About the Role
West Suffolk Rural PCN are currently looking to welcome a GP, under the ARRS scheme, to work alongside their team based at Wickhambrook Surgery.
Wickhambrook Surgery is a happy and thriving rural 3 partner GMS GP Practice, just over the Cambridgeshire border in the beautiful rural Suffolk countryside.
We are a dispensing GP practice with a clear focus on delivering the highest quality patient care to our 5300 patients. We are highly regarded by our practice population, with 90% of our patients rating the practice as fairly good (30%) or very good (60%) in the 2024 national GP Patient Survey.
This position is offered on a part-time basis, flexible to 2-4 sessions per week. We offer a competitive salary and recognise the importance of a healthy work life balance.
The practice has a long and successful history of balancing the needs of the practice population along with the wellbeing of the staff, and we recognise the importance of both.
- Regular peer support through meetings to discuss complex cases or concerns
- Training practice – we teach trainees as well as medical students from UEA and University of Cambridge Medical schools
- Opportunity for a chat and catch up over coffee daily
- PCN ARRS team: Social Prescriber, First Contact Physiotherapist, Clinical Pharmacist. Care Co-ordinators and Health and Wellbeing Coaches
- Good relationship with our community teams with a virtual MDT once a month with community providers, social care, mental health and voluntary organisations
- Training and personal development encouraged and supported
Informal visits and enquiries are welcome.
About the Candidate
To be considered for this position, the ideal applicant will have the following;
- Full GMC registration.
- National performers list registration.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Strong IT skills.
- Effective time management.
- Ability to work as a team member.
About Us
West Rural Suffolk Primary Care Network based in West Suffolk, is comprised of Wickhambrook Surgery, Guildhall Clare Surgery and Glemsford surgery. We are a small rural Primary Care Network with a combined patient population of around 16,000. All practices work on SystmOne.
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.