Newly Qualified GP

Job summary

Hardwicke House Group Practice located in Sudbury are looking for a newly qualified GP under the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS), to join our team on a 12 month fixed term contract for 4 sessions per week.

The successful candidate will benefit from working as part of a supportive and positive practice team, in addition to the help and guidance we provide to our own colleagues, we are a training practice and regularly host trainee placements.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to support and care for a diverse patient group.

Main duties of the job

• Undertaking a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork, reports and correspondence in a timely fashion.
• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting medical problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcare workers within the organisation.
• Assessing the healthcare needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols.
• Providing health education.
• Recording clear consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.

About us

We operate across four surgery sites and overall we employ over 80 staff. We have 7 partner GPs, 6 associate GPs, 2 advanced nurse practitioners, 2 PCN community paramedics and a well-established nursing team. We also benefit from PCN clinical pharmacists, a pharmacy technician, first contact physios and a team of social prescribers and care coordinators.

If you are interested in finding out more about the opportunities then please contact the Practice Manager, Stewart Fountain on stewart.fountain@nhs.net. We encourage candidates to visit the practice and we will be very pleased to host you for an informal discussion and to find out more about us.