Join our Team

We are offering an opportunity for two doctors to join our incredibly friendly team, in our purpose-built practice on fixed-term basis until March 2027. As a training practice we welcome new talent to be part of the vision we have for patient and staff wellbeing, through innovative cluster working, within a bespoke setting. We have a dedicated group of doctors for whom work life balance is crucial and who recognise and value the benefits of working in a friendly and diverse team.

Hours

This position offers up to 12 sessions per week, with flexibility to discuss and tailor the number of sessions to suit your preferences.

Salary

£12,069 per session per annum.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of this role involve but are not limited to; patient consultations, physical examinations, and the diagnosis and management of various medical conditions. GPs play a pivotal role in chronic disease management, offering ongoing care and coordinating with specialists when necessary.

Key Benefits:

• Support from GP Assistant: work collaboratively with a GP Assistant (GPA) who will provide valuable assistance, allowing you to optimise your efficiency and effectiveness in patient care.
• Teaching opportunities: if training is your passion, we welcome trainers to get involved in teaching medical students and contribute to the education and training of the next generation of doctors.
• Dedicated admin sessions: enjoy the support of dedicated administration sessions, ensuring you can focus on delivering high-quality care to your patients.
• Competitive compensation: receive a generous remuneration of £12,069 per session per annum, ensuring your skills and expertise are recognised and rewarded.
• Holiday: 30 annual leave days, plus bank holidays and addition of 2 extra NHS days pro-rata

Additional benefits

• Friendly team and supportive environment: join our welcoming team of healthcare professionals who collaborate with not just our team, but our community through our Collaborative Practice Initiative and Friends of Berrycroft charity.
• State-of-the-art facility: work in a new purpose-built centre equipped with modern amenities. Enjoy the convenience of an onsite cafe and childcare providers nearby.
• Free Parking: onsite parking and electric car charging ports available
• On-Site Discounts: our inhouse coffee shop, staff discount available
• NHS Pension: NHS contribution full pension in line with annual salary
• Blue Light Card Discounts: discounts available on thousands of brands and services
• Employee Forum: have your voice heard and collaborate with our wider team The team has also been instrumental in shaping our recognition framework and contributing valuable input on various initiatives.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP): 24-hour confidential helpline for all employees providing counselling, legal advice, and information. It is inclusive of employees immediate family members.

Clinical responsibilities:

In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion this would include, but not be limited to, responsibility for providing services to the list of patients on the post-holder's list.

• Supervision of allied health professionals such as Physician Associate, Paramedic, Pharmacist and Nurses.
• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the 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.

Personal qualities

• Passion for high quality patient care.
• Willing to take a proactive approach and contribute to the continuing success of the practice, enjoys seeing the difference that own work makes.
• Common sense approach enabling delivery of effective and efficient patient care, with the ability to work flexibly.
• Excellent, calm and clear verbal and written communication skills using English.
• Ability to identify and assess complex and multiple needs.
• Health & safety conscious with awareness of safety issues.
• Ability to work with a multi-disciplinary team.
• Competent in Email, Word and Excel and in processing paperwork.
• Reliable, trustworthy, punctual, organised, pays attention to detail, able to work consistently and deliver a variety of services, including when under pressure.
• Confident, professional, considerate, empathic, adaptable, willing to help out with whatever is needed to deliver excellent patient care.
• Understanding of and ability to deliver excellent customer service.
• Supportive team player and creative thinker.
• Professional appearance and demeanour.
• Self-directed learning.
• Open-minded approach to profession and life in general.

Qualifications

• Medical degree.
• Membership of the Royal College of general Practitioners or equivalent in training if approved by the Royal College of General Practitioners.
• Certificate of MRCGP.
• Registered GP with the GMC (included on the GP Register).
• Included on GP Performers List.
• Possesses the right to work in the UK.
• Certificate of satisfactory immune status re: Hepatitis B and other relevant viruses.
• Membership of a Medical Defence Organisation (MPS, MDU or MDDUS).

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.

UK Registration & Right to Work

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.

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Job Summary
We are seeking a motivated and patient-focused Clinical Pharmacist to join our friendly and supportive team within our purpose-built practice. The post holder will work as part of the multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality clinical medication reviews supporting safe, effective, and evidence-based use of medicines.

The role includes undertaking structured medication reviews, managing polypharmacy, supporting patients with long-term conditions, providing expert medicines advice to clinicians and patients, reconciling medicines following hospital discharge, contributing to medicines safety and clinical governance, and responding to medication-related queries from practice staff and patients.

Hours

This position is 37.5 Hours per week.

Salary

Dependent on experience.

Main duties of the job

There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks depending on workload and staffing levels.

• Undertake structured medication reviews and proactively manage polypharmacy to optimise patient outcomes.
• Support patients with long-term conditions through medication optimisation and evidence-based therapeutic review.
• Provide dedicated clinical pharmacy support to care homes, including undertaking structured medication reviews for care home residents.
• Respond to medicines-related queries from care home staff and support safe medicines management within care home settings.
• Ensure medicines are safe, appropriate, and effective, identifying and reducing medicines-related risks.
• Provide expert, evidence-based medicines advice to GPs, nurses, and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Respond to medication-related queries from practice staff and patients in a timely and professional manner.
• Reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and other care transitions to ensure continuity and safety.
• Contribute to medicines safety initiatives, clinical audit, and quality improvement activity.
• Supervise and support pharmacy technicians as part of the practice pharmacy team.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records using EMIS and other IT systems in line with practice policy and professional standards.
• Maintain patient confidentiality at all times in accordance with information governance requirements.
• Engage in continuing professional development to maintain and enhance clinical knowledge and competence.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Master’s degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent.
• Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Independent Prescriber qualification.
• CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (or working towards completion).

