Key Clinical Responsibilities
• Provide comprehensive primary medical services to patients
• Undertake face-to-face, telephone and online consultations
• Manage acute and routine presentations
• Conduct home visits where clinically appropriate
• Review pathology results, clinical correspondence and patient queries
• Authorise repeat prescriptions and medication reviews
• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous clinical records
• Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team
• Participate in duty rota and same-day access where applicable
• Support training and supervision of registrars and medical students (if appropriate)
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Leadership & Partnership Responsibilities
• Contribute to strategic planning and practice development
• Participate in partnership meetings and decision-making processes
• Share responsibility for clinical governance and quality improvement
• Support workforce planning and team development
• Take lead responsibility for one or two agreed practice portfolios, contributing to service development, quality improvement and strategic growth in areas aligned with individual skills and interests
• Contribute to financial sustainability and business management
• Assist in maintaining regulatory compliance (CQC, NHS contractual requirements)
• Promote a positive, inclusive and supportive practice culture
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About the Practice
We are a friendly, well-established dispensing practice located on the beautiful North Cornwall coast, serving a population of approximately 16,500 patients across three dispensing surgeries between Padstow and St Columb. Set within a stunning rural community, our practice is committed to delivering high-quality care, improving patient outcomes, and providing continuity of care to our local population.
We pride ourselves on being a supportive and collaborative team with a wealth of experience across all roles. Our multidisciplinary team currently includes GP Partners, salaried GPs, medical students and registrars, a paramedic home-visiting team, advanced practitioners, nurse practitioners, clinical pharmacists, social prescribers, health coaches, HCAs, dispensers, and dedicated administrative and secretarial staff.
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Person Specification
Essential
• GMC registration with licence to practise
• Inclusion on the NHS GP Performers List
• MRCGP (or equivalent)
• Commitment to high-quality patient-centred care
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
• Leadership skills and willingness to contribute to practice management
Desirable
• Experience in a dispensing or rural practice setting
• Knowledge of EMIS clinical system
• Interest in teaching, training or leadership roles
• Previous partnership or leadership experience
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What We Offer
• Supportive and collaborative partnership team
• Established MDT to support sustainable workload
• Training practice environment with strong learning culture
• Regular clinical and practice meetings
• Opportunities to influence service development and future strategy
• Excellent work–life balance within a desirable coastal location