Salaried GP

We are looking for a salaried GP to join our practice under the ARRS scheme. Applicants must have CCTd since August 2023, and have not been employed in a substantive post since.

Main duties of the job

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 patients.

Clinical Responsibilities:

• In accordance with your job plan, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, 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.
• Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health.
• Completion of clinically related administrative and non-clinical duties needed for the delivery of the service.
• Providing counselling and health education.
• Refer patients for further opinions and interventions according to practice protocols.
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions using EPS and ERD.
• Prescribing in accordance with the ICB prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.

About us

St Stephens Medical Partnership, Redditch

Salaried GP required, 4 sessions to include Friday - Contract: Fixed term 12 months.

The practice is a friendly and cohesive unit. We are situated in Redditch town centre with excellent commuter links to Birmingham and surrounding areas.

Our list size is just over 17,000 patients and is currently managed by 6 partners with 10 salaried GPs, 1 ANP, 2 pharmacists, 4 Practice Nurses, 3 HCA and an excellent administrative support team. We are high QOF achievers and we are actively engaged in our local CCG. We have daily meetings and are currently undertaking several research studies. As well as the usual services, we provide minor operations and musculoskeletal assessment/injection clinics for several practices. We have motivated and supportive GPs with good subspecialty areas of expertise.

Our practice has worked closely for some years with 5 other local practices as part of an innovative neighbourhood team, which has now seen us develop our proactive Primary Care Network. This provides GPs with increased opportunities for portfolio careers, career development, and progression.

Our ideal candidates will be flexible, team players with good communication skills. We are keen to discuss any individual areas of interest or expertise. If you would like to chat with one of the partners, please let us know by contacting or send your CV to apply to this email address.

Job responsibilities

Job Plan:

8:30 am - 11:30 am: 12 x 15 minute appointments (mix of telephone and F2F, patients are able to choose the appointment type after discussion with our care navigators).

After morning surgery, we meet for coffee every morning for a chat including any clinical problems that you may want to discuss.

11:30 am - 2:00 pm: Time for Admin, Visits, Lunch, and Education. Our visiting numbers are very low and these are shared out, usually 1 to 2 visits and a maximum of 3 visits (rarely).

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm / 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm: 12 x 15 minute appointments (mix of telephone and F2F, patients are able to choose the appointment type after discussion with our care navigators).

Contracted sessions:

Mondays and Tuesdays AM and PM (4 x sessions in total).

Duty Doctor Session: On call 1:30 pm - 6:30 pm. A share of on-call/duty doctor shifts will be required, and you will be informed in advance.

Admin time: You will be required to attend medicines management after morning surgery to complete the below tasks:

• Medicines Management - own list
• Share of repeat prescriptions
• Referrals
• Tasks
• Docman
• Home Visits

Person Specification Qualifications

• A degree recognized by the General Medical Council which takes 5 years.

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.