Two Salaried GPs Required

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Salaried General Practitioner Locations: Bampton (main site) & Carterton (branch), Oxfordshire Reports to: GP Partners / Practice Manager Contract type: Permanent (flexible) Sessions: 28 sessions per week (flexible rota) Salary: £11,400£12,000 per session DOE (BMA model contract), NHS Pension Leave:6 weeks annual leave (pro-rata) + 1 weeks study leave

About the Practice We are a friendly, supportive practice serving ~9,300 patients across a modern, purpose-built surgery in Bampton and a nearby branch in Carterton. We are part of Rural West PCN and work closely with our ARRS colleagues. Our culture is collaborative and quality-focused, with safe workload limits (24 patient contacts/day), 15-minute appointments and protected admin time.

Team 2 GP Partners; 5 Salaried GPs (2 vacancies); 5 Nurses; Nursing Associate & HCAs; ARRS team (First Contact Physio, Paramedic/ANP, Clinical Pharmacists, Mental Health Worker, Health & Wellbeing Counsellor). Early Visiting Service covers most home visits. No care-home caseload and no extended hours requirement.

Clinical Systems & Tools EMIS Web, Docman, AccuRx, iGPR. Ardens templates used for standardised documentation, coding and QOF/compliance. Training provided where needed (including Docman, EMIS and Practice Index).

Role Purpose Provide high-quality, patient-centred primary care across both sites, contributing to continuity, safety and effectiveness of clinical services, while supporting service development and the wider multidisciplinary team.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide routine and urgent GP consultations (face-to-face, telephone, online): assess, diagnose, treat, safety-net and follow up.

• Manage long-term conditions and medication reviews in line with NICE/local guidance; deprescribing where appropriate.

• Review pathology/results, documents, repeat prescriptions and patient queries within protected admin time.

• Make timely referrals and coordinate care with the MDT and external services.

• Contribute to QOF/IIF, safeguarding, audits, SEAs, clinical governance and CQC compliance.

• Use Ardens templates to support safe, consistent documentation and accurate coding.

• Occasional home visits (EVS covers the majority); no routine duty-doctor or extended hours.

• Support practice and PCN initiatives (e.g., access, LTC pathways, vaccination) and teaching/supervision if interested.

• Uphold infection prevention, information governance and equality, diversity & inclusion standards.

Workload & Rota

• 24 patient contacts per clinical day, 15-minute appointments.

• Dedicated admin time; rare home visits; travel between sites as required (mileage reimbursed per policy).

Induction, Support & Development

• Structured local induction to systems, policies and teams.

• Regular appraisals and CPD support; study leave entitlement as above.

• Opportunities to develop special interests (clinical or leadership).

• Partnership may be considered once established, if mutually desired.

Person Specification (summary) Essential: GMC registration with licence to practise; right to work in the UK; NHS primary care experience; sound clinical decision-making; commitment to teamwork, governance and patient-centred care; competence with EMIS (or willingness to learn). Desirable: Special interest (e.g., LTCs, womens health, minor surgery, teaching); experience with Ardens/AccuRx/iGPR.

Safeguarding & Pre-employment Enhanced DBS (or update service), occupational health clearance and satisfactory references required.

Prescribing & Medicines Management

Essential

• Safe, cost-effective prescribing and medicines reconciliation
• Structured medication reviews and appropriate deprescribing
• Awareness of high-risk medicines and required monitoring

Clinical Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Evidence-based assessment, diagnosis, management and safety-netting
• Familiar with NICE/local pathways and referral thresholds
• Confident across the breadth of general practice (all ages)

Experience (Primary Care)

Essential

• Recent UK GP experience managing undifferentiated presentations
• Long-term condition management (e.g. diabetes, COPD/asthma, CVD)
• Results/documents handling, repeat prescribing, referral management
• Use of safety-netting and follow-up systems

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualifications (Essential)
• GMC registration with licence to practise.
• Inclusion on (or immediate eligibility for) the NHS England Medical Performers List.
• MRCGP (or equivalent) OR within 12 months of completion with evidence of progress.
• Right to work in the UK.
• Enhanced DBS clearance (or willing to obtain) and Occupational Health clearance.
• Appropriate medical indemnity in place (or confirmation prior to start).
• Statutory/mandatory training up to date, incl. Adult/Child Safeguarding Level 3 (or within 3 months of start) and annual Basic Life Support.

Experience

Essential

• Experience (Essential)
• Recent UK primary care experience managing undifferentiated presentations.
• Long-term condition management (e.g., diabetes, COPD/asthma, CVD) and medication reviews.
• Safe prescribing, repeat prescribing, results handling, Docman workflow and referrals.
• Multidisciplinary working (nurses, pharmacists, FCP, MH, etc.) and PCN collaboration.
• Participation in QOF/IIF, audit/quality improvement, SEAs/complaints learning, and CQC standards.
• Use of EMIS Web (or clear evidence of rapid competence with new clinical systems); familiarity with AccuRx/structured templates (or willingness to learn).

Medical Performers List

Essential

• Included on NHS England Medical Performers List at start date
• (or clear evidence of imminent inclusion)

Qualifications & Registration

Essential

• GMC registration with licence to practise
• MRCGP (or equivalent) or within 12 months of completion
• Right to work in the UK
• Appropriate medical indemnity in place by start date
• Enhanced DBS and Occupational Health clearance (or willingness to obtain)
• Flexible and dependable: can work 28 sessions/week, travel between sites, and adapt to service needs.
• Proactive about CPD; contributes to service improvement/teaching or supervision where appropriate.

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).