Specification

Additional Criteria

Essential

Work as part of a team to ensure QOF targets are met.

Participate in weekly multidisciplinary team meetings, time in meetings and clinical audit where required.

Liaison with voluntary agencies and multi-disciplinary teams in both the community and secondary care.

Experience

Essential

Knowledge and experience of general Practice in the UK

Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients

Ability to safely oversee and share care of patients with nursing and other staff

Ability to work with non-career grade staff, registrars and specialist nurses

To have a broad understanding of all elements of, and a commitment to the principles of Clinical Governance

A patient centred approach to care

Good management of patient care

Effective communication skills with both clinical and non -clinical staff

Excellent IT skills

Desirable

Knowledge of EMIS

Working in Primary Care in an area with significant health problems.

Skills

Essential

Caring attitude to patients

Good personal interactive communications skills: clarity of expression and purpose

The ability to work as a team member and on own initiative

Acceptance of management and administrative duties by working within a structured team

Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies

Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance

Flexible working attitude

Qualifications

Essential

Full GMC registration

MBBS or Equivalent medical degree

MRCGP

Inclusion on the performers list

MPS/MDUS/MDDUS Membership

Desirable

Experience with EMIS

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Bromley GP Alliance Ltd

Address

Bromleag Care Practice

Beckenham Clinic

14 The Crescent

Beckenham

BR3 1DU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://bromleygpalliance.org/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Bromley GP Alliance Ltd

Address

Bromleag Care Practice

Beckenham Clinic

14 The Crescent

Beckenham

BR3 1DU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://bromleygpalliance.org/ (Opens in a new tab)