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