Desirable

• Postgraduate diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent postgraduate qualification/experience.

Experience

Essential

• Strong clinical and therapeutic knowledge with up-to-date understanding of NICE and relevant national and local guidelines.
• Experience in medicines optimisation and structured medication reviews.
• Understanding of general practice and primary care prescribing processes.
• Ability to manage polypharmacy and long-term condition medication management.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (written and verbal).
• Good IT skills and confidence using clinical systems.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• High attention to detail with the ability to prioritise workload and manage competing demands.
• Commitment to confidentiality, professionalism and continuous professional development.
• Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check.
• Full UK driving licence with access to a vehicle.

Desirable

• Experience working in general practice or primary care.
• Experience using EMIS and/or Docman (or similar clinical systems).
• Experience supervising or supporting pharmacy technicians.
• Experience contributing to clinical audit or quality improvement activity.

Benefits

• Friendly team and supportive environment: join our welcoming team of healthcare professionals who collaborate with not just our team, but our community through our Collaborative Practice Initiative and Friends of Berrycroft charity.
• State-of-the-art facility: work in a new purpose-built centre equipped with modern amenities. Enjoy the convenience of an onsite cafe and childcare providers nearby.
• Free Parking: onsite parking and electric car charging ports available
• On-Site Discounts: our inhouse coffee shop, staff discount available
• NHS Pension: NHS contribution full pension in line with annual salary
• Blue Light Card Discounts: discounts available on thousands of brands and services
• Employee Forum: have your voice heard and collaborate with our wider team The team has also been instrumental in shaping our recognition framework and contributing valuable input on various initiatives.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP): 24-hour confidential helpline for all employees providing counselling, legal advice, and information. It is inclusive of employee’s immediate family members.

UK Registration & Right to Work

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.

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Job Summary

A great opportunity is available to join our thriving, friendly, high achieving practice at Berrycroft Community Health Centre. We are looking for an enthusiastic member to join our Patient Services Team, for 35.5 hours per week.

Hours 35.5 per week

Working Pattern

Monday: 13:00-18:30

Tuesday: 13:00-18:30

Wednesday: 13:00-18:30

Thursday: 8:00-18:30

Friday: 8:00-18:30

Job Type Permanent, in-person

Main duties of the job

The post- holder is responsible for welcoming patients, call handling and booking appointments, providing general administrative assistance to the practice team and directing patients to the most appropriate service or healthcare professional in a friendly, positive and compassionate way.

Job Responsibilities

• Answer and navigate incoming calls to ensure wait times are kept to a minimum.
• Welcome patients appropriately in person and respond to all queries and requests for assistance, with kindness.
• Deal with internal and external enquiries, such as taking and passing on accurate messages from patients, PCN, secondary care or other associated healthcare agencies.
• Process and redirect tasks from practice emails.
• Take payment for private services.
• Book appointments in line with written protocols, appointment and other clinical IT systems, recognise and understand life-threatening situations and react accordingly.
• Ensure patients with no appointments but who need urgent consultation are seen in a logical and non-disruptive manner and booked into respective clinics dependant on their symptoms.
• Signpost patients to other external agencies and referral to social prescribers.
• Explain practice arrangements to new patients and those seeking temporary cover and ensure documentation completed, checked, and progressed to workflow.
• Keep the reception area, notice boards and leaflet dispenser tidy and free from obstruction and clutter.
• Add requests for home visits onto the system ensuring careful recording of all details.
• Carry out EMIS, and other administrative tasks such as word processing, filing, photocopying and scanning.
• Champion training of new starters to the team.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

• GCSE Grades 4-9 or equivalent in Maths and English.
• Flexibility to work outside core office hours (18:30pm finishes).
• Experience of a front facing customer role.
• Experience of administration tasks.
• Excellent communication skills (written, oral and presenting).
• Confident with multiple forms of technology.
• High attention to detail and accuracy and maintaining confidentiality.
• Ability to maintain high confidentiality at all times.
• Ability to prioritise and work to tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Customer care skills, show care and compassion.
• Ability to listen and ask questions.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Positive mindset and able to deal with change.
• Supportive of other team members.
• Professional and accountable.
• Motivated and proactive, able to learn and open to feedback.
• Resilient and able to work under pressure.

Desirable Criteria

• NVQ or equivalent in customer care.
• NHS/primary care general practice experience.
• Experience in busy call handling.
• Experience using healthcare systems, such as EMIS, AccuRx and Docman.
• Full UK driving licence, with vehicle access

Benefits

• Friendly team and supportive environment: join our welcoming team of healthcare professionals who collaborate with not just our team, but community through our Collaborative Practice Initiative and Friends of Berrycroft charity.
• State-of-the-art facility: work in a new purpose built centre equipped with modern amenities. Enjoy the convenience of an onsite cafe and childcare providers nearby.
• Free Parking: onsite parking and electric care charging ports available.
• On-Site discounts: our in-house coffee shop, staff discount available.
• NHS Pension: NHS contribution full pension in line with annual salary.
• Blue Light Card Discounts: discounts available on thousands of brands and services.
• Employee Forum: have your voice heard and collaborate with our wider team. The team has also been instrumental in shaping our recognition framework and contributing valuable input on various initiatives.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP): 24-hour confidential helpline for all employees providing counselling, legal advice, and information. It is inclusive of employees immediate family members.

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