Self-Employed General Practitioner

Job summary

Are you looking for a new clinical role to develop your portfolio career as a GP?   Perhaps you need the freedom of more flexible hours. Perhaps you just relish a new challenge?   When you join the multidisciplinary team in our Worcestershire Out Of Hours (OOH) service, youre back in control.   This is the perfect chance to use and develop all your skills and expertise as a General Practitioner, providing diagnosis, treatment, advice via face to face and telephone consultations and referrals to other healthcare resources, via primary care centres and home visits. You will also use our electronic prescribing system to effectively manage the patient. To do so, you will have use of GP Connect making patient records more easily accessible to all appropriate clinicians when and where you need it. Likewise you will use GoodSam to review photographs and conduct video consultations to assist in providing the best quality care possible for our patients.

Our various Worcestershire Out-of-Hours service locations are in Worcester, Kidderminster, and Redditch. All of which offer the opportunity to conduct your face to face and triage sessions.

We are looking to add to our existing Self Employed employment options. Please note we are currently prioritising applications with Out of Hours and Adastra experience. 

Main duties of the job

As a GP working in OOH, youll be treating patients face-to-face or via Telephone Triage with the flexibility to choose whether youd like to do this in one of our Primary Care Centres as a base shift, or at the patients own home as part of our home visiting shifts. The OOH service is open from 6.30pm 8am Monday Friday, and 24 hours over the weekends, with various shifts on offer between these times. You will also have the flexibility to choose when you would like to work in order to fit in with your lifestyle.   What We Can Offer You If you are bank, then we can offer you...

• Competitive pay rates
• Flexible working hours
• Sick pay and holiday pay accrual
• Working with a friendly and cohesive multi-disciplinary team
• Supportive environment and senior leadership teams
• Access to our bespoke learning system

• Competitive pay rates
• 5 Days study leave (pro-rata)
• 33 days annual leave (pro-rata, including bank holidays) rising with years of employment.
• Company Pension Scheme
• 2x Life Assurance
• Contribution towards Eye test and Glasses.
• Cycle to work scheme offering discounts rates and payment plans of bicycles and equipment
• Practice Plus Group perks offering you discounts and cash back with large retailers.
• Annual employee recognition award ceremony
• Employee assistance programme, including support for you and your family
• Occupational health support
• Access to our bespoke e-learning system

About us

To be considered for this role, you need to:

• GMC registration certificate and inclusion on the GP Performers List with a valid CCT.
• Experience to confidently manage acute and chronic presentations for both adult and paediatric patients, with a proven ability to maintain and monitor high standards of care.
• Excellent listening and communication skills, with experience of urgent care assessment and good IT/keyboard skills.
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience in Out of Hours
• Proficient with Adastra

• Regional and National Leadership development opportunities
• Senior clinical support, 24 hours a day
• Education and training tailored to your needs and interests
• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
• Discounted rates for national GP update/clinical topic refreshers.
• Support to become a Supervisor/GP registrar trainer
• Dedicated feedback to support appraisals

Additional information If you would like to talk to our friendly recruiters for further information, or for a full, comprehensive Job Description, please contact George Robinson - George.Robinson@practiceplusgroup.com.

Please note that offers of employment are subject to receipt of satisfactory references and a DBS check.

Practice Plus Group is committed to creating a diverse environment and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.