Locum - Sessional General Practitioner - The Clock Tower Surgery

Job summary

Are you a GP looking for locum/sessional work?

If you are GP who is committed to Putting Patients First, are looking for a role with a better work/life balance or an opportunity to enhance your skills and experience, alongside delivering high quality healthcare advice, then Devon Doctors Group have a fantastic opportunity for you to work with us at The Clock Tower Surgery in Exeter.

The Clock Tower Surgery is a small yet innovative surgery, designed for those experiencing homelessness in Exeter. We work closely with other agencies within Exeter CoLab (eg housing, drug/alcohol, mental health), providing high quality services to a vulnerable population, as evidenced by our Outstanding CQC rating.

You will have the opportunity to cover face-to-face consultations within the practice, along with phone/video consultations, processing of results and actioning incoming mail. There is a low visit rate, however on occasion visits will be required.

We offer an initial shadow session with a GP at the practice, along with ensuring your first session takes place alongside another GP, and we provide a clear protocol for managing substance misuse issues (with no expectation to manage things outside of your experience).

Main duties of the job

You will have the opportunity to cover face-to-face consultations within the practice, along with phone/video consultations, processing of results and actioning incoming mail. There is a low visit rate, however on occasion visits will be required.

About us

Devon Doctors Group are a not-for-profit organisation that has been delivering urgent care to Devon's million plus residents for more than twenty years as Devon Doctors, and since April 2018 we have also been providing the Integrated Urgent Care Service in Somerset as Meddcare. Additionally, as The Clock Tower Surgery and Access Dental we offer a range of dentistry and primary care services across the Peninsula.

Benefits of working with us on a sessional/locum basis include:

• Flexible shifts - Work as many or as few as you like; there is no obligation
• Generous rates of pay in primary care - A great way to top up your income, without the need to commit to regular shifts
• Simple, speedy three stage sign off process (even easier for GP Partners and/or local GPs salaried in practice) to get you up and running in no time
• Online shift booking system available at your fingertips 24/7/365
• Work alongside a multidisciplinary clinical team, which includes Nurses (incl. Hepatology), Health Care Assistants and Physiotherapists