General Practitioner
Job Summary
St Paul’s Clinic is looking for a General Practitioner to join our friendly and committed team in Newport.
We are a busy GP practice serving a highly diverse patient population with significant levels of deprivation, health inequality, language barriers and complex health and social needs. We are looking for a GP who is clinically safe, compassionate, practical and able to work well as part of a wider team.
This role would suit a GP who understands the pressures of modern general practice and wants to provide good\-quality care to patients who may need extra support to access healthcare.
Main duties of the role
The successful candidate will provide safe, effective and patient\-centred care to the practice population.
Main duties will include:
- Face\-to\-face, telephone and digital consultations
- Assessment and management of acute and long\-term conditions
- Safe prescribing in line with local and national guidance
- Reviewing pathology results, clinical letters and discharge summaries
- Making appropriate referrals to secondary care and community services
- Supporting urgent and routine clinical care
- Completing clinical administration in a timely way
- Maintaining accurate clinical records using EMIS Web
- Supporting safeguarding processes for children and adults at risk
- Working with the wider clinical and non\-clinical team
- Contributing to clinical governance, audit and quality improvement
- Undertaking home visits where clinically necessary
- Proven experience as a General Practitioner or similar role within a healthcare setting.
- Demonstrable expertise in patient care with a focus on anatomy knowledge and medication administration.
- Experience working in specialised fields such as ICU, nursing home environments, hospice care, or home care is highly desirable.
- Familiarity with medical imaging techniques and their application in diagnosis.
- Background in clinical research or public health initiatives is advantageous.
- Strong understanding of nursing home protocols, senior care needs, and palliative treatment approaches.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to build rapport with diverse patient groups. This role offers an engaging opportunity for healthcare professionals committed to delivering compassionate and comprehensive medical services across multiple environments while advancing their expertise within a supportive team environment.
Work Location: In person
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