General Practitioner (6 months fixed term)

Job summary

GP Opportunity | Bridgwater Bay PCN | October - March

Looking for a flexible GP role this winter?

Join Bridgwater Bay Primary Care Network on a 6-month fixed-term contract and make a real impact across our network of nine friendly Somerset practices.

Whether you're looking for full-time, part-time, school hours or traditional sessions, we'll work with you to create a role that fits your lifestyle.

You'll support practices through the busy winter months, delivering excellent patient care alongside experienced multidisciplinary teams, with the opportunity to build relationships, enjoy variety, and help strengthen primary care where it's needed most.

If you're a GMC-registered GP on the NHS Performers List with Somerset experience and a passion for patient-centred care, we'd love to hear from you.

Flexible, rewarding and designed around you.

Main duties of the job

As a General Practitioner within Bridgwater Bay Primary Care Network, you will provide high-quality, patient-centred clinical care across a network of GP practices during the busy winter period. Working as part of experienced multidisciplinary teams, you will undertake a mix of routine and urgent consultations, supporting practices to manage increased seasonal demand while maintaining excellent standards of care.

You will assess, diagnose and manage a wide range of acute and long-term health conditions, develop appropriate treatment plans, prescribe safely, and make referrals where required. The role involves working collaboratively with practice teams, PCN colleagues and wider health and care services to ensure patients receive coordinated and effective care.

You will contribute to continuity of care by building positive relationships with patients and practice staff and adapting to different practice environments across the network. The successful postholder will support service resilience, share clinical expertise, and help practices deliver safe, responsive and accessible primary care services.

This flexible role offers the opportunity to work across several practices or spend longer periods within individual practices, ensuring a manageable and sustainable approach while making a meaningful contribution to patient care and winter service delivery across Bridgwater Bay PCN.

About us

Bridgwater Bay PCN Member practices:-

Cannington Health Centre

Cranleigh Gardens Medical Centre

East Quay Medical Centre

North Pertherton Surgery

Polden Medical Centre

Quantock Medical Centre

Redgate Medical Centre

Somerset Bridge Medical Centre

Taunton Road Medical Centre

Job responsibilities

General Practitioner (GP) 6-Month Fixed-Term Contract (October March)

Location: Bridgwater Bay Primary Care Network (9 Practices) Contract: Fixed Term October to March (6 months) Hours: Flexible we welcome a range of working patterns

Help Us Strengthen Primary Care This Winter

We are looking for an enthusiastic and patient-centred GP to join our Primary Care Network (PCN) on a six-month fixed-term contract from October to March, helping us increase clinical capacity during the busy winter period.

This is a unique opportunity to work across our network of nine friendly GP practices, providing additional clinical support where it is needed most while enjoying a flexible role designed around both service need and work-life balance.

A Flexible Role Designed Around You

We recognise that one size does not fit all, so we are keen to develop a working pattern that suits the successful applicant(s). We are open to a variety of arrangements, including:

• Full-time or part-time hours.
• School-hour working or Traditional full-day sessions.

We know that working in 9 different practices may be challenging so we could have more than 1 GP sharing the role so each GP spending time in fewer practices. Or the GP spending blocks of time within individual practices to build familiarity and continuity before moving to another practice.

Our priority is to create a role that is manageable, enjoyable and sustainable.

About the Role

Working alongside experienced multidisciplinary teams, you will:

• Deliver high-quality GP consultations.
• Support practices with increased winter demand a mix of routine and urgent appointments
• Build relationships with practice teams and patients.

What We're Looking For

We welcome applications from GPs who:

• Hold full GMC registration with a licence to practise.
• Are included on the NHS England GP Performers List.
• Have experience within Somerset
• Are adaptable and keen to experience different practice environments.
• Value high-quality patient care and teamwork.

What We Offer

• A genuinely flexible approach to working patterns.
• The opportunity to shape the role around your availability.
• A supportive network of experienced practice teams.
• Variety without excessive movement between practices.
• The chance to experience different practice settings while developing lasting professional relationships.
• A rewarding opportunity to make a real difference to primary care in Bridgwater Bay during the winter months.

If you're looking for a flexible GP role that offers variety, supportive colleagues and the opportunity to help practices meet increased winter demand, we want to hear from you.

For an informal discussion about the role and the different ways it could be structured, please get in touch.

Bridgwater Bay PCN Member practices:-

Cannington Health Centre

Cranleigh Gardens Medical Centre

East Quay Medical Centre

North Pertherton Surgery

Polden Medical Centre

Quantock Medical Centre

Redgate Medical Centre

Somerset Bridge Medical Centre

Taunton Road Medical Centre

Person specification

General Practitioner

Essential

• Hold full GMC registration with a licence to practise
• Are included on the NHS England GP Performers List
• Are adaptable and keen to experience different practice environments
• Value high-quality patient care and teamwork

Desirable

• Have experience within Somerset