Company Name
Tendring PCN
All Locations
Tendring
Advertising Salary
DOE
Function
GP
Careers Site Advertising End Date
30 Jun 2025
Vacancy ID
28663

About the Role

Tendring PCN is looking to recruit a GP to work as part of our multidisciplinary team, supporting and caring for a diverse patient group.
 
Offered on an 18 month fixed term contract, sessions and locations are to be discussed at interview, with opportunities to work within and/or across our 3 practices: Great Bentley Surgery, St James Surgery and Mayflower Medical Centre.
 
The role will include all general duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care, as well as:
  • Surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork, reports and correspondence in a timely fashion.
  • Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting medical problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcare workers within the organisation.
  • Assessing the healthcare 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 health education.
  • Recording clear consultation notes to agreed standards.
  • Collecting data for audit purposes and complying with QOF requirements.
  • Delivering enhanced services.
  • Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.

About the Candidate

All applicants should have the following qualifications:
  • Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
  • Annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate)
  • Be on the NHSE medical performers list
and skills, including:
  • Good understanding and experience of chronic disease management, and primary prevention and screening services;
  • Ability to take responsibility for your own career development, learning and performance and are responsible for ensuring that all your mandatory training is in date;
  • Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies and guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety;
  • Commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice;
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in a confidential manner.

About Us

Tendring Primary Care Network (PCN) is a collective group of General Practices within Tendring, North East Essex:

Our aim is to deliver better health outcomes for our local patient populations, and reduce health inequalities, via provision of additional roles and services to extend the General Practice Teams.

Tendring PCN are one of the 22 PCN Test Sites as part of the national PCN pilot programme, a partnership with SNEE ICB and NHS England to narrow demand and capacity gaps, improve workforce and patient experiences, as well as sustain general practice for the future.

Benefits include:

  • 25 days holiday
  • NHS Pension
  • Competitive salary based on experience
  • Supportive and friendly environment
  • Peer support
  • CPD support with training and development

 

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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