Maternity Locum GP

Salaried GP Maternity Leave Cover (Fixed-Term Contract up to September 2026)

We are seeking an enthusiastic and committed General Practitioner to join our friendly, supportive, and motivated practice team.

This post is to cover a maternity leave position for a fixed term of 6 months.

Indemnity (pro rata) will be paid.

Sessions:

Tuesdays:
Morning & Afternoon

Thursdays:
Morning & Afternoon

Fridays:
Morning

A job share arrangement will be considered
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If you are interested in joining a supportive and welcoming team, we would be pleased to hear from you.

You will be dealing with a very wide variety of health needs in a primary care setting working individually and part of a team to ensure a very high standard of care for all our practice patients.

You will also carry out administrative and associated clinical duties in relation to the position.

We are an EMIS practice.

Thurleigh Road Practice is a friendly, high-performing GP surgery based in Balham, Southwest London. We serve a diverse and growing population of over 13,300 patients in the vibrant "Between the Commons" area, with excellent transport links and a strong sense of community.

We are a supportive, training practice with a multidisciplinary team, including GP Partners, Salaried GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, a Practice Nurse, a Nursing Associate, and an in-house Pharmacy team. Through our PCN, we also have access to a First Contact Physiotherapist, Mental Health Practitioner, and Social Prescriber. We are rated Good by the CQC and consistently achieve excellent patient satisfaction scores.

Were a busy and well‑organised practice that values teamwork, continuity of care, and innovation. We use EMIS Web and Accu Rx, and offer digital access to support high-quality, patient-centred care.

Job responsibilities

The post-holder will manage and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered patients.

• In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties, including surgery consultations, telephone consultations, queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion
• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self‑referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation
• Assessing the health care 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 counselling and health education
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
• Compiling and issuing handwritten and computer‑generated acute and repeat prescriptions
• Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
• Undertake any medical reports for patients that are best known to yourself
• Maintain safeguarding standards and partake in HIW inspections
• In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
  Other responsibilities within the organisation:

• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/ guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
• A commitment to life‑long learning and audit to ensure evidence‑based best practice
• Contributing to evaluation/ audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation
• Contributing to the development of computer‑based patient records
• Contributing to the summarising of patient records and read‑coding patient data
• Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

Ensure training is in date and records are maintained both individually and for the Practice (Safeguarding, Information Governance,…