Salaried GP

Job summary

Queens Park Health Centre in Bedford are seeking a salaried GP to join the team for 6 sessions per week for a 6-8 month fixed term contract.

The successful applicant will be an enthusiastic and flexible team player with the drive to develop specialist interests which will complement the Practice vision, and the ambition to take the practice further.

Main duties of the job

• Make professionally autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self referred or referred internally within the organisation.
• Receive patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and make assessments of their health care needs.
• Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Develop a care plan for health with the patient.
• Provide advice and health education.
• Admit and discharge patients to and from caseload respectively and refer them to other care providers internally or externally as appropriate.
• Consult with patients in surgery and at home visits.
• Participate in on-call duties, telephone consultations, answering patient queries, check and sign repeat prescriptions and deal with queries, test results, paperwork.
• Keep up to date with medical developments, new drugs, treatments and medications, including complementary medicine.
• Complete medical reports and non-NHS work.

Please see job description attached for further information.

About us

We are a very long-established practice working across two sites in Bedford, looking after 12,500 patients. We are also care-taking another local practice in Bedford, with a list size of 9,000 patients.

• SystmOne clinical system
• Rated Good by CQC
• High QOF achievers
• Friendly nursing and administrative support
• Development of special interests encouraged
• Training supported
• Attractive salary and terms and conditions

We are active members of our primary care network and we welcome collaborative working. Our vision is progressive, we are actively looking for new opportunities and we are a training practice. We grow our own staff and are developing advanced nurse practitioners and healthcare support workers. Bedfordshire is a great location and has a reputation for excellent schools, beautiful villages and countryside, close to Milton Keynes for shopping, and 35 minutes from London by train. Benefits include;

• 6 weeks (pr) holiday entitlement + 1 week study leave
• NHS pension scheme

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
• MRCGP
• Be on the NHSE medical performers list
• Membership of a recognised medical indemnity organisation

Experience

Essential

• Be eligible to work in the UK

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).