Locum GP - maternity cover

Job summary

We are seeking two GPs to provide maternity locum cover : one starting at the beginning of November and one starting at the beginning of December.

Each role is for 6 sessions/ week

We are looking for dynamic GPs who are keen to be part of our team. We are a well-established semi-rural practice covering approximately 17 000 patients.

We are enthusiastic and forward-thinking and many of our GPs have special interests. We provide medical cover for a discharge to assess programme and two community wards.

We are a training practice for medical students and ST doctors (registrars)

We have a well- established extended team including an ACP , FCP , Clinical Pharmacists and care-co-ordinators who support us in providing a high standard of care to our patients

Main duties of the job

You will be part of the team , providing 6 sessions of clinical cover. We provide a mix of e-consult , telephone and face-to-face appointments. Some appointments are forward bookable and some are book-on-the-day . There are two duty doctors in the morning and two duty doctors in the afternoon. The practice shuts at lunchtime for an hour to allow practice meetings , catch-ups and educational activities to take place.

We are actively involved in our PCN and one of our partners is the PCN CD. We are also actively involved in our local Federation and we are always keen to support the development on primary care in our patch

About us

We are a friendly practice with an open-door policy to support all our staff. Our list size is nearly 17000 and we have a small branch in a local pharmacy near the Waitrose in Stratford-upon-Avon .

Our organisation is led by 8 partners ( 7 clinical , 1 manager) who are dedicated and committed to providing excellent patient care and supporting staff. The multidisciplinary team includes salaried GPs, practice nurses and HCAs , an ACP , a FCP , clinical pharmacists and a pharmacy technician and GP assistants who all contribute hugely to the ethos of delivering the best possible care within the resources available to us.

The clinical team is supported by a highly skilled and efficient administrative team.

We are proud of being a training practice and are keen to support medical students and GP in training.