Salaried GP

Tollgate Medical Centre

Job summary

We are looking for Salaried GPs to join our fantastic GP Practice! Could it be you?

We discuss flexible working options from the outset of your employment. The posts are ideally for a minimum of 4 sessions a week but we are keen to accommodate what may work for you.

We are looking for someone who is:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Flexible and a good team worker to enable the best outcomes for patients
• Organised and dependable
• Passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients

We offer:

• £10,000 sessional rate
• Access to NHS Discount & Support Schemes
• Ability to login to work remotely to improve the flexible options
• Indemnity top up over and above state indemnity scheme
• NHS Pension scheme
• 6 weeks paid annual leave (pro rata)
• 1 week paid study leave (pro rata)
• Onsite parking available

You will have the appropriate UK qualification to practice in the UK and be registered with the GMC and Performers List.

If you would like to know more, we would love to hear from you. The position is available immediately; however, the start date is negotiable for the right candidate.

Main duties of the job

We like to give all our GPs a variety of work to make their working week more enjoyable. including:

· triage of online forms

· on call (maximum one session per week)

· face to face sessions (up to 14 contacts per session)

· telephone sessions (up to 16 contacts per session)

+/- some specialist clinics and clinical lead opportunities.

We support our GPs with our broad team including Nurses, HCAs and Phlebotomists, Pharmacists and technicians, Care Coordinator, Social Prescriber, Mental Health Workers, First contact physiotherapists and in-house data team.

This multidisciplinary team reduces your workload in a number of ways:

• Far fewer home visits
• Fewer minor illnesses
• Support with complex mental health patients
• Negligible repeat prescription workload
• Significantly reduced clinical admin work

Supporting the whole practice team is very important to us and we want you to excel and to work with us in providing excellent patient care. We encourage personal development and there are opportunities to pursue special interests, ie. minor operations, baby clinics, contraception, or becoming a Trainer.

We encourage camaraderie within the Tollgate family and have regular meetings, including weekly Clinical meetings and optional GP daily huddles, for coffee, chat and cake!

About us

We are a dynamic, forward thinking, friendly, training practice looking for a salaried GP to join our wonderful team of 16 GPs.

The 4 partners, and wider team have an excellent supportive reputation, with very high retention rates across all of Tollgate, including 11 of our doctors who trained within the practice. We recognise that looking after each other is key to delivering high quality clinical care, plus improves our personal and working lives.We are a strong practice, and are proud of the work we do within our PCN and are embarking on a local garden project to improve the health of our patients. We are also part of the Keeping Well initiative, funding treatments and days out to increase the wellbeing for all of our staff and recognise the efforts we all put in.

Tollgate Medical Centre is proud to have be recognised by the HSJ awards, as a finalist for Workforce Initiative of the Year 2020, in pioneering methodologies for taking the pressure off doctors whilst continuing to provide excellent patient care. This attracted the attention from NHS England and a visit to the practice from the Prime Minister. We are also delighted to be accredited the Gold Award for Pride in Practice and supporting LGBT+ patients.