GP – Salaried

Job summary

A friendly, well-supported three-partner GMS practice in a beautiful rural setting.

Bird In Eye GP surgery is uniquely based within Uckfield Community Hospital, giving us excellent community links and accessibility. We’re a busy but friendly three-partner GMS practice with 8,000 patients, part of the Greater Wealden PCN.

We’re looking to welcome a salaried GP, ideally for eight sessions per week, however, happy to discuss other preferences.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be involved in all areas of general practice and will have a real opportunity to grow with the environment and the evolving local service.

Clinical responsibilities

• In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder undertake a variety of duties, including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion

• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation

• Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems

• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness

• Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols

• Providing counselling and health education

• Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate

• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards

• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions

• Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary

• In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care

Requirements

• Ideally full-time GP – eight sessions – but happy to discuss other requirements

About us

Why join us?

• CQC rated Good
• Regularly high QOF achievement
• SystmOne clinical system
• Flexible clinic schedules and start/finish times
• Sensible, manageable list sizes that protect continuity of care
• Regular practice meetings and reflection time
• Excellent nursing and administrative support, so GPs aren’t left doing everything themselves
• Fair, evenly shared holiday allocation
• Policy for minimal admin workload when returning from annual leave
• Support for portfolio roles and professional growth, including funding towards MDU/MPS
• Income from private reports retained by the GP who completes them
• A team that shares its expertise

Our GPs and wider team bring a strong range of special interests, and we’re keen to share and teach these skills with colleagues:

• Women’s health, menopause and coil/implant fitting one of our doctors is a CoSRH trainer and holds an advanced menopause certificate, and can train an interested colleague in fitting coils and implants
• The same doctor is a BSMS associate tutor, able to share up-to-date consultation, history-taking and examination techniques
• ADHD and neurodiversity GP with a special interest
• Respiratory nurse-led skills and prescribing
• Steroid injections and learning disabilities GP with a special interest
• Experienced paramedic practitioner, running on-the-day appointments
• ANP-led women’s health and pessary changes
• Diabetic reviews- run by experienced clinical staff
• BP and cholesterol management -led by our clinical pharmacist

Benefits package

• 6 weeks annual leave
• 1 week annual study leave
• Birthday day off
• £1,000 annual contribution towards defence premium
• Employee Assistance Programme