Job summary
Wootton Vale Healthy Living Centre & Shortstown Surgery is a forward thinking and innovative practice looking to recruit a salaried GP or partner to join our dynamic team on a full-time or part-time basis and although this is a permanent position, we will considerflexible contract options.
Main duties of the job
We embrace new ways of working and welcome ideas to change the way our clinicians work, to bring more variety into their days. We work closely with our local commissioners and enjoy taking part in pilot projects and we would support any applicants to take part in these depending on their area of interest. We pride ourselves on having good patient access figures and our two sites have very different patient demographics and levels of deprivation, which leads to an interesting clinical challenge.
About us
We are a friendly surgery with a list size of 15,000 patients, over two sites, Wootton Vale, (MK43 9JJ), and branch site Shortstown Surgery, (MK42 0GS).We have good appointment access, which means happy patients, and a strong teamwork ethos that includes an established clinical pharmacy team, GPs, nurses, physician associates, & a clinical liaison team, who look after the clinical staff. We are also a tier-2 sponsoring practice and would support any applicants requiring a tier 2 visa.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We welcome GPs to join our dynamic team and make a meaningful impact on the health and well-being of our patients.
If you would like more information or just an initial discussion, please don't hesitate to contact Richie Short (business manager) richard.short@nhs.net or +44 (0) 1234 762500.
We are fully committed to supporting our staff to develop in their careers and, as such, we maintain a close partnership with the Bedfordshire, Luton, and Milton Keynes training hub. Our aim is to provide comprehensive training and development opportunities to our staff, fostering their growth within the NHS primary care community. Through this collaboration, we offer a diverse range of accessible training and development options, including:
- Individualised coaching sessions
- Health and well-being benefits, including funded access to the ShinyMind app, which offers daily support for well-being and resilience
- We are finalising our application to become a training practice which means that we will be able to support GP trainees in the future and would support applicants interested in GP education to become a GP trainer
- Support from the training hub GP workforce leads
- Newly qualified GPs (within one year of CCT completion) will be supported to join the training hubs comprehensive two-year new-to-practice fellowship programme, offering CPD activities, peer support networks, and deeper understanding of general practice and primary care
We also actively encourage portfolio working and would be more than happy to discuss any areas of special interest you may have. Some of the areas of special interest we currently support are:
- One of our GPs is one of the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board clinical lead
- One GP is on the ICB clinical and prescribing boards
- We are active in IT and technical projects, and our managing partner is on the digital transformation course
- We support gynae/womens/sexual health including implant fitting and host the hospital outreach gynae service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We welcome GPs to join our dynamic team and make a meaningful impact on the health and well-being of our patients.
If you would like more information or just an initial discussion, please don't hesitate to contact Richie Short (business manager) richard.short@nhs.net or +44 (0) 1234 762500.
We are fully committed to supporting our staff to develop in their careers and, as such, we maintain a close partnership with the Bedfordshire, Luton, and Milton Keynes training hub. Our aim is to provide comprehensive training and development opportunities to our staff, fostering their growth within the NHS primary care community. Through this collaboration, we offer a diverse range of accessible training and development options, including:
- Individualised coaching sessions
- Health and well-being benefits, including funded access to the ShinyMind app, which offers daily support for well-being and resilience
- We are finalising our application to become a training practice which means that we will be able to support GP trainees in the future and would support applicants interested in GP education to become a GP trainer
- Support from the training hub GP workforce leads
- Newly qualified GPs (within one year of CCT completion) will be supported to join the training hubs comprehensive two-year new-to-practice fellowship programme, offering CPD activities, peer support networks, and deeper understanding of general practice and primary care
We also actively encourage portfolio working and would be more than happy to discuss any areas of special interest you may have. Some of the areas of special interest we currently support are:
- One of our GPs is one of the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board clinical lead
- One GP is on the ICB clinical and prescribing boards
- We are active in IT and technical projects, and our managing partner is on the digital transformation course
- We support gynae/womens/sexual health including implant fitting and host the hospital outreach gynae service.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Person Specification
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
