General Practitioner - Fairfield Surgery (Long Term Locum)NHS

Job summary

Sessions required (4 per week):

Friday: full day

Either Tuesday / Thursday and flexibility for days,

On call half day - this would mainly be triage based session and ability to review as needed / some Face-to-face appointments,

Ability to increase sessions when embedded into the team.

The role includes a mix of routine appointments shared across our clinical team and standard core work as a GP, including routine clinic which are a mix if telephone triage and face to face appointments. There will be requirement to cover on call in afternoon on some days which would be discussed and will be flexible with how session is set up.

We dont have prebooked patient when on call and operate a triage based system allowing flexibility to review them based on clinic need. We have a cluster paramedic who does the home visits and also pharmacist and advance practice paramedic as part of clinical team.

As a practice we encourage continued professional development, and we would encourage the candidate to fully join our team and attend regular in-house teaching sessions, team practice meetings and palliative care meetings.

If you are enthusiastic about delivering high quality primary care and would like to join a positive and supportive practice, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Informal enquiries and visits are welcome.

Main duties of the job

What we are looking for:

• A motivated, patient-focused GP- newly qualified welcome to apply.
• GMC registered, with inclusion on the performers list
• Confidence in managing both routine and same day care
• A team player with strong communication skills

We welcome newly qualified GPs who are keen to develop their skills working in a multidisciplinary experienced team comprising to experienced partners, advanced practice pharmacist , advanced practitioner paramedic and experienced senior nurses who manage chronic diseases.

Job description

Job responsibilities

In accordance with the Practice timetable, the post-holder will undertake a variety of duties including:

• Surgery consultations,
• Telephone consultations,
• Checking and signing repeat prescriptions,
• 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.

About us

Fairfield Surgery is an 7,900 patient GMS practice based in the Port Talbot Resource Centre with a friendly administrative team. There are 4 GP Partners with a clinical team of Practice Pharmacist, Practice Paramedic, Practice Nurses and a Health Care Worker. Supported by a community team of District Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors.

Our vision is to offer excellent medical care in accordance with best practice taking care to support all our staff.

We offer:

• Modern purpose-built surgery
• Free parking
• Good working conditions
• NHS Pension scheme