General Practitioner

Stoke Gifford and Conygre Medical Centres

The closing date is 04 May 2025

Job summary

Stokes Medical Group (formed following the recent merger of Bradley Stoke Surgery and Stoke Gifford Medical Centre), looks forward to welcoming a new 6 session Associate GP to our excellent clinical team. The Medical Group prides itself on providing high quality, patient-centered care in a happy working environment with excellent team work throughout all our practices.

We have a strong focus on training and development and would welcome newly qualified applicants that can be recruited under the ARRS scheme.

Main duties of the job

To support the GP partners to manage a busy and interesting clinical caseload. The appointee may have the opportunity to take part in leading on key disease areas, to monitor trends in treatment, be involved in staff training and assist in developing appropriate healthcare services for a diverse patient list (participating in practice based commissioning, encouraging patient participation and health promotion).

The post-holder will provide general medical services managing a caseload and deal with wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients. 6 sessions per week plus equitable shares of home visits and on-call duties (session times to be negotiated) and cover for Partners on holiday, as well as other times when the Practice provides an extended service (to be negotiated).

This is a PMS Practice.

About us

Stokes Medical Group is a dynamic, forward-thinking training / teaching practice with a strong ethos of learning and development. This permeates through everything that we do. Most importantly, we are friendly and supportive - committed to helping you flourish. We have a great ethos of teamwork and professionalism and are proud of our working atmosphere.

Working days that are manageable, rewarding and fun.
Team approach to driving change continuous improvement.
Daily huddles to raise clinical queries, ask for help and share important social time.
Associates buddied with GP partners for mentoring.
Monthly education programme supports ongoing CPD.
Having fun with social events and daily opportunities to unwind.
11 partners and 12 associate GPs supported by 4x NPs and PAs.
Caring for over 40,000 patients.
3 purpose built modern surgeries.
Friendly, supportive and professional team with excellent team working ethos.

Excellent Pharmacist, Administrative and Prescribing teams to support you.
Outward facing and engaged with PCN, Locality and System Partners.
Diverse mix of patients including 2x local care homes
6 weeks AL and 1 week study leave.

Date posted

10 April 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

A0830-25-0001

Job locations

Bradley Stoke Surgery

Brook Way

Bradley Stoke

South Gloucestershire

BS32 9DS

Stoke Gifford Medical Centre

Ratcliffe Drive

Stoke Gifford

Bristol

BS34 8UE

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical responsibilities:

In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties, contributing to the development of and adhering to protocols/systems for the management of common medical conditions and providing appropriate preventative health care and advice. This will include, but is not limited to, surgery consultations and emergencies, telephone consultations and queries, triaging, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, patient test results, patient medical reports and examinations on behalf of the Practice (e.g. Insurance Companies, employers and statutory bodies), cremation fees part I & II, referral letters NHS/private, paperwork and correspondence in a timely manner

Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation

Providing free certification in line with Schedule 9 of NHS GMS Regulations (1992)

Providing services outside PMS as specified in contracts held by the Practice with the South Gloucester CCG or as specified in contracts for services with other NHS or non NHS organisations

Recording clear and contemporaneous IT-based consultation notes to agreed standards

Participating in clinical governance activity and contributing to the improvement in quality of health outcomes through the Practices audit programme

Undertaking clinically-related administrative and non-clinical duties necessary for the delivery of Personal Medical Services

Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)

Prescribing in accordance with locally agreed or national guidelines, specifically adhering to the Practice Prescribing Formulary

In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care

Other responsibilities with the Practice:

Participating in the teaching, training and development of doctors, nurses and medical students

Supporting the Practice staff and responding to requests for advice and assistance from the Practice Reception, Secretarial and Nursing staff

To maintain the Practices high clinical standards by using clinical governance audits and other information to review patients results, prescribing, disease etc, contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety, annual QOF Assessment of the Practice

A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice

Engaging in appropriate educational activity in order to maintain clinical competence and performance, including the completion of objectives agreed by yourself and the Practice in an annual Personal Development Plan