GP - Martock Surgery & South Petherton Medical Centre, Somerset

Symphony Healthcare Services Limited

The closing date is 20 April 2025

Job summary

Symphony Healthcare Services have an exceptional opportunity to join an innovative primary care / general practice provider at Martock and South Petherton Surgeries in Somerset.

We have 4 sessions vacant and we offer excellent sessional rates of pay, plus many other employee benefits.

Our integrated, multidisciplinary team includes health coaches, advanced nurse practitioners and a medicines management team and provides a wide range of services to around 10,800 patients. Were also part of Symphony, the largest GP provider in Somerset so benefit from the experience and learning across a network of 20 practices.

Friendly practices in quintessential village locations, yet with the support of a network of practices behind you so you can concentrate on patient care.

We are close to the A303, making travel to London, Bristol, Exeter and Bath easy. And Bristol, Bournemouth, Southampton and Exeter International Airport links Somerset to the world.

Martock is a historic village situated on the edge of the Somerset levels, within easy reach of the Blackdown Hills, the Mendips, the Quantocks, Exmoor and the Dorset coast. The neighbouring village of South Petherton hosts a variety of cafes, farm shop and wildflower meadows. The A303 provides easy access to the bustling towns of Yeovil and Taunton.

Main duties of the job

As a Symphony GP, you would undertake all the clinical duties associated with a GP working in primary care, without the responsibilities and risks associated with being a Partner.

We can offer opportunities from salaried through to employed and consultant level GP posts, depending on your experience and the level of responsibility you take on at the practice.

All GPs working for us are paid as Employees, unlike Partners, which means less risk for you and more time to focus on patient care. We put patients first, with our employed and consultant GPs working flexibly according to need, so contributing to areas such as QOF, QI, training and research projects providing a huge amount of variety to the role. However, our Salaried GPs have a clearly defined job plan setting out the hours of work and responsibility and tasks associated with the role.

Through annual appraisal, we encourage career development and progression and are keen to support GPs who wish to extend their role, or have specialist skills which can be utilised in primary care.

We recognise that some GPs will wish to stay salaried, and some will wish to assume more responsibility once they have found their feet and aspire to employed or consultant roles.

About us

Symphony Healthcare Services (SHS) was established in 2016 as part of the award-winning Symphony Programme Vanguard, developing new models of care. We now support 16 practices across Somerset providing care for over 100,000 patients.

Providing NHS services is at the heart of what we do. Our vision is to ensure that primary care is sustainable for patients and practices in Somerset, and we aim to be a national exemplar for primary care provision.

By working at scale in primary care in Somerset we can offer you the opportunity to develop specialist skills with the support of a larger organisation to develop your GP career.

Key benefits of being a Symphony GP:

flexible roles and working options
a Mentorship Scheme for newly qualified GPs who will be supported by a GP Trainer
freedom to join our new in-house locum agency, 'Symphony Flex', with additional competitive sessional rates of pay.

Symphony welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups. When undertaking recruitment and selection for our services, Symphony we are committed to equality of opportunity for all.

Symphony offers a NHS or NEST Pension, a fantastic range of employee benefits and salary sacrifice schemes (see attached poster), along with flexible working from day of employment and an agile approach to home / office-based working.

We look forward to hearing from you and receiving your application.

Date posted

26 March 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

E0215-SHS-MSP-032025

Job locations

Church Street Surgery

Church Street

Martock

Somerset

TA12 6JL

South Petherton Medical Centre

Bernard Way

South Petherton

Somerset

TA13 5EG

Job description

Job responsibilities

See attached Job description and person specification for a full breakdown of the role and responsibilities.

GP ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Symphony differentiates GP roles to provide a greater range of options for GPs, to enable career progression at all levels, and to support recruitment and retention.

The three different GP roles in Symphony are:

GP Consultant
Employed GP
Salaried GP

For more information about this role or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Lydia Carmichael Brown, Deputy Director of People Services on Lydia.Carmichael-Brown@Somersetft.nhs.uk

If this advert has sparked your interest in being a Symphony GP within Somerset please contact us on SHS.PeopleServices@Somersetft.nhs.uk

Job description

Job responsibilities

See attached Job description and person specification for a full breakdown of the role and responsibilities.

GP ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Symphony differentiates GP roles to provide a greater range of options for GPs, to enable career progression at all levels, and to support recruitment and retention.

The three different GP roles in Symphony are:

GP Consultant
Employed GP
Salaried GP

For more information about this role or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Lydia Carmichael Brown, Deputy Director of People Services on Lydia.Carmichael-Brown@Somersetft.nhs.uk

If this advert has sparked your interest in being a Symphony GP within Somerset please contact us on SHS.PeopleServices@Somersetft.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

A medical practitioner whose name is included in the General Practitioner Register under article 10 of the General and Specialist Medical Practice Order 2003
Not subject to suspension under section 41A of the Medical Act 1983
Qualified General Practitioner (completed certificate of Completion of Training CCT)
Currently on a performers list and not suspended from that list or from the medical register
Accredited as a member of the Royal College Of General Practitioners (MRCGP) MBBS or equivalent medical degree

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

A medical practitioner whose name is included in the General Practitioner Register under article 10 of the General and Specialist Medical Practice Order 2003
Not subject to suspension under section 41A of the Medical Act 1983
Qualified General Practitioner (completed certificate of Completion of Training CCT)
Currently on a performers list and not suspended from that list or from the medical register
Accredited as a member of the Royal College Of General Practitioners (MRCGP) MBBS or equivalent medical degree

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).