Salaried GP

We are seeking a qualified Salaried GP to join our friendly and supportive team for 4 to 5 sessions per week.

Beacon Surgery is located in abeautiful semi-rural setting, nestled between the East Sussex countryside andAshdown Forest, while remaining close to the thriving town ofTunbridge Wells, offering excellent grammar schools, shopping, and cultural amenities.

Main duties of the job

Provide high-quality patient care through appointments, home visits, and results management

Prescribe safely and manage clinical correspondence

Participate in duty doctor/on-call sessions and team meetings

Contribute to a supportive, professional practice environment

About us

We are a well-established GP Training Practice with a team of five GP partners and three salaried GPs, supported by two Advanced Nurse Practitioners and an experienced nursing team. Our patient list is approximately 11,250 and continues to grow due to ongoing local housing developments. We use the EMIS Web clinical system, with full training available if required.

We pride ourselves on being a kind, supportive workplace with a strong team ethos. We believe our reputation is for being friendly and relaxed, while also being well organised, professional, and caring, with a genuine focus on staff wellbeing and work-life balance.

Job responsibilities

Thefollowing are the core responsibilities of the Salaried GP. There may be, onoccasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent uponfactors such as workload and staffing levels:

• Thedelivery of highly effective medical care to the entitled population
• Theprovision of services commensurate with the GMS contract
• Genericprescribing adhering to local and national guidance
• Effectivemanagement of long-term conditions
• Processingof administration in a timely manner, including referrals, repeat prescriptionrequests and other associated administrative tasks
• Maintainaccurate clinical records in conjunction with good practice, policy andguidance
• Workcollaboratively, accepting an equal share of the practice workload
• Adhereto best practice recommended through clinical guidelines and the audit process
• Contributeto the successful implementation of continuous improvement and qualityinitiatives within the practice
• Acceptdelegated responsibility for a specific area (or areas) or the QOF
• Attendand contribute effectively to practice meetings as required
• Contributeeffective to the development and maintenance of the practice including clinicalgovernance and training
• Ensurecompliance with the appraisal process
• Prepareand complete the revalidation process
• Committo self-learning and instil an ethos of continuing professional developmentacross the practice team
• Supportthe training of medical students from all clinical disciplines
• Supportthe partners in achieving the strategic aims of the practice, makingrecommendations to enhance income and reduce expenditure
• Reviewand always adhere to practice protocols and policies
• Encouragecollaborative working, liaising with all staff regularly, always promoting aculture of continuous improvement

Person Specification Experience

• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Experience of continued professional development
• Experience of QOF and clinical audit
• General understanding of the GMS contract
• Minimum of two years as a salaried GP
• Experience of medicines management
• Experience of ICB initiatives

Qualifications

• Qualified GP
• MRCGP
• Vocational Training Certificate or equivalent JCPTGP
• General Practitioner (Certificate of Completion of Training CCT)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.