Salaried GP - Fixed Term

Join a supportive, forward-thinking team delivering high-quality patient care in a well-established practice.

Thornhills Medical Practice is looking to recruit a motivated and patient-focused Salaried GP to join our friendly and collaborative team. This role is for 4 sessions per week (ideally Thursdays and Fridays, with some flexibility considered) and is offered on a fixed-term basis funded through the Practice Level GP Reimbursement Scheme until 31 March 2027, with potential for extension or permanency subject to ongoing funding.

Main duties of the job The Role

You will manage a varied and rewarding caseload within a supportive primary care environment, providing high-quality care to our registered and temporary patients. Key responsibilities include:

• Face-to-face and telephone consultations
• Online triage
• Occasional home visits
• Reviewing and signing repeat prescriptions
• Managing clinical correspondence and queries
• Participation in the duty doctor rota

About us About Us

• 12-doctor GMS practice with 6 partners
• Approx. 14,900 patients in a compact semi-rural setting
• Rated Good by CQC
• PCN lead practice with strong collaborative relationships
• Stable, experienced leadership and supportive management
• We have a strong multidisciplinary team including paramedics, pharmacists, physiotherapists, nurses, HCAs, care coordinators, and social prescribers helping to ensure a manageable workload and excellent patient care.

Why Join Thornhills?

• Supportive, friendly, and well-organised team
• Manageable workload with strong clinical support
• Flexible and innovative approach to the working day
• 6 weeks annual leave + 1 week study leave (pro rata)
• GMS Subscriptions and Indemnity paid in addition to salary
• BMA-aligned contract
• Purpose-built premises with free parking
• EMIS system with integrated dictation
• Opportunities to develop clinical interests and skills
• Daily informal team check-ins and a positive team culture

Job responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities of the Salaried GP. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

• The post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including face to face consultations, telephone consultations, online triage, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence as required.
• Participation in duty doctor rota.
• Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation
• Assess the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
• Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
• Cover all the clinical management of the patients in surgery as appropriate including initiating investigations, reviewing results, making referrals to secondary care or to other providers as appropriate
• In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health
• Ensure appropriate follow up of patients
• Record clear and contemporaneous computerised consultation notes to agreed standards
• Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible
• Providing counselling and health education
• Prescribe generically whenever appropriately and in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary, NICE guidance and Good Prescribing Practice (as defined by British National Formulary guidance
• Work with and support other members of the primary health care team in delivering high quality primary care
• Promote the application of standards and codes of Practice set by the Royal College of General Practice, General Medical Council, Department of Health, local governing bodies and CQC.
• Play a role in the practice achieving agreed QOF and other key performance indicator targets.
• Take responsibility for targets and services allocated, e.g. a QOF area or an Enhanced Service.
• In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Qualified GP
• Current GMC full registration
• Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent
• Membership of recognised defence union
• MRCGP
• Currently on a performers list
• Never been removed from a performers list for a detrimental reason
• Copy of last DBS disclosure (a new DBS will be carried out if selected for recruitment)
• A demonstrable commitment to professional development
• Understands the importance of evidence-based practice and clinical effectiveness
• Be eligible under the Practice-Level GP Reimbursement Scheme requirements
• Evidence of recent self-directed learning or development
• DRCOG
• DFP
• DCH
• IUD fitting
• Implanon fitting and removal
• Recognised qualifications for GP
• Knowledge of the current issues facing primary care and the wider NHS

Experience

• Experience of Microsoft Office
• applications
• Experience of GP Clinical IT
• systems
• EMIS experience

Knowledge / Skill / Competencies

• Excellent communication (oral and written) and inter personal skills
• Ability to listen and empathise
• Good time management
• Excellent keyboard and computer skills
• Problem solving and a 'solutions focused' approach
• Understanding of Clinical
• Governance and quality issues as well as health and social policy
• Sound clinical skills
• Initiative and drive
• Pleasant and articulate
• Able to work under pressure
• Self-motivated and positive
• Empathetic, honest, caring
• Adaptable and forward looking
• Enthusiastic and energetic
• Diplomatic and considered
• Hard working, willing and flexible
• Observance of strict confidentiality
• Ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense.
• Flexibility of working hours to meet the needs of the practices clinical commitment
• Ability and success in the implementation of change and/or service development within an organisation

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.