Salaried GP

Job summary

Salaried GP Opportunity with variety of sessions available.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and committed Salaried GP to join a friendly and forward‑thinking multidisciplinary practice.

About the Practice

• Large, well‑established practice with a list of approximately 24,000 patients
• Strong emphasis on team‑based, multidisciplinary care
• Approved training practice
• Supportive clinical environment with experienced administrative and clinical teams
• Ample free on‑site parking for staff

The Role

• Flexible number of sessions available to suit your work‑life balance
• Opportunity to work alongside a diverse team of nurses, clinical pharmacists, allied health professionals
• Involvement in delivering high‑quality primary care in a collaborative setting
• Opportunity to support registrars and medical students

What We Offer

• Competitive salary (dependent on experience and sessions)
• Support for professional development and career progression
• A positive, inclusive, and supportive working environment
• Committed to staff wellbeing and work‑life balance

About You

• GMC registered GP with a licence to practise
• Committed to delivering high‑quality patient care
• Team player with excellent communication skills

Main Duties of the Job

• 10‑minute consultations combining face‑to‑face and telephone
• Minimal home visits
• Pro‑rata cover for on calls
• Shared administrative support

Job Description

Job summary

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

Clinical Responsibilities

• Make surgery, telephone, and home visits as per the practice timetable, checking and signing repeat prescriptions, and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence promptly.
• Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self‑referenced or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.
• Assess the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
• Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Develop care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease‑management protocols.
• Provide counselling and health education.
• Admit or discharge patients to and from the caseload and refer to other care providers as appropriate.
• Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Collect data for audit purposes.
• Compile and issue computer‑generated acute and repeat prescriptions, avoiding hand‑written prescriptions whenever possible.
• Prescribe in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever clinically appropriate.
• Undertake all of the normal duties and responsibilities of a GP working in primary care.

Other Responsibilities Within the Organisation

• Comply with all relevant practice policies and guidelines, e.g., prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.
• Commit to lifelong learning and audit to ensure evidence‑based best practice.
• Contribute to evaluation, audit and clinical standard‑setting within the organisation.
• Contribute to the development of computer‑based patient records, summarising patient records and read‑coding data.
• Attend training and events organised by the practice or other agencies as appropriate.

Confidentiality

• Respect patients’ privacy and act appropriately with confidential information.
• Maintain strict confidentiality of all patient, staff and organisational information obtained in the performance of duties.
• Disclose information only to authorised persons in accordance with policy.

Health & Safety

• Implement and lead a full range of promotion and management of health, safety and infection control as defined in the practice policies.
• Use personal security systems and comply with national standards of infection control.
• Advise on specimen handling, PPE use and infection control procedures, both routine and extraordinary circumstances.
• Maintain clean working environment and ensure proper disposal of sharps, waste and instruments.
• Actively identify, report and correct health and safety hazards immediately.
• Undertake periodic infection control training (minimum twice annually).
• Demonstrate safeguarding and promote the welfare of children.

Equality and Diversity

• Support the equality and diversity rights of patients, carers and colleagues, ensuring consistent practice with legislation and policies.
• Respect privacy, dignity and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
• Behave in a respectful, non‑judgmental manner towards all individuals.

Personal/Professional Development

• Maintain continued education through attendance at courses and study days as required by professional bodies.
• Participate in all training programmes implemented by the practice.
• Complete an annual individual performance review and maintain a record of personal and professional development.
• Take ownership of own development and demonstrate skills to others.

Quality

• Alert team members to quality and risk issues.
• Assess own performance and take accountability for actions.
• Contribute to team effectiveness through reflection, suggestions and improvements.
• Work effectively with other agencies to meet patient needs.
• Manage own time, workload and resources efficiently.

Communication

• Communicate effectively with team members, patients and carers.
• Recognise communication needs and respond accordingly.

Contribution to Service Implementation

• Apply practice policies, standards and guidance.
• Discuss with team how policies affect work.
• Participate in audit where appropriate.

Person Specification

Qualifications – Essential

• Full registration with GMC.
• Ability to meet clinical commitments.
• Clinical knowledge and expertise appropriate for providing GMS, including managing common medical emergencies.
• Personal organisational and administrative skills – keep appropriate records.
• Professional integrity – responsibility and putting patient care first.
• Critical thinking within personal value framework.

Experience – Essential

• Experience working in primary care.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Post subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975; disclosure to the DBS (formerly the CRB) will be required.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer Details

St Luke’s Primary Care Centre

Timken Way South, Duston, Northampton, NN5 6FR

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