About this role
Job summary
West Meads Surgery in Bognor Regis is looking for a salaried GP to join our friendly, well-established team for 4-6 sessions per week. The salary is £104,000 - £114,000 per annum full-time equivalent, pro rata and dependent on experience, with indemnity paid in addition.
You will have 15-minute appointments, a protected 30-minute educational break every morning, the support of a GP assistant and a wide multidisciplinary team, including first contact practitioners in mental health and MSK. Our rota is flexible and can be tailored to your preferences.
Alongside your clinical sessions, the role includes a duty doctor day and the opportunity to take the lead in an area that genuinely interests you. We encourage all our clinicians to develop special interests, and we will support you to do the same.
Main duties of the job
You will provide high-quality general medical care to patients of all ages as part of our multidisciplinary team. Your main duties will include:
- 15-minute face-to-face and remote consultations covering acute, chronic and mental health presentations, with no restrictions on prescribing
- A duty doctor day, managing on-the-day urgent demand and supporting the wider clinical team
- Lead responsibility for an area of your choosing, such as a long-term condition, prescribing, safeguarding, training or metabolic health
- A share of home visits and clinical admin, including actioning letters and filing results
- Ordering investigations, referring to secondary care and arranging emergency admissions where needed
-We promote lifestyle medicine to help patients achieve better metabolic health, including collaborative low-carb groups for patients with diabetes and pre-diabetes. We are looking for someone forward-thinking who is comfortable using modern technology.
About us
West Meads Surgery is a thriving, semi-rural GMS practice caring for over 7,750 patients. Our clinical team comprises two GP partners and a paramedic partner, five salaried GPs, one further paramedics, an ANP and a highly skilled nursing team, all supported by an excellent non-clinical team. We also have first contact practitioners in mental health and MSK, a pharmacist and pharmacy technician, a health and wellbeing coach and a GP assistant, so your time is protected and you can give each patient the time they need.
We use SystmOne and are a teaching practice for GP registrars and medical students. Our most recent CQC inspection (2022) rated the practice Good.
We take our team's wellbeing seriously, with stretch, walk and educational breaks built into our clinical rotas.
We are close to the sea and a few minutes' drive from the South Downs National Park, with Brighton and Portsmouth within easy reach.
Benefits include indemnity paid in addition to salary, 6 weeks' annual leave plus bank holidays and 5 days' study leave (both pro rata), NHS Pension, a flexible rota, an air-conditioned consulting room, free on-site parking, Beneden Health Care cover, a Cycle to Work scheme, a weekly fresh fruit team basket and an accommodating dog policy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job purpose
To provide safe, high-quality general medical services to the practice's registered patients, working as part of a multidisciplinary team, and to contribute to the development of the practice through a lead role in an area of interest.
Clinical responsibilities
- Provide 15-minute face-to-face and remote consultations for patients of all ages
- Assess, diagnose and manage acute presentations, chronic conditions and mental health presentations
- Take medical histories, carry out physical examinations and prescribe without restriction
- Order and interpret appropriate investigations, including bloods and radiology
- Refer appropriately to secondary care and organise emergency admissions where needed
- Undertake a share of home visits, including to local care homes where required
- Carry out minor surgery where required
- Provide health promotion and lifestyle advice, including dietary advice in line with the practice's approach to metabolic health
Duty doctor
- Undertake a duty doctor day
- Manage on-the-day urgent demand, including triage, urgent appointments and telephone advice
- Act as a point of clinical support and advice for the wider clinical team, including paramedics, the ANP and nursing staff
Lead responsibility
- Take lead responsibility for a clinical or practice area of your choosing, agreed with the partners, such as a long-term condition, prescribing, safeguarding, training or metabolic health
- Keep up to date with guidance in that area, support colleagues, and contribute to audits, protocols and quality improvement
Administration
- Undertake a share of clinical admin, including actioning and filing clinical letters and pathology results
- Maintain accurate, contemporaneous clinical records on SystmOne
- Complete referrals, reports and other documentation in a timely manner
Teamwork and teaching
- Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, including pharmacists, first contact practitioners, health visitors, midwives and mental health services
- Support the practice's teaching of GP registrars and medical students as appropriate
- Attend and contribute to clinical and practice meetings
Professional responsibilities
- Maintain full GMC registration with a licence to practise and inclusion on the NHS England Performers List
- Participate in annual appraisal and revalidation, and maintain your CPD
- Contribute to QOF, local enhanced services and other quality targets
- Follow practice policies on safeguarding, confidentiality, information governance, infection control, health and safety and equality and diversity
- Contribute to significant event analysis and learning
This job description is not exhaustive and may be reviewed in discussion with the postholder. Occasionally you may be asked to carry out other duties, depending on workload and staffing levels.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical degree Essential
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practise, and on the GP Register Essential
- Included on the NHS England Performers List (or eligible to join) Essential
- CCT in General Practice or equivalent Essential
Desirable
- MRCGP Desirable
- Additional postgraduate qualifications, e.g. DFSRH, DRCOG or a diploma in a special interest area Desirable
- Minor surgery training Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a GP in UK primary care Essential
Desirable
- Experience of managing on-the-day urgent demand or working as a duty doctor Desirable
- Experience of using SystmOne Desirable
- Experience of taking a lead role or developing a special interest Desirable
- Experience of teaching or supervising other clinicians Desirable
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to manage acute, chronic and mental health presentations across all age groups Essential
- Sound clinical judgement and safe management of risk Essential
- Excellent communication and consultation skills Essential
- Ability to work effectively within 15-minute appointments Essential
- Confident using IT, including remote and online consultation tools Essential
- Up-to-date safeguarding training for adults and children at the appropriate level Essential
- Up-to-date appraisal and revalidation Essential
- Enhanced DBS check Essential
- Satisfactory occupational health clearance Essential
- Full driving licence and access to a car for home visits Essential
- Forward-thinking and open to new ways of working Essential
- Works well as part of a multidisciplinary team Essential
- Commitment to continuing professional development Essential
- Flexible and adaptable Essential
Desirable
- Knowledge of QOF and the GMS contract Desirable
- Interest in lifestyle medicine and metabolic health Desirable
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).
Employer details
Employer name
West Meads GP Practice
Address
2 – 8 The Precinct
West Meads
Bognor Regis
West Sussex
PO21 5SB
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.westmeadssurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)