*Please note these rotations may be subject to change*
Posts marked 'innovative' (*) are likely to be unbanded, regular daytime hours, but specifially designed for GP training posts
ITP – Integrated training posts are rotations with a split working week with time spent in General Practice and a specialty. You will have a clinical supervisor in each of the two elements of the job. In an ITP, each working week will be made up of two days in General Practice, two days in the specialty and one day of educational activity. The working week will mirror that of General Practice with limits on the amount of antisocial work as per the 2016 trainee GP contract.
Community Post – Community-focused specialty post where the majority of the working week is spent working with outpatients (i.e. patients who attend from, and return to home) or in a community setting separate from an acute trust. The working week may include a proportion of on call work.
If you have any particular disability arrangements or reasonable adjustments which must be considered, please ensure this is discussed with the patch team(s) well in advance when browsing the available rotations. Please contact GPRecruitment.SW@hee.nhs.uk who will put you in contact with the relevant team to discuss your needs in relation to the rotations available in this recruitment round.
If you have any questions about the rotations please contact GPRecruitment.SW@hee.nhs.uk. Please do not contact the patch teams directly as they do not receive a final list of new starters until all rotations have been allocated which will be the end of April 2023.
During the general practice component of your training you will be working in the community. As well as seeing patients in the surgery you will also visit patients in their own homes, in community hospitals and in nursing homes. You are also likely to attend meetings and teaching sessions in places different from your own surgery. Similarly hospital rotations may involve work at different sites within the trust. It is essential that you are able to get to these places. If you do not have a driving licence, please ensure that you have appropriate alternative transport arrangements in place.
You will be expected to be able to attend emergencies and provide domiciliary care which may include out of hours visits if you are based in a GP training practice or in some secondary care posts at any time during your training programme. If you are not a car driver, you are expected to provide a car and driver at your own expense in order to meet this requirement. Relying on public transport, bicycles and taxis is not normally acceptable.
Please be reminded that when you submitted your application you agreed to the following -
I agree that I am able to provide emergency and domiciliary care at any time during my training programme. If, for any reason, my licence ceases to be valid or I no longer have access to a vehicle, I agree to provide a vehicle or vehicle and driver at my own expense so that I may continue to fulfill this requirement unless, if I am unable to drive for medical reasons, my employer is able to make other reasonable adjustments to the job or to this requirement.
HEFT - Please be aware that this programme includes Health Equity Focussed Training (HEFT) rotations. For more information on HEFT please see here
Please note that placements are subject to change and cannot be confirmed at this stage particularly practices
We are a largely rural area and our practices cover the whole of somerset so please do consider that you may be placed in a practice that will inevitably involve commuting - practice placements may change due to trainer availability etc - please do not expect to be able to swap practice placements
ITP posts will either be 1 week in practice/1 week in ITP or 2 days per week in each post in liaison with practice and post (2 doctors working back to back) practice placements may change due to trainer availability etc - please do not expect to be able to swap practice allocations
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Number |
Aug 2023 - July 2024 (ST1) |
Aug 2024 - July 2025 (ST2) |
Aug 2025 - July 2026 (ST3) |
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Rotation 1 |
Aug 23 - Medicine Taunton |
Aug 24 - A&E Front door Taunton / GP Cranleigh Gardens MC Bridgwater |
GP - Blackdown Practice Hemyock tbc |
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Feb 24 - Paediatrics Taunton |
Feb 25 - GP Lyngford Park Taunton tbc |
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Rotation 2 |
Aug 23 - Obs & Gynae Taunton |
Aug 24 - Old Age Psychiatry Polden MC Bridgwater |
GP - College Way Taunton tbc |
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Feb 24 - A&E Taunton |
Feb 25 – GP Cannington HC Bridgwater tbc |
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Rotation 3 |
Aug 23 - Obs & Gynae Taunton |
Aug 24 - A&E Front door Taunton / GP Cranleigh Gardens MC Bridgwater |
GP - Crown MC Taunton tbc |
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Feb 24 - Paediatrics Taunton |
Feb 25 – GP North Curry HC North Curry tbc |
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Rotation 4 |
