About this role
Job summary
We are looking to appoint a Salaried General Practitioner (GP) on a permanent contract, covering up to 6 sessions per week. We are flexible and happy to consider fewer sessions for the right candidate.
The role involves undertaking routine clinical duties as part of our supportive, multi-disciplinary team. You will be a proactive and committed GP with a valid GMC licence to practise, providing safe, efficient, and patient-centred care.
Main duties of the job
Undertake a range of GP duties including face-to-face and telephone consultations, clinical administration, and occasional home visits.
Assess the healthcare needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions.
Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to patient care.
Refer patients appropriately to secondary or specialist care and admit/discharge as needed.
Check and sign repeat prescriptions and manage acute prescription requests.
Maintain high standards of record keeping using our EMIS clinical system.
Prescribe in line with the practice formulary and national guidance.
Contribute to the ongoing development of the practice and patient services.
We are seeking a dedicated, collaborative GP who will be an active team member and support our ongoing commitment to high-quality care and service improvement.
About us
We are a large, dynamic, and supportive training practice with a list size of approximately 21,000 patients, operating across three sites: our main site, St Davids Clinic, and two branch surgeries, St Brides Medical Centre and The Gaer Medical Centre.
We are an exceptionally well organised practice with clear systems. We pride ourselves on delivering high-quality, patient-centred care through a committed and collaborative multidisciplinary team.
Our clinical staff includes six GP partners, eleven salaried GPs, an Advanced Clinical Practitioner who leads on home visits, a Physician Associate, an Advanced Nurse, two Practice Nurses, four Healthcare Assistants, a Phlebotomist, a Physiotherapist, two Clinical Pharmacists, and two Pharmacy Technicians.
As a teaching and training practice, we regularly host medical students, GP registrars, and other healthcare professionals in training, fostering a strong culture of development and continuous improvement. We currently use EMIS Web as our clinical system and Electronic Prescribing (EPS), enhancing efficiency and streamlining medication management. The team works closely within our local cluster network and embraces innovation, audit, and service development.
We offer a competitive and negotiable salary depending on experience, NHS pension contributions, medical indemnity, and a generous annual leave entitlement. There are also opportunities to get involved in minor surgery, teaching, and future projects across the NCN.
Job description Job responsibilities
Deliver high-quality GP services in line with the practice rota and agreed sessional structure, including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, on occasion visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred to referred from other health care workers within the organisation.
Assessing the health care 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 counselling and health education
Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate.
Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
Collection data for audit purposes
Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)-the surgery is due to move to EP in September 2025.
Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically), whenever this is clinically appropriate.
In general, the post holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
Support and mentor junior staff and learners where appropriate.
Other responsibilities within the organisation:
Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation.
Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records
Contributing to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data.
Engage in CPD and annual appraisal to maintain clinical skills and GMC revalidation
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
A medical practitioner whose names is included in the General Practitioner Register under article 10 of the General and Specialist Medical Practice Order 2003 Not subject to suspension under section 41A of the Medical Act 1983 Qualified General Practitioner (completed certificate of Completion of Training CCT) Currently on a CCG performers list and not suspended from that list or from the medical register. DBS clearance Have had an annual NHS appraisal
Desirable
Additional postgraduate qualifications (e.g. DCH, DRCOG, DFSRH) Coil insertion competence Evidence of CPD activities Recent experience of working in general practice in the UK Commitment to and experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary and skill mixed team environment. Evidence of independent working in General Practice Experience of supporting service change Evidence of participation in Audit Experience with EMIS and digital tools
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name St David’s Clinic
Address St. Davids Clinic
Belle Vue Terrace
Newport
Gwent
NP20 2LB
Employer's website https://www.stdavidsclinic.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)