Company Name
Westcliff Medical Centre
All Locations
Westcliff On Sea
Advertising Salary
DOE
Function
GP
Careers Site Advertising End Date
06 Sep 2025
Vacancy ID
28866

About the Role

Westcliff Medical Centre are seeking an enthusiastic and forward-thinking General Practitioner to join our dedicated team. We are offering a salaried position for 6 sessions per week, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (BMA Contract). If you are looking to join a motivated, supportive and forward-thinking team, then this could be the perfect opportunity.

The GP will undertake a variety of duties governed by the GMS contract including:

  • Share of routine and urgent appointments both face to face and telephone and prescribe as per local and national guidelines. Work with implemented online platform and process at the practice to support work generated in this way.
  • Time-manage completion of workflow and surgery administration including letters, results, tasks, referrals, telephone calls and emails.
  • Take responsibility for appropriate referrals (following local guidance and good medical practice) and administration pertaining to them.
  • Checking and signing share of repeat prescriptions included in surgery administration time.
  • Work with other health and social care providers to ensure a safe and integrated service.
  • Provide comprehensive assessment, advice, and treatment for the registered practice population and maintain accurate, comprehensive records of consultations using SystmOne.
  • Provide clinical support to other members of staff, both clinical and administrative, in achieving the highest possible standards of care, QOF and other responsibilities.

The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the post-holder when necessary and in line with the service developments and requirements of the business strategy planning.

 

About the Candidate

Interested candidates will be GMC registered and able to carry out the following role responsibilities:

  • Must be able to provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care within the surgery. Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly referring patients to other services/agencies in a timely manner, utilising Practice, PCN and local guidelines.
  • Recognise the need for and be able to perform and interpret investigatory procedures, including laboratory and radiology. Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
  • Ensure appropriate follow up of patients and support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles and apply principles of self-care. Support the delivery of anticipatory care plans and structured medication reviews.
  • Recognise and work within your own competence and in accordance with professional codes of conduct, maintaining accurate and contemporaneous health records. Independently prescribe for patients within your scope of practice. Prescribing in accordance with locally agreed or national guidelines.
  • Maintain an awareness of developments in clinical practice and awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety and QOF standards. Be aware of your duties and responsibilities regarding current legislation and adhere to our policies and procedures on infection control, complaint handling, reporting of incidents and significant events, along with Safeguarding Adults and Safeguarding Children.

About Us

Westcliff Medical Centre is a 2200 patient practice, located in Westcliff. This small and friendly practice is undergoing redevelopment and under new management.
 

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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