About the Role

Baddow Village Surgery is looking for a GP to cover maternity leave from May 2026 for 5 sessions per week. Working days are 2 sessions on Tuesday, 2 sessions on alternating Thursdays and 2 sessions on Friday

Working as part of our multidisciplinary team, you will have the opportunity to support and care for a diverse patient group. 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;
All general duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

About the Candidate

All applicants should have the following qualifications:

Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
Be on the NHSE medical performers list

and skills, including:

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

Baddow Village Surgery is a well-established, semi-rural training practice, located a few miles south of Chelmsford city centre close to the A12. We are a friendly and forward-thinking GMS practice, with patient care at the heart of what we do.

About us:

14,000 patients, 5 partners and 5 salaried GPs, 1 ANP, 3 practice nurses and 2 HCAs
Experienced reception and administration team
Training practice - 2 GP registrars
20% dispensing
Consistently high QOF achievers
CQC rating – good for all domains
Modern, purpose-built surgery
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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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