Salaried GP

Background

Fifteen-minute appointments, around 25 patient contacts a day and a salary that properly rewards the work. This large teaching practice has protected safe working levels while many others have not, and is now investing in a major extension to grow its teaching and clinical capacity.

Location

The practice is based in an attractive market town in North Suffolk, close to the Norfolk border, the Broads and the coast. Lowestoft is around 20 minutes’ drive, Great Yarmouth around 25 minutes and Norwich around 35 minutes. The patient population is predominantly older, suiting a GP who enjoys multimorbidity and long-term condition work.

The Practice

• GP Training Practice teaching medical students from two universities across Years 1 to 6, alongside GP registrars, with protected teaching time
• Major extension recently approved, adding six new clinical rooms and new teaching space
• Research-active in commercial and non-commercial studies, with separate protected time
• Dedicated Home Visiting Team of paramedics and ACPs carries out the bulk of home visits
• Large GP team supported by ACPs, PAs, nurse practitioners, practice nurses, HCAs and a pharmacy team
• CQC rated Good

Your Role

• Remote Enhanced Access telephone work available, with working patterns built around family life
• 6 to 8 sessions of 5 hours each, on a permanent contract
• 15-minute appointments with protected admin time spread through the day
• Daily 30-minute clinical coffee, built into paid break time
• Two half-day duty sessions a week (full-time), on a total triage model
• Very few home visits, with a monthly visit to an allocated care home
• Newly qualified GPs welcome; teaching experience, minor surgery or vasectomy skills an advantage
• Partnership prospects in the medium term

Salary and Benefits

• £129,000 to £139,000 per annum full-time equivalent, approximately £16,125 to £17,375 per session
• Annual pay uplift every November
• 6 weeks’ annual leave plus bank holidays, plus 1 week study leave (pro rata)
• Professional fees covered, including GMC fees and indemnity
• NHS Pension
• Visa sponsorship available

You must be qualified as a General Practitioner and registered with the GMC and UK performers list.

Next Steps

For further details on this exceptional role, please click the Apply Now button. If you can specify the best time to talk, please do; we will get in touch when it suits you best. You will then be contacted by one of our specialist consultants, who will provide you with further details about the role.

If you would like to talk ahead of sending us your CV, please give us a call on 0113 350 1308. Please note, any contact is in the strictest confidence and we will not send your details to any practice without your expressed consent to do so.

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