Salaried GP
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £11,688 |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | Bournemouth, BH1 4HA |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 27 Jul 2026 |
| Closing date: | 10 Aug 2026 |
Summary
The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting. They must act within professional boundaries and provide the highest quality of holistic care for all patients. A successful candidate will be working alongside a friendly, hardworking team of general practitioners, nursing colleagues, admin and reception staff in the care of practice patients. Job responsibilities The post-holder will need to ensure they are readily available to work alongside the Practice timetable, undertaking a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries. Effectively manage paperwork and correspondence which need to be completed within a timely fashion. Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within organisation. Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems. Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness. In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health. 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. Collecting data for audit purposes. Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible). Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate. In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care. File abnormal blood tests, as well as those for absent GPs include microbiology as these arent marked abnormal if positive File blood test for absent GPs in next 2 working days Deal with ALL DOCTORS tasks. Complete scanned documents/workflow ALL DOCTORS group including necessary referrals/etc Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safe A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice. Contributing to evaluation/ audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation Computer data and patient records entry, allocation and collation, processing and recording information in accordance with practice procedures Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records. Contributing to the summarising of patient records and Read-Coding patient data. Initiating contact with and responding to requests from patients, other team members and associated healthcare professionals and providers. Attending training and events organised by the Practice or other agencies, where appropriate. Helping to keep all practice areas tidy and free from obstructions and clutter. Helping to maintain a positive, patient focussed culture. Helping to maintain a positive, supportive culture across the whole of the practice team. Filing pathology results and actioning related clinical work. Filing of scanned documents/ workflow and the actioning of clinical work related to them. Authorisation of acute and repeat prescriptions. SystmOne Tasks and actioning related clinical work. Completion of paper documents e.g. child protection forms and insurance documents. Occasional home visits. During busy periods including holidays & sickness you may be requested to see additional patients. Attendance of clinical meetings at site and PCN level. Duty Doctor Responsibilities Urgent telephone appointments. Urgent Tasks. Limited pre-booked telephone appointments to increase telephone capacity and for continuity (limited on busiest days, Monday and Friday). Supervise/support urgent/same day queries pharmacy team, NPs, nursing team, frailty team Supervise FY2, NPs. Assist with triage/allocation of home visits Paramedics triage from 8.30-5.30. See face to face appointments if urgent and all other appointments taken, often after paramedic triaged patient. Patient services To provide medication review services to patients via clinics in the practice, domiciliary visits and in residential and nursing homes, and to deliver pharmaceutical care plans that maximise cost-effective prescribing and improve the quality of patient care. To present at patient group meetings or other appropriate events to give advice on the appropriate use of medicines. To produce patient information leaflets and posters and run medicine awareness projects throughout the year. Assist Partners with the appropriate monitoring and management of their prescribing budgets. To prepare evidence based resources and information to support the medicine management team and all other relevant health professionals in the implementation of rational cost-effective prescribing. To help plan, develop and support the introduction of new working processes within the practice to optimise the quality of prescribing. Communication The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to: Communicate effectively with other team members. Communicate effectively with patients and carers. Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly. Confidentiality In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately. In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Surgery staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Surgery as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential. Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Surgery may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Surgery policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data. Health & Safety The post holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Surgery Health & Safety Policy, to include: Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Surgery guidelines. Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks. Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills. Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards. Reporting potential risks identified. Equality and Diversity The post holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include: Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Surgery procedures and policies, Surgery Values and current legislation. Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues. Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights. Personal/Professional Development The post holder will participate in any training and development programme implemented by the Surgery as part of this employment, to include: Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development. Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work. Quality The post holder will strive to maintain quality within the Surgery, and will: Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk. Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision. Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance. Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs. Effectively manage own time, workload and resources. Contribution to the Implementation of Services The post holder will: Apply Surgery policies, standards and protocols. Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work. Participate in audit where appropriate. Position may include other duties as determined by SCMG.