GP - Wincanton Health Centre - Wincanton, Somerset

Symphony Healthcare Services Limited

The closing date is 28 January 2025

Job summary

Symphony Healthcare Services is recruiting for a GP, for Wincanton Health Centre in Wincanton, Somerset.

Based on experience, and our need, we offer Salaried (including Newly Qualified), Employed or Consultant level GP contracts.

This is an exceptional opportunity with up to 6 sessions per week available.

Salary range is varied and can range from £11,000 to £14,000 per annuum, pro rata and sessional rates are offered based on experience and level of GP role undertaken in practice.

In order to support an excellent working environment, we can offer BMA safe working conditions, including 15 minute appointments.

Wincanton Health Centre are an innovative and semi-rural training practice on the borders of Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire.

Wincanton is a thriving town with unique cafes and eateries, very close to Bruton and Castle Cary with excellent links to the A303 and London and home to the famous Wincanton Racecourse.

Wincanton Health Centre supports over 9000 patients and the large multidisciplinary team includes an acute team of Nurse Practitioners and Paramedic Practitioners who manage all on-the-day demand, acute home visiting and the minor injury service for the locality.

By working at scale in primary care, we can offer you the opportunity to develop specialist skills with the support of a larger organisation to develop your GP career. We are also a member of the Rural Primary Care Network (PCN).

Main duties of the job

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.

All GPs working for Symphony 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.

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

14 January 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

E0215-SHSWHC-012025

Job locations

Wincanton Health Centre

Dyke's Way

Wincanton

Somerset

BA9 9FQ

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).