Aug 23 - A&E Taunton |
Aug 24 - Old Age Psychiatry Polden MC Bridgwater |
GP - Williton Surgery Williton tbc |
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Feb 24 - Paediatrics Taunton |
Feb 25 – GP Dunster Surgery Dunster tbc |
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Rotation 5 |
Aug 23 - A&E Taunton |
Aug 24 - Palliative Care St Margarets Hospice Taunton / GP Crewkerne HC Crewkerne |
GP - Dunster/Porlock Surgery Dunster tbc |
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Feb 24 - Psychiatry Taunton |
Feb 25 – GP Taunton Vale MC Taunton tbc |
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Rotation 6 |
Aug 23 - Paediatrics Taunton |
Aug 24 - Palliative Care St Margarets Hospice Taunton / GP Crewkerne HC Crewkerne |
GP - Tawstock MC Chard tbc |
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Feb 24 - A&E Taunton |
Feb 25 – GP Summervale MC Ilminster tbc |
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Rotation 7 |
Aug 23 - Paediatrics Taunton |
Aug 24 – GP Cannington HC Bridgwater tbc |
GP - Essex House MC Chard tbc |
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Feb 24 - Psychiatry Taunton |
Feb 24 - A&E Front door Taunton / GP Cranleigh Gardens MC Bridgwater |
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Rotation 8 |
Aug 23 - A&E Taunton |
Aug 24 – GP Glastonbury HC Glastonbury tbc |
GP - Wells City Practice Wells tbc |
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Feb 24 - Psychiatry Taunton |
Feb 25 - Palliative Care St Margarets Hospice Taunton / GP Crewkerne HC Crewkerne |
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Rotation 9 |
Aug 23 - A&E Taunton |
Aug 24 – GP St James MC Taunton tbc |
GP - Park Medical Practice Shepton Mallet tbc |
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Feb 24 - Psychiatry Wells (3 months inpatient/3 months community) |
Feb 25 - Palliative Care St Margarets Hospice Taunton / GP Crewkerne HC Crewkerne |
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Rotation 10 |
Aug 23 - Psychiatry Taunton |
Aug 24 – GP Burnham on Sea MC Burnham on Sea tbc |
GP - Park MP, Shepton Mallet tbc |
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Feb 24 - Obs & Gynae Taunton |
Feb 24 - A&E Front door Taunton / GP Cranleigh Gardens MC Bridgwater |
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Rotation 11 HEFT |
Aug 23 - Psychiatry Taunton |
Aug 24 - Health Inequalities/Homelessness / Taunton Vale MC Taunton |
GP - Taunton Road MC Bridgwater tbc |
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Feb 24 - Obs & Gynae Taunton |
Feb 25 – GP Burnham on Sea MC Burnham on Sea tbc |
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Rotation 12 |
Aug 23 - Palliative Care St Margarets Hospice Taunton |
Aug 24 – GP Lyngford Park MC Taunton tbc |
GP - East Quay MC Bridgwater tbc |
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Feb 24 - A&E Taunton |
Feb 25 - Old Age Psychiatry Polden MC Bridgwater |
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Rotation 13 |
Aug 23 - A&E Taunton |
Aug 24 - Health Inequalities/Homelessness / GP Taunton Vale MC Taunton |
GP - Poldon MC Bridgwater tbc |
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Feb 24 - Palliative Care St Margarets Hospice Taunton |
Feb 25 – GP East Quay MC Bridgwater tbc |
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Rotation 14 |
Aug 23 - Medicine Taunton |
Aug 24 – GP East Quay MC Bridgwater tbc |
GP - Cranleigh Gardens MC Bridgwater tbc |
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Feb 24 - A&E Taunton |
Feb 25 - Health Inequalities/Homelessness / GP Taunton Vale MC Taunton |
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Rotation 15 |
Aug 23 - A&E Taunton |
Aug 24 – GP Dunster Surgery Dunster |
GP - Taunton Vale MC Taunton tbc |
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Feb 24 - Medicine Taunton |
Feb 25 - Palliative Care Minehead / GP Dunster Surgery Dunster |
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Rotation 16 |
Aug 23 - Obs & Gynae Taunton |
Aug 24 - Palliative Care Minehead / GP Dunster Surgery Dunster |
GP - St James MC Taunton tbc |
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Feb 24 - A&E Taunton |
Feb 25 – GP St James MC Taunton tbc |
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Rotation 17 |
Aug 23 - Paediatrics Taunton |
Aug 24 - Palliative Care Minehead / GP Dunster Sgy Dunster |
GP - North Curry HC North Curry tbc |
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Feb 24 - Obs & Gynae Taunton |
Feb 25 – GP Vine Sgy, Street tbc |
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Rotation 18 |
Aug 23 - Psychiatry Taunton |
Aug 24 – GP Bruton MC Bruton tbc |
GP - Lyngford Park Surgery Taunton tbc |
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Feb 24 - A&E Taunton |
Feb 25 - Palliative Care Minehead / GP Dunster Surgery Dunster |
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Rotation 19 |
Aug 23 - Paediatrics Taunton |
Aug 24 - Acute Frailty Hospital & Home / GP Wells HC Wells |
GP - Langport Surgery Langport tbc |
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Feb 24 - A&E (innovative) Taunton |
Feb 25 – GP Queen Camel MC Queen Camel tbc |