Locum GP Maternity Cover

East of England, East of England

Fixed-Term

Depends on experience

General Practitioner

Locum GP Maternity Cover

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, Locum GP to join our friendly multidisciplinary team to cover 5-7 sessions of maternity leave on a fixed term contract from September 2024.

We are a friendly, dynamic, and innovative Practice who work closely as a team to deliver high standards of patient care serving over 10,000 patients.

There are strong relationships between our staff team, wider community and with our patients. Birchwood understands the value and importance of each interaction with our patients and ensures that each member of our team is fully supported. We are looking to maintain this culture and evolve our services, making them work for our patients, our staff, and the practice in the changing modern primary care environment.

We are part of Poole North PCN and benefit from additional services from an enhanced care team which includes, Pharmacist team, MSK practitioners, Social Prescribers, Health Coaches, Teenage counsellors & Mental Health Nurses.

If you are driven, enthusiastic, and love being part of a friendly and supportive team then this could be for you.

Main duties of the job

To provide excellent patient care
The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.
Participate in setting standards for care and auditing clinical outcomes.
Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary or generically whenever this is clinically appropriate.

About us

You will be joining a team that includes 4 Partners, 2 Salaried GPs, 1 Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Practice Manager, Deputy Practice Manager, IT & Operations Manager an excellent nursing team, medical secretaries and admin team. We are a training practice and regularly have GP registrars placed with us and medical students at various points in their training. You will be well supported and enjoy daily lunchtime catch-ups with the clinical team

Job description

Job responsibilities

Excellent Clinical, communication and interpersonal skills
Able to demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development
Able to work in a changing environment and implement change when applicable to provide high-quality health care
Be able to demonstrate critical thinking and decision-making skills clinically.
Be Aware of local and national health policy.
Must have PC skills, (we use SystmOne)
Experience of QOF and clinical audit
Highly motivated and flexible.
Ability to work well within a Practice team.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification, to hold a current certificate of prescribed experience.

Desirable

MRCGP Post graduate diploma in an area of interest (eg pediatrics/O&G) LoC-IUT LoC-SDI.

Experience

Essential

Full registration with the GMC. Listed on the UK Medical Performers List. Must meet professional health requirements in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice.

Desirable

Experience of working in primary care
Experience of working in a GP practice

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.