Newly Qualified GP

Job summary

Following the release of ARRS GP funding we are looking for a newly qualified (within 2 years) to join Sandhills PCN on a fixed term salaried contact until 31st March 2025. We will consider applications for 6 sessions with a start date as soon as possible.

You may be required to work across 2 practices in Sandy and Biggleswade, supporting our practices through the winter period. We are a highly supportive PCN, and the practices all work closely within the PCN, understanding the importance of a good work/life balance with an open-door ethos.

Main duties of the job

• Face to face and telephone consultations.
• Patient home visits and Nursing Home visits.
• Checking and signing repeat prescriptions.
• Administration responsible for dealing with queries, patient test results, referral letters NHS/private, task, emails and other paperwork and correspondence in a timely manner.
• Cover all the clinical management of the patients in surgery as appropriate including initiating investigations, reviewing results, making referrals to secondary care or to other providers as appropriate.
• Develop care and treatment plans in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols as well wider guidance such as that from NICE.
• Responsible for following up on own initiated investigations, referrals, tasks, emails and other paperwork to ensure actions are completed.

About us

Sandhills PCN is a small PCN with a patient list size of circa 31,000 patients. We have a significant workforce in place which brings wonderful opportunities for in-house multi-disciplinary team working. We have a well-developed multidisciplinary team including a pharmacy team, first contact physiotherapists, personalised care roles, advanced nurse practitioner and a paramedic. This is in additional to the extensive practice team we work alongside.Both practices are GP training practices and have experience of supporting GP trainees through their training.