GP Maternity Locum

Job Summary

Cover needed for Maternity Leave starting from May 2025 for up to 10 months with 4- 6 sessions per week including 1-2 on call days per week

We would need a minimum commitment of 4-6 months from the applicant

Days needed are Monday, Thursday and Friday although there is some flexibility with this.

About the Practice

Manor Road Practice is in the heart of Beckenham and aims to offer friendly, accessible, personalised care to our 6,300 patients

Our staff consists of 3 GP Partners, practice nursing team, and associate health care practioner staff which currently include a Physicians Associate, Pharmacist, Mental Health Practitioner and Musculoskeletal Practitioner. We also have support staff consisting of a Practice Manager and 10 reception/admin staff

We are a training practice for GP trainees

Member of Beckenham PCN

Job Description

Full day consist of 27 patient appointments per day for routine and urgent problems, split across a mixture of telephone consultations and face to face consultation plus e-consults

Option of 15 minute appointments if preferred

An on-call day will also include managing requests for extra urgent patients, home visits and urgent external queries; extra time is blocked out for this

Use of EMIS web, Docman, T-quest, AccuRx and e-Referral system

Parking space available

Person specification

Essential

GMC registered with licence to practice

Fully Qualified GP on the GP performers list

Recent experience of working in primary care environment

Evidence of up-to-date appraisal

Desirable

Interest in Womens’ Health

Clinical Responsibilities

In general the post holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care and any other duties reasonably required by the practice principally including:

Face to face, telephone and e-consults according to patient choice

Covering on-call duties in accordance with practice rota – dealing with urgent requests on the day including home visits where necessary

Checking and signing of repeat prescriptions

Assessment of incoming correspondence and documentation in a timely manner and actioning any appropriate requests

Checking and actioning of investigations

Providing continuity of care

Supervision of doctors in training and physician associate and nursing staff where required

Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems

Assessing undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and developing plans for health management

Screening patient for risk factors and early signs of illness

Managing long-term chronic conditions such as diabetes, asthma and COPD

Making appropriate and timely referrals of patients for further opinions and treatments

Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards including the recording of appropriate information for QOF

Participation in activities related to achieve QOF targets

Prescribing in accordance with practice, local and national guidelines as clinically appropriate