- 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, reports and correspondence in a timely fashion
- Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
- Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
- Utilisation of clinical systems (such as EMIS)
- Undertake home visits when required, supported by Rapid Response Team
- Prescribe, refer, treat and advise patients as required
- Respond to clinical queries from the wider team
- Contribute to completion of the clinical task group
- Fair share of clinical administration, including tasks, bloods, and other general duties
- Complete medical reports as and when required (shared out across the team)
- Collecting data for audit purposes and complying with QOF requirements
- Delivering enhanced services
- Provide support to the wider clinical team including being available to our highly experienced ANPs when required
- Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection and health and safety
- Other duties as may be reasonably required from time to time
- Excellent medical knowledge
- Communication skills
- Strong listening skills
- Ability to work as part of a large team
- Willingness and ability to handle uncertainty and conflicting demands
- Patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situation
- Ability to stay calm while working under pressure
- Excellent organisational and time-management skills
- Willingness to develop entrepreneurial and business skills
- Counselling skills including active listening and a non-judgemental approach
- Good IT skills
- Ability to manage change
- Problem solving skills
e-Learning for Healthcare
The following resources can be accessed via e-Learning for Healthcare (e-LfH). E-LfH provides free e-learning programmes which can support you in your professional development.
If you do not already have an account, click here to register using your NHS email address. If you already have an account, please use the same link to firstly log in to access the following resources.
- BeaGP GP Pre-Speciality Teaching: Topics will include understanding the history and structure of NHS, consultation skills, understanding own and alternative learning styles, medical ethics and professional values, team working and communication, reflection, the principles of good record keeping, end of life care, practice management and career choices within primary care.
- Care Certificate: This programme offers learning materials to support the development of knowledge, skills and behaviours required to achieve all 15 Standards of the Care Certificate.
- GP Training: This course contains a series of video based sessions providing an overview of each of the assessments in postgraduate GP training. The course is applicable to GP trainees, educational and clinical supervisors and training programme directors.
- General Practice 2012 Curriculum (e-GP): e-GP is designed to help you meet your learning needs as a GP.
- General Practitioners Learning Path: This is a collection of MindEd e-learning sessions, written by clinicians, suggested by the Royal College of General Practitioners for busy GPs wanting to learn more about children and young people’s mental health.
- Doctors in Training Induction (DIT): DIT is a national e-learning programme aimed at doctors in training (specifically F1s and F2s), returning doctors and doctors from overseas, working in primary care, secondary care and community care settings.
- GP Training: This course contains a series of video based sessions providing an overview of each of the assessments in postgraduate GP training. The course is applicable to GP trainees, educational and clinical supervisors and training programme directors.
- Mental Health Awareness for GPs (MHG): Trust clinicians have developed a series of e-learning sessions to supplement the Academy’s face to face programme.
The Primary Care Training Hub Website
- e-Portforlio: The e-Portfolio is a web-based tool that records details of achievement, documents all stages of training and records evidence of WPBA and reviews with educational supervisors.
- Postgraduate Doctors in Training Page: The Primary Care Training Hub website provides accurate and essential information for all the postgraduate doctors in training within North East North Cumbria. Please also refer to your own teaching programme website to find specific details of your teaching programme.
- Postgraduate School of Primary Care: The Primary Care Training Hub website provides information on policies, school management, work experience, lead employer trust, potential applicants, induction policies and how to raise concerns.
- Leadership Development: The Primary Care Training Hub website provide access to leadership development opportunities. Leadership is now a mandatory part of the MRCGP and postgraduate doctors in training will have to collate evidence of such activities.
Other
A set of new modules to promote e-learning covering a vast array of topics as defined by the GP Curriculum.
This is a website designed for GP education and training. It has a host of free resources including AKT questions, CSA cases, and a database of links to the most useful online resources.
Salaried GPs that are employed through the ARRS scheme do not require supervision, however they should have access to an induction with their employer.
For further information on supervision, please visit the GP Speciality Training section on the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) website or The Postgraduate School of Primary Care section on The Primary Care Training Hub website.
University
GPs are required to have completed a 5 year degree recognised by the General Medical Council (GMC). Medical degrees that are recognised are available at:
GPs are also required to complete a 2 year foundation course in general training and general practice specialist training which takes 3 years.
If you already hold a degree in a science subject, you may be eligible to complete a postgraduate degree in Medicine which takes 4 years. If you do not have any science qualifications, you may be eligible to complete a degree in Medicine, which takes 6 years and includes a pre-medical year.
