Company Name
Blandford Medical Centre
All Locations
Braintree
Advertising Salary
DOE
Function
GP
Careers Site Advertising End Date
19 Jun 2026
Vacancy ID
29707

About the Role

Blandford Medical Centre in Braintree are looking to welcome a salaried GP to their busy dispensing practice. Offered on 6-8 sessions per week, the successful applicant will be joining our extensive workforce of 4 Partners, 3 salaried GPs, 5 Nurses and 2 HCAs. We are an experienced training practice with 3 GP trainers. 
 
The role will include all general duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care, as well as:
  • Undertaking 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;
  • Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting medical problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcare workers within the organisation;
  • Assessing the healthcare needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems;
  • Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness;
  • Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols;
  • Providing health education;
  • Recording clear consultation notes to agreed standards;
  • Collecting data for audit purposes and complying with QOF requirements;
  • Delivering enhanced services;
  • Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.

About the Candidate

All applicants should have the following qualifications and knowledge:
 
  • Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
  • Annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate)
  • Be on the NHSE medical performers list
  • SystmOne experience
and skills, including:
  • Excellent administrative skills
  • Good understanding and experience of chronic disease management, and primary prevention and screening services
  • Ability to take responsibility for your own career development, learning and performance and are responsible for ensuring that all your mandatory training is in date
  • Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies and guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
  • Commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in a confidential manner

About Us

The doctors and staff at Blandford Medical Centre are proud to offer the highest standard of patient care to our list of 18,000 patients. Our dedicated team are here to treat minor ailments as well as providing specialist management of long-term conditions and clinics covering a wide range of healthcare issues. We are a SystmOne practice.

 

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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