Salaried General Practitioner – Solva: Sponsorship Available

Hywel Dda University Health Board

Job summary

We are currently looking to recruit a salaried General Practitioner into our Hywel Dda University Health Board managed practice, Meddygfa Penrhyn/Peninsula Practice, Solva. The Practice joined the Hywel Dda University Health Board portfolio of Managed Practices from 1 April 2023, following the resignation of the GMS contract.

This is an opportunity to join a circa 4,800 patient Practice. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team that includes other GP’s, Nurse/Paramedic Practitioners, Pharmacist and Pharmacy Technician support as well as experienced and well established nursing and administrative teams. The Health Board is committed to multi-disciplinary team working and will be looking to expand the team further in the coming months.

We are looking for a Salaried GP to join our team to provide leadership as well as a clinical commitment and can offer a mix of face-to-face consultations, telephone triage and remote consultations. The Practice uses E-Consult and has signed up to Workflow Optimisation.

You will be part of the wider Health Board GP team and have the opportunity to participate in a monthly Journal Club and have peer support through the Deputy Medical Director’s team, as well as from your salaried GP peers and from the Primary Care Cluster Locality Lead. There is the opportunity for training and development in any areas of specialist interest.

Main duties of the job

  • To provide, as part of a core multi-disciplinary team, a high quality general medical service to the registered patients of the practice (including temporary residents
  • To provide consultation and appropriate clinical management of patients attending the practice, or to those where a home visit is clinically necessary
  • To provide leadership, clinical oversight and direction to the rest of the clinical team
  • To provide telephone and/or virtual consultation and appropriate management of patients who contact the practice, where necessary
  • To undertake telephone triage as and when necessary
  • To keep accurate and legible records of all patient contacts and contribute to electronic data recording and audit as directed by the service

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

  • Entry on the GP Register
  • Full registration and a License to Practice with the General Medical Council
  • MRCGP
  • Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Practice / Certificate Confirming Eligibility for General Practice Registration (CEGPR), or equivalent
  • Included on a Medical Performers List or eligible
  • Evidence of continuous professional development
  • Conducting sessions in a General Practice Setting

Desirable

  • Additional Higher qualification(s)

Clinical Experience

Essential

  • Broad based experience within the specialty area
  • Able to demonstrate core competencies and clinical skills relevant to the post
  • Experience of leading a team

Desirable

  • Previous experience working in the UK or NHS

Teaching

Essential

  • Ability to critically assess learning requirements for self and others
  • Evidence of organising programmes and teaching all staff groups
  • Willingness to teach all grades of professional multidisciplinary staff

Desirable

  • Teaching qualification

Research and Scholarship

Essential

  • Demonstrates knowledge of current research and best practice in the specialty area
  • Evidence of keeping up to date with current research and best practice
  • Evidence of locating and using clinical guidelines appropriately
  • Evidence of communicating and interpreting research evidence in a meaningful way

Desirable

  • Active participation in research

Clinical Governance

Essential

  • Understanding of the role of Clinical Governance
  • Participation in clinical audit (or quality improvement project) and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
  • Knowledge of annual job planning/appraisal review process

Desirable

  • Knowledge of risk management

Safeguarding

Essential

  • Demonstrates knowledge of safeguarding requirements and takes appropriate responsibility
  • Evidence of applying appropriate equality and diversity legislation

Other

Desirable

  • Welsh Speaker (Level 1)

Skills and Attributes

Essential

  • Ability to work autonomously and be responsible for actions
  • Ability to work flexibly
  • Ability to remain calm whilst working under pressure
  • Undertake responsibility for leading and supervising a team.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and team-working skills.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 30 August 2026

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