General Practitioner – Martock Surgery and South Petherton Medical Centre
GP – Martock Surgery and South Petherton Medical Centre
At Salaried (including Newly Qualified), Employed or Consultant level
Exceptional opportunity with this innovative primary care/general practice provider at our Surgeries in Martock and South Petherton, Somerset. Up to 8 sessions with attractive and comprehensive remuneration package; excellent relocation support.
This position is for up to 8 GP sessions per week. A special interest in a particular area of healthcare would be an advantage, but a willingness to share the load and work with our dedicated team is a must. Symphony welcomes and supports newly qualified GPs by providing a GP Mentorship Scheme and supporting the NHS GP Fellowship Scheme so that you hit the ground running.
Martock and South Petherton - Our Practice & Villages
Martock Surgery is located in a purpose built ham stone building with ample parking and treatment rooms and South Petherton Medical Centre is located next to the Community Hospital in a large and modem building. Our integrated, multidisciplinary team includes health coaches, advanced nurse practitioners and a medicines management team and provides a wide range of services to around 10,800 patients. We’re also part of Symphony, the largest GP provider in Somerset so benefit from the experience and learning across a network of 20 practices.
We can offer the best of both worlds – friendly practices in quintessential village locations, yet with the support of a network of practices behind you so you can concentrate on patient care. Intrigued? Please read on…
Our transport links are great - we are close to the A303, making travel to London, Bristol, Exeter and Bath easy. And Bristol, Bournemouth, Southampton and Exeter International Airport links Somerset to the world.
Martock is a historic village situated on the edge of the Somerset levels, within easy reach of the Blackdown Hills, the Mendips, the Quantocks, Exmoor and the Dorset coast. The charming, neighbouring ham stone village of South Petherton hosts a variety of cafes, a farm shop and wildflower meadows. The A303 provides easy access to the bustling towns of Yeovil and Taunton.
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The role
You would undertake all the clinical duties associated with a GP working in primary care, without the responsibilities and risks associated with being a partner. We can offer opportunities from salaried through to employed and consultant level GP posts depending on your experience and the level of responsibility you take on at the practice.
All GPs working for us are paid as Employees, unlike Partners, which means less risk for you and more time to focus on patient care. We put patients first, with our Employed and Consultant GPs working flexibly according to need, so contributing to areas such as QOF, QI, training and research projects providing a huge amount of variety to the role. However, our Salaried GPs have a clearly defined job plan setting out the hours of work and responsibility and tasks associated with the role.
Through annual appraisal, we encourage career development and progression and are keen to support GPs who wish to extend their role, or have specialist skills which can be utilised in primary care. We recognise that some GPs will wish to stay salaried, and some will wish to assume more responsibility once they have found their feet and aspire to Employed or Consultant roles.
Job Description – see attached JD and person spec for a full breakdown of the role and responsibilities
About Symphony Healthcare Services
Symphony Healthcare Services was established in 2016 as part of the award-winning Symphony Programme Vanguard, developing new models of care. We now support 20 practices across Somerset (including one in Devon) providing care for 120,000 patients.
Symphony has developed a model where each practice is encouraged to operate autonomously, but as a subsidiary of Yeovil Hospital and with the backing and economies of scale from a central support team (particularly for HR and strategic management matters).
Providing NHS services is at the heart of what we do. Our vision is to ensure that primary care is sustainable for patients and practices in Somerset, and we aim to be a national exemplar for primary care provision. We work closely with our practice teams to support, develop and transform patient care and working practices with innovation and technology at the heart of what we do. We also work hard to make sure primary care has a loud voice in Somerset.
The surgeries joined Symphony Healthcare Services in 2018. By working at scale in primary care in Somerset we can offer you the opportunity to develop specialist skills in the areas of clinical management, training or leadership with the support of a larger organisation to develop your GP career.
Benefits
So that our GPs achieve the work/life balance they deserve, and are rewarded for their skills and experience, and flourish as individuals, we offer:
- flexible roles and working options
- support for those with specialist skills and experience
- a Mentorship Scheme for newly qualified GPs who will be supported by an experienced GP mentor
- car lease scheme
- cycle to work scheme
- attractive relocation support
- freedom to join our new in house GP locum agency, Symphony Flex, with additional competitive pay rates.
- centralised hubs for Workflow and Medicines Management, reducing the admin burden on GPs
- standard and consistent work practices built on best practice
- close links to the wider Somerset integrated health system, Somerset LMC, SGPET and the Somerset Training Hub
For more information about this role or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Jane Hobbs (Practice Manager) on jane.hobbs1@nhs.net
If this advert has sparked your interest in being a Symphony GP within Somerset please contact us on SymphonyHR@ydh.nhs.uk