When applying for a course in Medicine, you might have to take the University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) or BioMedical Admissions Test (BMAT). You'll be tested on skills like critical thinking, problem solving, data analysis, communication and scientific knowledge.
Once training is complete, GPs must complete the MRCGP Assessment. This consists of two parts:
- The Applied Knowledge Test (AKT)
- Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA)
You must pass both of these components to gain an MRCGP qualification, be able to finish your training, and acquire a certificate of complete training (CCT).
At the end of the training programme, the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) will hold a final ARCP to review whether you have gained the competencies required for licensing and registration and met all the conditions required to finalise your GP training. If you have met these conditions, you will be signed off to finish your training and will be eligible to receive your CCT.
In order to receive your CCT, you must apply to both the GMC and the RCGP. The GMC may invite you to apply to them within the last 4 months of your training.
The RCGP also states that to retain your GP qualifications and ability to practice, you must undergo Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and acquire 250 credits every 5 years and undergo revalidation. Credits can be acquired by attending courses, conferences and by participating in e-learning through the RCGP.
Work Experience
Some universities may require you to have some paid or voluntary work experience in healthcare. You can get further information on how to get medical work experience from the British Medical Association.
You could also use Observe GP which is a free online alternative to work experience created by the Royal College of General Practitioners.
Entry requirements for work experience are typically:
- Minimum of 5 GCSEs grades 9 to 7 (A* or A), including English, Maths and Sciences
- Minimum of 3 A levels, or equivalent, including Biology and Chemistry
Medical Doctor Degree Apprenticeship
The Medical Doctor Degree Apprenticeship will do the same training at the same high standard as those taking traditional educational routes, with any medical school offering the Medical Doctor Degree Apprenticeship being approved by the GMC.
Apprentices are employed and paid a salary by the organisation they work for, enabling them to earn as they learn. After completing a Medical degree, all GPs must then progress to the foundation course of general training before completing the specialist training in general practice outlined above. The employing organisation will meet some of the cost of the apprentice’s tuition through the apprentice levy funds.
To find out more, read Medical Doctor Degree Apprentice Frequently Asked Questions.
The Medical Doctor Apprentice standard is available here: Medical Doctor Degree Apprenticeship Standard
A PCN is entitled to claim reimbursement of aggregate WTE actual salary (including employer on-costs for NI and pension) for GPs, up to the maximum amount of £92,462 and within that PCN’s overall Additional Roles Reimbursement GP Sum, for the delivery of health services.
A PCN’s Additional Roles Reimbursement GP Sum equates to £1.303 multiplied by the PCN Contractor Weighted Population as of 01/01/2024. Further details of the method for determining Additional Roles Reimbursement GP Sum are set out in the Network Contract DES Guidance.
Whether the arrangements are through direct employment or engaged via a service contract from a third party, they must be intended for a minimum of six months, unless the purpose is to provide temporary cover (e.g. sickness or parental leave) for a General Medical Practitioner employed or engaged in a permanent role for less than six months.
Professional Body Resources
The Royal College of General Practitioners is the regulatory body for GPs. Discover the RCGP's CPD options, including conferences, online learning, consultancy, books, and journals, to support primary care professionals throughout their medical careers.
The RCGP offers wellbeing support to understand the importance of prioritising your own health and wellbeing to ensure you can continue delivering high-quality patient care.
This pulls together useful resources, patient information leaflets, apps and more in one place. The site should be useful for experienced GPs and for other professionals working in Primary Care.
Employee Resources
The largest independent network for collaboration and improvement in Healthcare.
Fast and reliable encyclopaedia of medicine that many GPs use during the consultation.
Career Pathways
This guidance has been written with newly qualified GPs in mind, though GPs at all stages of their career may find it useful.
This guide is aimed at both UK and international medical graduates (IMGs) and will detail the road to becoming a General Practitioner (GP) in the UK.
The training required to become a doctor can be different for everyone. BMA have mapped out the medical training pathway to help guide you through the process.
Jobs
If you are looking for a new position related to this role, we recommend checking both NHS Jobs and HealthjobsUK.
NHS Jobs is the official online recruitment service for the NHS in England and Wales, with over 30,000 jobs posted every month.
Hosted by trac.jobs, HealthJobsUK is among the leading job boards in the health and public sector within the UK.
