Careers in General Practice in Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire
BrisDoc is an employee-owned social enterprise based in south Bristol that has been providing NHS healthcare for over 20 years. Serving more than 1 million patients across Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire, BrisDoc offers a range of primary care services, including: Severnside Integrated Urgent Care (IUC):A 24/7 NHS urgent care service combining NHS 111 and the GP Out of Hours Service, ensuring patients receive timely medical attention when their GP practice is closed. In-Hours Primary Care:Operating GP practices such as Broadmead Medical Centre and Charlotte Keel Medical Practice, providing comprehensive healthcare services during standard hours. Homeless Health Service: Dedicated to addressing the healthcare needs of homeless individuals, offering support through clinics and outreach teams. We are proud to be an employee-owned organisation, meaning every member of our team is a 'co-owner' with a real stake in the success of the business. This unique structure empowers our staff to influence decisions, shape the future direction of the organisation, and take pride in the care and services we provide.
Read more and applyOne of our Associate (Salaried) GPs is planning to start her maternity leave in mid-February 2025. We are looking to cover the five sessions per week, ideally from week commencing 24th February 2025, ideally working full days on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and Friday mornings. There is some flexibility with the days of the week if needed. We support and develop our GPs with an innovative induction programme, which includes ongoing protected weekly mentoring time. We are a supportive, friendly, caring Practice and would be a great place to enhance your GP career. We are open to new ideas and ways of working. We actively encourage colleagues to develop individual interests and value the importance of being inspired and enthused by our work. Ensuring a healthy work-life balance is prominent in our decision making - we strive and continue to make adjustments to our working structure to ensure this. Your opinion and well-being matter. We are a GP Training Practice. We support medical students, Foundation doctors and ST trainees, alongside a GP Retainer.
Read more and applyWe are seeking to recruit an additional Health Navigator (Receptionist/Admin) on a fixed term contract for 6 months. You will have excellent customer service and team-working skills, and ideally have experience working in a busy, people-facing healthcare environment. You will assist and direct patients in accessing the appropriate service and project a positive and welcoming image to visitors at the Practice. You will help support reception and administrative processes within the practice and take on additional tasks as requested to support smooth and efficient workflow for the patient, clinical team and others involved in the healthcare of the patient. You will work to agreed targets and timescales, and in accordance with Practice policies, protocols, guidelines and procedures. Main duties of the job • Answering the telephone within agreed timescales with a professional and pleasant manner. • Dealing with patient administration and queries both personal and via telephone accurately, efficiently and effectively. • Registering patients on the clinical system whether they are a regular, immediately necessary, temporary resident or private patient accurately and completely. Completing new patient registration packs • Accurately taking messages including patient details, contact details and specifics of the message and convey to the appropriate person using appropriate methods of communication dependant on urgency. • Booking appointments, rescheduling appointments, signposting and prioritising patients using the clinical system. • Taking appropriate and accurate demographic / personal details of patients to include disabilities, carer status and other details relating to equality and diversity. • Dealing with prescription queries effectively and in a timely way. Completing patient requests for repeat medication accurately and within the practice standards. • Following all start up and close down procedures daily to ensure security of the IT system and buildings. • Processing and distributing incoming and outgoing print mail and emails • Retrieving, copying and filing general paper documents. • Providing clerical/administrative assistance to leadership team, including data processing, filing, photocopying and scanning.
Read more and applyYou are committed to general practice, and can understand the benefits (for both the patients and you) of personal lists and thereby continuity of care. You enjoy working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, and would like to join a practice where patients feel “listened to*” which provides “courteous and efficient service*” and which goes “above and beyond to provide great services to…… all its patients*”. (*Friends and Family Test feedback December 2024.) Due to retirement and changes in family circumstances, we are pleased to share vacancies for a GP Partner (one permanent role) and 2 Associate GPs (one permanent role and one fixed-term maternity cover, with a potential to become permanent). If you are someone who wants to: • Get to know your patients so you can provide the best possible care • Be an active part of the effective running of the practice • Benefit from a well-established multi-disciplinary team including pharmacists, first contact physios, health and wellbeing coaches and social prescribers • Contribute to a high-functioning PCN that is making a real difference to the services we provide to patients, and is just about to welcome another practice; and • Be part of a practice where the staff wellbeing committee has arranged a full advent calendar of events throughout December for all the staff to enjoy and all GPs meet every day at 12.15pm then maybe one of these positions is for you? For the GP Partner role, we will consider between 4-6 sessions. For the Associate GP roles, we will also consider 4-6 sessions. For the Associate GP positions, we offer the chance to prepare for future career progression by: attending partners and practice executive meetings; taking on a shadow lead role with a partner; having one-to-one coaching sessions with the practice manager around practice finance and practice strategy; and more. For all of the positions, there may also be an opportunity to participate in the extensive medical student teaching programme we run. Overall, we would like to recruit 16 or 17 sessions between the 3 positions. All roles are subject to a 6 month probation period. Kindly include a detailed covering letter with your CV to explain why you think you would fit well at Horfield Health Centre, and indicate whether you are applying for the GP Partner role, Associate GPs roles (permanent or maternity leave cover) or both. PLEASE NOTE: interviews for the GP partner role will take place on 27 & 28.01.2025; and interviews for the Associate GP roles will take place on 06 and 07.02.2025. Virtual interviews will be an option if required.
Read more and applyMontpelier has an exciting opportunity for a new salaried GP to join our expanding team. If you have a passion for delivering outstanding service to a diverse, inner-city population, then look no further than Montpelier Health, where inclusivity is encouraged and celebrated. We believe that working collaboratively is key to offering the best possible service and you will always have a voice in being able to shape change at Montpelier. Compassionate, front line primary care is what we offer, with an ability to really make a difference and Partners who are visible, present, lead from the front and will listen to you. We are offering a Salaried GP position of 2-8 sessions at a rate of 11.1K per session, per annum and we will cover the cost of GMC and indemnity fees. Standard appointments are 15 minutes with half an hour appointments when interpreters are needed. You will have 12 new patient contacts per session, with two follow up contacts to be booked by you, at your discretion.
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